High-water mark
683.9540
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9540 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 27, 2025
Homestead Hawgs
Homestead Hawgs is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 25th of 159 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2025). They are ranked #2532 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1519 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 24, 2022
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.85 · weakest Chicken (162.49)
Road miles
6
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Homestead Hawgs, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Homestead Hawgs)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Homestead Hawgs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1525
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Homestead Hawgs)
19 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Homestead Hawgs's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,535 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
Level with Homestead Hawgs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,536 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Homestead Hawgs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,534 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Homestead Hawgs's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Rack | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| All Fired Up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Beware of the Hog BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Grilluminati | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| J Adams Rib | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Jonesy's Smoke Rangers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Cow BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Meaty Bone BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 145.0744 | 162.49 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 162.2628 | 166.50 | top 39% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 160.0116 | 170.85 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 157.0972 | 168.28 | top 32% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 25 | 0 | top 44% | Jun 26, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
326
finished ahead 479 times, behind 335
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jun 21, 2024 → Jun 27, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1519) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score683.9540 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20241 milestone
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7888 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
| +9.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2026 |
| +7.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2022 |
| +5.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 95% | 95% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 68.3% | 68.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 37 / 157 (675.3828) | 91 (162.2744) | 96 (162.2628) | 3 (179.4400) | 31 (171.4056) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 25 / 159 (683.9540) | 36 (171.4172) | 74 (166.8112) | 8 (177.7028) | 53 (168.0228) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 66 / 172 (658.1828) | 165 (145.0744) | 19 (171.9656) | 83 (164.5600) | 4 (176.5828) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 162 / 167 (492.0232) | 63 (166.2744) | 71 (165.7372) | 118 (160.0116) | — |
| Jun 24, 2022 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 50 / 164 (662.7888) | 48 (167.4172) | 59 (165.7144) | 23 (172.5600) | 122 (157.0972) |