A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG NEWTON ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG NEWTON has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-09-27
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#1118
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.14
last 5 Master vs avg 648.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)
Road miles
28
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.14 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.7 years, then back at McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual (2023-06-02).
- last seen 2019-09-27
- back 2023-06-02
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 32
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1517
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIG NEWTON | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.0856 | 163.62 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 155.9656 | 159.98 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 158.2628 | 162.50 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 152.4916 | 162.04 | top 58% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.7 yrs
2019-09-27 → 2026-06-05
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
648.14
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
52–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,600
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
2019-09-27 → 2023-06-02
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #4293 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Trails
- Peak power rating (1499) Smoke on the Trails
- 2023
- First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4060 McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual
- 2025
- Career-best overall score658.1376 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- 2026
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual | 2024-05-31 |
| -6.8 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual | 2026-06-05 |
| -6.5 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual | 2025-06-06 |
| -1.3 | Smoke on the Trails | 2019-09-27 |
| -0.5 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual | 2023-06-02 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 83% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91% | 91% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 25 / 30 (650.7200) | 23 (166.8228) | 29 (158.8000) | 23 (164.5600) | 23 (160.5372) |
| 2025-06-06 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 22 / 28 (658.1376) | 13 (172.5600) | 17 (169.1316) | 25 (163.9544) | 26 (152.4916) |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 29 / 35 (642.7772) | 28 (157.6456) | 31 (160.0000) | 30 (158.2628) | 19 (166.8688) |
| 2023-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 21 / 36 (655.4060) | 21 (163.9884) | 33 (156.0116) | 21 (163.9888) | 5 (171.4172) |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 33 / 53 (633.6344) | 36 (157.0856) | 40 (155.9656) | 29 (161.7144) | 27 (158.8688) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1189 (55 pts) | #998 (65 pts) | #1265 (55 pts) | #951 (65 pts) | #937 (65 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1118 (68 pts) | #1026 (113 pts) | #1194 (93 pts) | #1483 (53 pts) | #1476 (53 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1082 (90 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1170 (80 pts) | #1239 (80 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1210 (80 pts) | #805 (185 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |