High-water mark
702.2744
career-best overall
97.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 702.2744 at Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 — 97.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 2, 2022
HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ
HOGGINDASAUCE BQQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 34 at the Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 (2022). They finished #723 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1543
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Aug 24, 2024 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.92
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.42 · weakest Pork (169.56)
Road miles
1,662
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,497 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$139K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
686.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #767 (177 pts) | #900 (147 pts) | #1185 (92 pts) | #868 (147 pts) | #810 (177 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #723 (234 pts) | #768 (234 pts) | #1101 (124 pts) | #897 (174 pts) | #669 (284 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #852 (145 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #779 (205 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 168.0688 | 172.86 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7372 | 164.5488 | 170.56 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 162.8228 | 169.56 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 164.5372 | 173.42 | top 27% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 14% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
513
finished ahead 499 times, behind 209
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Jul 2, 2022 → Aug 24, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Peak power rating (1543) 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20225 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- First overall top-10 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- First overall podium Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- Career-best overall score702.2744 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9776 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +14.5 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 | Jul 2, 2022 |
| +11.1 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 24, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 96.3% | 96.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 9% | 97.5% | 97.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 95.8% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2024 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 5 / 27 (693.6572) | 8 (174.2628) | 17 (167.9772) | 8 (175.4172) | 5 (176) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 3 / 34 (702.2744) | 3 (175.4172) | 12 (171.9772) | 6 (175.4400) | 1 (179.4400) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 20 / 467 (689.7028) | 60 (173.7028) | 9 (177.7372) | 245 (164.5600) | 45 (173.7028) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 167 / 185 (659.9776) | 130 (168.0688) | 150 (164.5488) | 166 (162.8228) | 142 (164.5372) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.