The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Big Baker's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Hutch BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Hutch BBQ
Hutch BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 27 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2023). They finished #233 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2022
latest Aug 16, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.39 · weakest Pork (160.39)
Road miles
60
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
326.20 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
480.70 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #233 (185 pts) | #204 (240 pts) | #257 (165 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.0972 | 162.39 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4060 | 156.5028 | 161.38 | top 43% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 155.3600 | 160.39 | top 43% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 46% | Aug 16, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 116 times, behind 106
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
20235 milestones
- First call Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score492.4460 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score492.4460 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Peak power rating (1511) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
| +2.7 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 18, 2023 |
| +1.6 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 16, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 91.4% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 14 / 26 (323.3256) | 16 (159.3828) | 12 (163.9428) | 12 (162.8228) | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 19 / 60 (329.0744) | 8 (171.4172) | 26 (157.6572) | 19 (159.9772) | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 11 / 27 (492.4460) | 11 (161.6572) | 9 (167.4060) | 11 (163.3828) | — |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 13 / 30 (468.9600) | 11 (157.0972) | 15 (156.5028) | 16 (155.3600) | — |