High-water mark
687.3604
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3604 at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 16, 2024
Hungry Moose
Hungry Moose is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 16 at the BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024). They finished #809 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 2, 2022
latest Aug 16, 2024 · 2.1 years on the trail
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±43.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.89 · weakest Pork (149.72)
Road miles
314
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 312 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
638.43 / 720
3 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 | #809 (156 pts) | #1082 (106 pts) | #993 (126 pts) | #870 (146 pts) | #827 (166 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 137.1428 | 157.12 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 155.4400 | 161.70 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 128.5600 | 149.72 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174.8572 | 161.1200 | 169.89 | top 19% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 49% | May 18, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LT
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
35
finished ahead 27 times, behind 19
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Jul 2, 2022 → May 18, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20246 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Twin Smoke
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.3604 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- Career-best overall score687.3604 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- Peak power rating (1512) BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- Most recent contest BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Twin Smoke
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish | 6 / 16 (687.3604) | 12 (169.6800) | 9 (170.8460) | 7 (171.9772) | 5 (174.8572) |
| May 18, 2024 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 7 / 18 (645.6800) | 5 (164.5372) | 7 (158.8228) | 16 (148.6172) | 1 (173.7028) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 9 / 15 (582.2628) | 14 (137.1428) | 7 (155.4400) | 15 (128.5600) | 3 (161.1200) |