The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
RGDBBQ has finished one call ahead of Hog Wash 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Hog Wash
Hog Wash is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 10 at the Steel City Smokeout (2024). They are ranked #6145 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Hogwash”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1425
peak 1425 · rated over 15 contests
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
Sep 19, 2014
latest Jul 19, 2024 · 9.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
19% of 16 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.53 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 637.27 (+5.26)
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 160.77 · weakest Pork (157.82)
Road miles
1,173
across 15 mapped stops · furthest 703 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$86K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.27 / 720
14 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.95 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 ↗ | Master | #720 (204 pts) | #803 (184 pts) | #748 (239 pts) | #758 (204 pts) | #762 (204 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #927 (124 pts) | #1074 (119 pts) | #1204 (114 pts) | #885 (154 pts) | #849 (174 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #791 (189 pts) | #791 (224 pts) | #929 (179 pts) | #871 (179 pts) | #641 (304 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #917 (120 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #890 (160 pts) | #913 (135 pts) | #904 (135 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Hog Wash, each with one reason worth a look.
33 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1425
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Hog Wash's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1425
Level with Hog Wash on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#6,143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1425
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 BOXERS Q | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Zoni-Q | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEKEND SMOKERS | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski's BBQ Competition Team | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Weber's Backyard BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cobia Smoke | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BUBBA'S BARBECUE | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SMOKE CLUB | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Sasquatch BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 149.6112 | 160.28 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 144.5144 | 158.06 | top 70% |
| Pork | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 149.6112 | 157.82 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 145.0744 | 160.77 | top 60% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 5 | 25 | 0 | top 90% | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 4 | 7 | 0 | top 63% | May 19, 2023 |
| Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 60% | Jul 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
13 of 16 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
8
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
403
finished ahead 208 times, behind 702
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Jul 29, 2016 → May 17, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Steel City Smokeout
20222 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- Career-best overall score661.5656 Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1498) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
20152 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.6624 Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4056 Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
- First call Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
- First overall top-10 Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.3 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 17, 2019 |
| +5.4 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | Jul 29, 2022 |
| +1 | Steel City Smokeout | Jul 19, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | York County BBQ Festival | Jun 26, 2020 |
| -11.1 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 13, 2022 |
| -10.2 | York County BBQ Festival | Jun 17, 2022 |
| -9.7 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 14, 2021 |
| -8.7 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 30, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 89.9% | 88.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.3% | 88.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 91.9% | 88.4% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.6% | 88.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2024 | Steel City Smokeout 🏅 Bethlehem, PA | 6 / 10 (647.2000) | 8 (162.2400) | 4 (165.0856) | 6 (162.8000) | 6 (157.0744) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 28 / 29 (629.4972) | 25 (163.9656) | 26 (156.5144) | 29 (153.6572) | 27 (155.3600) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 25 / 29 (624.3200) | 28 (157.0628) | 26 (156.5372) | 28 (149.6112) | 19 (161.1088) |
| May 19, 2023 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 23 / 37 (650.0916) | 24 (162.2400) | 27 (158.8116) | 17 (165.0856) | 19 (163.9544) |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 23 / 54 (661.5656) | 16 (173.1428) | 38 (162.2400) | 47 (155.9084) | 10 (170.2744) |
| Jun 17, 2022 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 31 / 34 (624.3312) | 32 (149.6112) | 30 (153.6800) | 31 (154.2288) | 15 (166.8112) |
| May 13, 2022 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 37 / 39 (622.6288) | 37 (156.5372) | 37 (151.9200) | 29 (161.0972) | 33 (153.0744) |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 42 / 54 (644.9716) | 48 (158.2172) | 45 (159.3600) | 22 (166.8344) | 32 (160.5600) |
| Jun 18, 2021 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 32 / 41 (643.9084) | 34 (155.9656) | 17 (166.2972) | 36 (156.5140) | 22 (165.1316) |
| May 14, 2021 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 37 / 46 (618.6516) | 41 (150.2172) | 18 (163.9888) | 37 (150.2056) | 35 (154.2400) |
| Jun 26, 2020 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 52 / 53 (595.7716) | 48 (155.3828) | 52 (144.5144) | 50 (150.8000) | 50 (145.0744) |
| May 17, 2019 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 7 / 44 (321.6572) | 9 (163.4056) | 5 (158.2516) | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | 30 / 33 (653.5428) | 25 (164.5488) | 26 (163.9544) | 32 (159.9540) | 21 (165.0856) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 31 / 55 (658.6624) | 36 (163.9656) | 47 (157.0628) | 44 (162.2284) | 4 (175.4056) |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | 51 / 75 (646.6396) | 39 (164.5256) | 40 (163.9656) | 55 (160.5028) | 56 (157.6456) |
| — | Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY) Landenberg, PA | 10 / 17 (310.2400) | 4 (163.3944) | 15 (146.8456) | — | — |