HOGBELLY COOKERS
HOGBELLY COOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 10 at the NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #280 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Walk rate
Best single call
Strongest meat
Road miles
Master avg
Backyard avg
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 ↗ | Backyard | #280 (130 pts) | #275 (150 pts) | #311 (120 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 136.5024 | 151.40 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.2000 | 158.8344 | 160.02 | top 75% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.8572 | 138.8572 | 138.86 | top 95% |
“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.
More numbers
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First call NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1316 NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2972 NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score436.5596 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2024 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Tomball, TX | 8 / 10 (325.1316) | 6 (166.2972) | 9 (158.8344) | — | — |
| Feb 26, 2015 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 61 / 61 (436.5596) | 60 (136.5024) | 36 (161.2000) | 58 (138.8572) | — |