A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barking Hogs BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barking Hogs BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Menage a Hog
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-06-23
latest 2026-08-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.30
last 3 Master vs avg 648.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.61 · weakest Pork (160.35)
Road miles
27
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.30 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Smoke on the Bricks (2026-08-07).
- last seen 2024-06-21
- back 2026-08-07
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Menage a Hog has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Menage a Hog)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Menage a Hog has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3549 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Menage a Hog)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Level with Menage a Hog on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Menage a Hog's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Menage a Hog's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 160.5028 | 163.61 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 160.5488 | 163.23 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 158.2856 | 160.35 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 154.2172 | 161.10 | top 61% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 76 | 0 | top 52% | 2024-06-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2023-06-23 → 2026-08-07
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.61 · weakest Pork (160.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
648.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
263
169–219 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,600
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2024-06-21 → 2026-08-07
Power rating
1492
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2024
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.6516 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score652.6516 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1544 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1500) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2026
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bricks
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2026-08-07 |
| -2.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2023-06-23 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 45 / 52 (648.3656) | 46 (160.5028) | 41 (165.6916) | 46 (162.2284) | 45 (159.9428) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 76 / 172 (652.6516) | 93 (161.7488) | 80 (163.4628) | 120 (158.2856) | 37 (169.1544) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 101 / 167 (643.8972) | 44 (168.5828) | 109 (160.5488) | 115 (160.5484) | 123 (154.2172) |