A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big %22J%22 and Bubba
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-10-08
latest 2024-05-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.55
last 3 Master vs avg 628.55 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.86 · weakest Brisket (147.72)
Road miles
64
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.55 / 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
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (2023-05-12).
- last seen 2021-10-08
- back 2023-05-12
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.
Big %22J%22 and Bubba 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 161 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big %22J%22 and Bubba on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Big %22J%22 and Bubba's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 149.6800 | 156.09 | top 108% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 153.0628 | 161.86 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 149.6916 | 160.75 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0400 | 146.7772 | 147.72 | top 96% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2021-10-08 → 2024-05-10
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.86 · weakest Brisket (147.72)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.55
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
8–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
64
3 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$22,100
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2021-10-08 → 2023-05-12
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- 2023
- Career-best overall score638.6860 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2972 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- 2024
- Most recent contest 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2021-10-08 |
| -10.7 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2024-05-10 |
| -10.2 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 2023-05-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 39 / 42 (608.8916) | 37 (159.3600) | 39 (153.0628) | 37 (149.6916) | 38 (146.7772) |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 36 / 40 (638.6860) | 38 (157.0972) | 29 (166.2516) | 23 (166.2972) | 39 (149.0400) |
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 25 / 26 (638.0804) | 25 (158.2172) | 17 (166.2516) | 15 (166.2744) | 26 (147.3372) |