Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 6 at their very first tracked contest, 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs) (Oct 7, 2022).
- Oct 7, 2022
- 6-team field
Hortons Hawgs
Hortons Hawgs is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 6 at the 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs) (2022). They finished #431 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Horton's Hawgs”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2022
latest May 3, 2024 · 1.6 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
166.2284
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.80 · weakest Chicken (154.81)
Road miles
1
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$4,250
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master (1-meat) avg
166.23 / 180
1 Master (1-meat) contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
310.18 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master (1-meat) out of 180, 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 | #431 (52 pts) | #431 (52 pts) | #434 (52 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 154.8116 | 154.81 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 155.3712 | 160.80 | top 81% |
“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
Opponents faced
30
finished ahead 3 times, behind 28
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Oct 7, 2022 → May 3, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score310.1828 O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- Most recent contest O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs)
- First call 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs)
- First overall top-10 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score166.2284 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2284 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 26 / 27 (310.1828) | 27 (154.8116) | 26 (155.3712) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs) Oneonta, AL | 4 / 6 (166.2284) | — | 4 (166.2284) | — | — |