Rogue Hog BBQ VA
Rating
1588
peak 1712
Contests
76
in the data
First seen
2019-03-22
latest 2023-10-28
Best ToY finish
#269
Master 2023
Grand champs
2
3 reserve
Category wins
7
39 podiums
Overall top-10s
40
of 76 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
669.36
last 5 vs career avg 669.29 (+0.07)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
8
best run (overall)
Consistency
±60.35
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.27)
Road miles
16762
mi across 76 mapped stops · furthest 1066 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
A MAZIE Q has finished one call ahead of Rogue Hog BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE in 15 of their 15 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke is their spot: an average finish in the top 8% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.2856 points of the Grand Championship at New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2021-04-23).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 36-team field at Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 11% across 4 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 (2021-10-30) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 71 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 162.2516 | 170.16 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 76 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 176.5944 | 152.4684 | 167.27 | top 45% |
| Pork | 71 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2056 | 170.03 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 71 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 177.7144 | 153.6456 | 169.03 | top 37% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 15 | 0 | top 61% |
| PA | 8 | 0 | top 22% |
| NJ | 8 | 0 | top 36% |
| NC | 6 | 1 | top 39% |
| MD | 5 | 0 | top 23% |
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| VT | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
| ME | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| CT | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| WV | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
| NH | 2 | 0 | top 30% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
| MA | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| RI | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 8 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 31 | 2 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 32 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (30 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (15 of 76 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (76 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2019-09-28)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 669.29
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 685.0400 | 669.99 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 677.7256 | 677.73 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 707.4176 | 663.51 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 676.4572 | 670.06 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 691.3944 | 673.50 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-28 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Galax, VA | 17 / 17 (669.0168) | 17 (166.8228) | 17 (163.3828) | 7 (172.5600) | 17 (166.2512) |
| 2023-10-27 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Galax, VA | 17 / 19 (668.5032) | 19 (162.2744) | 12 (169.1316) | 5 (174.8456) | 18 (162.2516) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 145 / 487 (682.1940) | 211 (169.7028) | 190 (170.8344) | 159 (171.4056) | 157 (170.2512) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 126 / 211 (680.5028) | 74 (173.7144) | 189 (164.5256) | 121 (169.7144) | 67 (172.5484) |
| 2023-09-01 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC | 19 / 21 (646.5940) | 16 (167.3828) | 19 (152.4684) | 19 (158.2056) | 9 (168.5372) |
| 2023-08-12 | Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 2 Ashland, VA | 25 / 26 (656.4576) | 24 (165.1316) | 26 (155.3716) | 17 (169.1200) | 24 (166.8344) |
| 2023-08-11 | Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 1 Ashland, VA | 26 / 28 (659.2800) | 25 (166.2744) | 28 (154.2172) | 23 (167.9656) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2023-04-29 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 15 / 19 (674.2400) | 14 (167.9884) | 17 (162.8344) | 7 (172.5600) | 5 (170.8572) |
| 2023-04-28 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 10 / 20 (683.3600) | 5 (177.1428) | 11 (170.2628) | 11 (170.2744) | 14 (165.6800) |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC | 11 / 28 (685.0400) | 21 (166.8344) | 16 (169.6800) | 2 (176.5600) | 12 (171.9656) |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 34 / 46 (667.8744) | 42 (163.4172) | 40 (162.8116) | 9 (175.4172) | 33 (166.2284) |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 38 / 53 (666.7884) | 40 (164.5484) | 10 (175.4400) | 24 (169.7028) | 45 (157.0972) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 33 / 83 (677.7256) | 58 (165.1772) | 19 (174.2972) | 11 (174.2856) | 61 (163.9656) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 75 / 92 (678.1828) | 68 (169.6800) | 64 (170.8228) | 30 (174.2628) | 82 (163.4172) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 38 / 111 (684.5028) | 46 (171.4172) | 22 (172.5600) | 82 (167.3828) | 26 (173.1428) |
| 2021-10-30 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 Shelby, NC | 1 / 27 (707.4176) | 2 (178.8572) | 5 (175.4172) | 6 (175.4288) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2021-10-29 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 Shelby, NC | 8 / 33 (682.7660) | 19 (169.6800) | 19 (167.3944) | 13 (170.8344) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 13 / 15 (668.4460) | 14 (167.3828) | 15 (157.6688) | 7 (172.5600) | 5 (170.8344) |
| 2021-10-15 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 5 / 15 (682.1596) | 10 (170.2512) | 9 (167.9656) | 3 (175.4056) | 5 (168.5372) |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 23 / 70 (683.4056) | 53 (165.1772) | 32 (171.9656) | 13 (173.7028) | 20 (172.5600) |
| 2021-10-02 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT | 5 / 16 (688.4684) | 6 (173.1084) | 2 (173.1200) | 4 (169.1200) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2021-10-02 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest Braintree, VT | — | — | 3 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2021-09-25 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown Southwick, MA | 7 / 26 (671.9088) | 3 (170.8344) | 11 (162.8000) | 13 (163.4172) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 155 / 467 (169.1544) | 29 (175.4172) | 28 (176.0116) | 6 (178.8800) | 216 (165.1428) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 60 / 185 (685.0856) | 6 (178.8572) | 166 (160.5372) | 44 (173.7028) | 63 (171.9884) |
| 2021-08-28 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD | 5 / 20 (688.5028) | 17 (166.2400) | 10 (170.2972) | 5 (174.2628) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2021-08-27 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD | 6 / 24 (673.1204) | 17 (162.2516) | 8 (166.2744) | 3 (173.7372) | 4 (170.8572) |
| 2021-08-20 | Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition Hiram, ME | 6 / 26 (680.5372) | 14 (166.2972) | 19 (160.5372) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 3 / 54 (690.2056) | 3 (178.8572) | 21 (167.4172) | 26 (166.2284) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2021-07-17 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 Morgantown, WV | 4 / 15 (694.2288) | 4 (176.5716) | 6 (170.8344) | 1 (177.7028) | 8 (169.1200) |
| 2021-07-16 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV | 5 / 18 (689.6344) | 12 (169.1200) | 2 (175.4172) | 4 (174.2744) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 18 / 81 (685.0628) | 39 (168.5600) | 7 (175.4172) | 21 (171.4056) | 29 (169.6800) |
| 2021-06-18 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 9 / 41 (673.0400) | 17 (169.7028) | 12 (168.5600) | 15 (167.3944) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2021-06-12 | Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH | 8 / 32 (673.0744) | 3 (174.8572) | 25 (157.0972) | 12 (166.2628) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 2 / 46 (677.0860) | 16 (165.7028) | 3 (173.7144) | 3 (170.8344) | 6 (166.8344) |
| 2021-04-24 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 26 / 40 (658.1600) | 8 (174.2744) | 16 (167.4400) | 29 (162.8000) | 32 (153.6456) |
| 2021-04-24 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ | — | — | 9 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 2 / 40 (685.0972) | 6 (173.7144) | 11 (168.0000) | 22 (165.6800) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2021-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ | — | — | 6 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD | 13 / 34 (686.2288) | 5 (177.1544) | 12 (172.0116) | 21 (165.0972) | 16 (171.9656) |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD | 3 / 47 (692.5372) | 18 (170.8572) | 2 (176.5944) | 12 (170.8228) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 22 / 40 (674.7772) | 12 (171.4172) | 34 (161.1200) | 16 (171.4172) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 2 / 46 (691.9660) | 6 (174.8572) | 13 (170.8344) | 5 (174.2972) | 12 (171.9772) |
| 2020-10-17 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 19 / 40 (659.8400) | 27 (165.6800) | 23 (160.5144) | 17 (165.6800) | 12 (167.9656) |
| 2020-10-17 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES One-Meat Companion Jackson, NJ | — | — | 9 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2020-10-16 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 8 / 37 (675.9084) | 1 (180.0000) | 29 (160.5028) | 19 (166.8800) | 9 (168.5256) |
| 2020-10-16 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES One-Meat Companion Jackson, NJ | — | — | 1 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2020-07-31 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: DAY 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 8 / 28 (675.9200) | 6 (174.2628) | 6 (170.2744) | 12 (166.2972) | 16 (165.0856) |
| 2020-07-31 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 7 / 35 (676.4572) | 23 (166.2400) | 4 (170.8344) | 16 (166.2628) | 2 (173.1200) |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 29 / 53 (662.1944) | 10 (174.8572) | 28 (165.1200) | 32 (164.5600) | 39 (157.6572) |
| 2019-11-09 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC | 23 / 33 (674.1488) | 22 (169.6916) | 18 (169.6916) | 9 (171.9656) | 26 (162.8000) |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC | 4 / 47 (689.0744) | 28 (168.5256) | 10 (171.9888) | 7 (173.7028) | 7 (174.8572) |
| 2019-10-18 | Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE | 9 / 63 (668.4340) | 15 (169.1200) | 2 (173.7256) | 29 (163.9428) | 33 (161.6456) |
| 2019-10-12 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 18 / 30 (651.3144) | 16 (163.3944) | 8 (165.7144) | 16 (166.2628) | 27 (155.9428) |
| 2019-10-11 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 13 / 32 (657.5656) | 23 (162.8344) | 11 (166.8344) | 14 (165.6684) | 18 (162.2284) |
| 2019-10-04 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship Harrisburg, PA | 12 / 36 (662.1372) | 11 (167.9772) | 8 (168.5372) | 19 (162.2400) | 19 (163.3828) |
| 2019-09-28 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Hope Valley, RI | 1 / 36 (691.3944) | 2 (174.2628) | 8 (169.1200) | 2 (176.5716) | 4 (171.4400) |
| 2019-09-20 | Smokin in The Hills | 8 / 38 (682.2172) | 8 (173.7144) | 7 (170.8572) | 13 (170.2628) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2019-09-07 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Braintree, VT | 10 / 31 (667.3488) | 6 (172.0116) | 26 (152.5144) | 3 (176.5600) | 16 (166.2628) |
| 2019-08-24 | Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition Hiram, ME | 4 / 36 (678.8572) | 3 (172.0000) | 9 (168.5372) | 1 (176.6172) | 18 (161.7028) |
| 2019-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 5 / 53 (676.4800) | 5 (173.1200) | 8 (170.8572) | 29 (161.0972) | 3 (171.4056) |
| 2019-08-10 | Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark Saco, ME | 5 / 28 (675.9656) | 10 (170.8572) | 14 (163.4172) | 4 (171.9884) | 5 (169.7028) |
| 2019-07-27 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT | 9 / 33 (666.7544) | 10 (171.4172) | 12 (167.4172) | 17 (166.8344) | 20 (161.0856) |
| 2019-07-20 | Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY | 7 / 34 (673.7144) | 7 (170.2856) | 18 (166.2972) | 10 (166.8572) | 3 (170.2744) |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 17 / 48 (671.8856) | 17 (169.1084) | 13 (168.0000) | 14 (171.9772) | 30 (162.8000) |
| 2019-06-14 | Hartford Rib Off Hartford, CT | 4 / 27 (673.0740) | 6 (164.5256) | 10 (165.7028) | 3 (170.2856) | 4 (172.5600) |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH | 10 / 29 (675.3144) | 4 (176.0000) | 15 (163.9544) | 6 (173.1316) | 17 (162.2284) |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest Uncasville, CT | 13 / 61 (671.3712) | 24 (166.8228) | 12 (169.1772) | 22 (168.5600) | 22 (166.8112) |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON | 6 / 43 (670.8000) | 10 (169.1084) | 25 (160.5372) | 9 (169.7144) | 2 (171.4400) |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 5 / 44 (685.6572) | 11 (168.5256) | 2 (174.8572) | 11 (169.7144) | 5 (172.5600) |
| 2019-05-04 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT | 4 / 29 (674.1484) | 8 (170.8228) | 9 (167.9656) | 16 (162.2400) | 4 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | 13 / 32 (667.3256) | 22 (162.8000) | 18 (161.7028) | 12 (168.5484) | 4 (174.2744) |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD | 10 / 54 (676.5260) | 9 (172.5600) | 23 (165.1200) | 32 (164.5716) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2019-04-05 | The Ironman Greencastle, PA | 4 / 42 (680.5144) | 6 (170.2628) | 11 (167.4400) | 9 (169.6916) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2019-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) Urbanna, VA | 8 / 52 (682.2288) | 20 (171.9656) | 26 (165.1316) | 14 (168.5716) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2019-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 17 / 63 (666.7424) | 13 (171.4056) | 46 (159.4056) | 24 (165.6684) | 9 (170.2628) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #269 (803 pts) | #278 (818 pts) | #324 (788 pts) | #157 (1183 pts) | #221 (953 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #1060 (135 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |