Wild Hogs

Wild Hogs is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Monterrey BBQ Fest (2022).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1519

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 4, 2013

latest Oct 13, 2023 · 10 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 5 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

681.7144 / 720

Master · Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Monterrey BBQ Fest

Consistency

±16.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (161.71)

Road miles

12,086

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 5,023 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Master avg

659.17 / 720

5 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Monterrey BBQ Fest (Sep 30, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 15-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMELLAQUE.

High-water mark

681.7144 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.7144 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 13, 2023

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.85 points below their pork, and turns into a call 80% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 161.71
Pork avg 168.56
4 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

5.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.7 years, then back at The War of Barbeque (Jun 22, 2019).

last seen Oct 4, 2013
back Jun 22, 2019

The long haul

12,086 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,086 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,023 miles to The War of Barbeque.

5 mapped stops
furthest 5,023 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Wild Hogs, each with one reason worth a look.

Wild Hogs has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 83 rated teams sit within a point of it.

Homestead Hawgs

#2,532 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Barrel Proof BBQ

#2,525 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1519

They turned up 8 years after Wild Hogs did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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BBQ Bros Austria

#2,517 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1522

5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 30, 2022

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The BBQ JEDI

#2,513 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1522

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Wild Hogs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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STEVE'S AND BEEVE'S

#2,529 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1524

Level with Wild Hogs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2015

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TORNADO ALLEY

#2,511 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1520

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	0	0	171.9884	146.2628	164.68	top 42%
Pork Ribs	5	2	0	1	173.7144	154.8344	164.23	top 49%
Pork	5	3	1	2	177.7144	155.3484	168.56	top 36%
Brisket	5	4	0	0	170.8456	151.4400	161.71	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	3	1	top 23%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TN	1	0	top 44%
MS	1	0	top 43%

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 1 of 5 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 a different one every time

First title Sep 30, 2022 Monterrey BBQ Fest

Opponents faced 161 finished ahead 105 times, behind 67

Longest layoff 5.7 yrs Oct 4, 2013 → Jun 22, 2019

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20233 milestones

Sep 29 Peak power rating (1519) Monterrey BBQ Fest
Oct 13 Career-best overall score681.7144 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Oct 13 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20225 milestones

Sep 30 First category win (Pork) Monterrey BBQ Fest
Sep 30 First overall top-10 Monterrey BBQ Fest
Sep 30 First overall podium Monterrey BBQ Fest
Sep 30 First Grand Championship Monterrey BBQ Fest
Sep 30 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Monterrey BBQ Fest

20133 milestones

Oct 4 First tracked contest KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ
Oct 4 First call KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ
Oct 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.6172 KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.9	Monterrey BBQ Fest	Sep 30, 2022
+9.7	Monterrey BBQ Fest	Sep 29, 2023
+3.3	KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ	Oct 4, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	The War of Barbeque	Jun 22, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2023	2	0	1	0	50%	top 34%	94.7%	91.6%
2022	1	1	1	1	100%	top 4%	91.6%	91.6%
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 89%	89.5%	89.5%
2013	1	0	0	0	100%	top 43%	93.4%	93.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 13, 2023	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	36 / 81 (681.7144)	43 (168.0116)	24 (173.7144)	44 (169.1428)	33 (170.8456)
Sep 29, 2023	Monterrey BBQ Fest Santiago, N.L.	5 / 22 (637.6460)	16 (146.2628)	2 (169.1544)	4 (166.2744)	7 (155.9544)
Sep 30, 2022	Monterrey BBQ Fest San Pedro Garza Garcia	1 / 25 (659.4288)	5 (165.6800)	5 (164.5944)	1 (177.7144)	8 (151.4400)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	17 / 19 (644.4456)	5 (171.9884)	19 (154.8344)	18 (155.3484)	9 (162.2744)
Oct 4, 2013	KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ Corinth, MS	13 / 30 (672.6172)	11 (171.4400)	26 (158.8456)	3 (174.3200)	10 (168.0116)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Wild Hogs

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Against the odds

High-water mark

The weak link

The comeback

The long haul

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)