A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 Blondes and a Bald ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 Blondes and a Bald has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Minage a Hog
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-09-27
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#755
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.27
last 4 Master vs avg 646.27 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.98 · weakest Brisket (157.52)
Road miles
13
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.27 / 720
4 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KC Rib doctor in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
Minage a Hog has 4 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.
#3815 of the rated field
- Contests
- 56
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1507
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Minage a Hog)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Minage a Hog has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Minage a Hog's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Minage a Hog's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Minage a Hog on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 159.3600 | 162.67 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 160.5260 | 164.98 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 152.5372 | 161.11 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 151.3488 | 157.52 | top 72% |
“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 | 90 | 0 | top 65% | 2026-06-26 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 67% | 2025-09-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2024-09-27 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.98 · weakest Brisket (157.52)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
646.27
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
261
156–296 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
13
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers
- Peak power rating (1493) Shawnee Great Grillers
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5316 Shawnee Great Grillers
- Career-best overall score657.5316 Shawnee Great Grillers
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2856 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2025-09-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2024-09-27 |
| -6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
| -0.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 57% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 91.3% | 90% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 90 / 157 (650.1488) | 111 (159.9428) | 59 (168.5716) | 46 (170.2856) | 127 (151.3488) |
| 2025-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 38 / 67 (657.5316) | 42 (164.5372) | 31 (167.3944) | 38 (165.0856) | 46 (160.5144) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 115 / 159 (638.6976) | 73 (166.8228) | 110 (160.5260) | 150 (152.5372) | 110 (158.8116) |
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 57 / 73 (638.6852) | 60 (159.3600) | 43 (163.4172) | 63 (156.5140) | 51 (159.3940) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #755 (120 pts) | #815 (120 pts) | #877 (120 pts) | #779 (120 pts) | #780 (120 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #1020 (120 pts) | #935 (120 pts) | #920 (120 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |