The comeback
8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8 years, then back at Woodward County Free Fair BBQ Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2023-08-25).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2023-08-25
Hog Wild
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-10-04
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.52
last 3 Master vs avg 638.52 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.71 · weakest Brisket (155.01)
Road miles
5,219
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 2091 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$1K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
638.52 / 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 long haul
5,219
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,219 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,091 miles to Dana Point State BBQ Championship.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 2,091 mi
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.
Hog Wild 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 149 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Hog Wild did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hog Wild on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.6340 | 160.53 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 169.7256 | 149.6572 | 162.71 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 157.6912 | 162.25 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 152.5488 | 155.01 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 85% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.71 · weakest Brisket (155.01)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
638.52
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
70–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,219
5 mapped stops · furthest 2,091 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$1,150
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
8 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2023-08-25
Power rating
1485
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
- First call Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score649.6456 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1505) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7256 Woodward County Free Fair BBQ Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Woodward County Free Fair BBQ Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2013-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2015-09-11 |
| -6.6 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2014-09-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-25 | Woodward County Free Fair BBQ Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Woodward, OK | — | — | 2 (169.7256) | — | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 28 / 29 (628.3540) | 27 (153.6340) | 23 (159.9428) | 24 (162.2284) | 28 (152.5488) |
| 2014-09-19 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 26 / 35 (637.5540) | 18 (163.4056) | 32 (149.6572) | 9 (169.6800) | 27 (154.8112) |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 39 / 99 (649.6456) | 43 (164.5600) | 10 (169.7144) | 59 (157.6912) | 57 (157.6800) |
| 2013-09-20 | Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series) Fort Mills, SC | — | — | 5 (164.5256) | 13 (159.4172) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #1571 (150 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |