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NECTAR OF THE HOGS WI

Power ranking

#202
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1680
peak 1695 · rated over 67 contests

Best runs

6
straight top-10s

Contests

71
in the data

First seen

2019-05-03
latest 2026-07-24

Best ToY finish

#107
Master 2024

Grand champs

2
1 reserve

Category wins

11
33 podiums

Overall top-10s

32
of 71 contests

Avg finish

top 34%
overall standings

Best overall

705.6916 / 720

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

686.32 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 676.80 (+9.52)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

6
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±24.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 171.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.75)

Road miles

17968
mi across 71 mapped stops · furthest 2512 mi

Schedule strength

71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Purse competed for

$783K
listed at 61 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅
GCs in 62 state-championship entries

Master avg

676.80 / 720
67 Master contests · 2 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

MACHETE BOYS BBQ has finished one call ahead of NECTAR OF THE HOGS 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has landed one call behind them 5 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 38 of their 52 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SIX BUTT BBQ in 32 of their 43 shared contests.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 50-team field at Big Island BBQ.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 24% across 7 contests, versus top 34% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest (2026-07-24) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2021-05-07).

Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 52 14 38 27% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 52 14 38 27% ⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 50 24 26 48% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 45 23 22 51% ⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ 43 32 11 74% ⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ 40 13 27 33% ⚔ compare
Phoenix BBQ 37 26 11 70% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 37 24 13 65% ⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ 36 15 21 42% ⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ 35 25 9 71% ⚔ compare
Ash Kickin' BBQ 35 15 20 43% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 35 8 27 23% ⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ 33 22 11 67% ⚔ compare
SPITFIRE 32 20 12 63% ⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ 32 14 18 44% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 67 19 2 6 179.4400 161.6572 171.01 top 41%
Pork Ribs 70 19 1 8 177.7144 149.0744 167.75 top 47%
Pork 67 35 6 14 180.0000 🔥 155.9428 171.88 top 32%
Brisket 66 20 2 5 180.0000 🔥 154.7652 168.70 top 40%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
WI210top 31%
MN181top 38%
IA111top 23%
KS70top 41%
ND30top 30%
SD20top 36%
OK20top 70%
TN10top 71%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)21top 20%
Medium (20–39)300top 33%
Large (40+)351top 36%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 6 4 0 top 24% 2026-06-13
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 6 8 0 top 37% 2026-06-12
Minnesota in May 4 12 0 top 28% 2026-05-08
Smokin' in Steele 4 9 0 top 49% 2025-05-30
ND BBQ Championship 3 3 0 top 30% 2026-05-01
Iowa State BBQ Championship 3 9 0 top 32% 2026-04-03
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 60 0 top 32% 2023-09-27
Minnesota in May (Masters) 3 3 0 top 26% 2022-05-13
Puckaway Pigfest 2 13 0 top 39% 2025-09-05
MN Masters BBQ 2 7 0 top 45% 2025-08-22
Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 2 5 0 top 27% 2025-06-27
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 2 9 0 top 29% 2024-07-12
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 2 3 0 top 36% 2023-09-08
11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) 2 4 0 top 26% 2023-08-25
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST 2 8 0 top 39% 2022-09-29

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.7American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST2022-09-29
+14Minnesota in May2019-05-10
+13.8Big Island BBQ2019-08-23
+13.516th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash2019-08-09
+12.9BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!2019-07-19

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-20.9Smokin' in Steele2025-05-30
-16.5KTD Smokn' Gobbler2025-07-11
-11.2American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST2021-09-16
-9.53rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational2021-11-13
-9.1MN Masters BBQ2024-08-23

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20267131 71% top 26% 98% 94.9%
202514042 79% top 49% 95.9% 91.9%
202412062 75% top 33% 96.3% 94.7%
202311082 100% top 23% 96.3% 95%
202210020 60% top 34% 97.5% 94.1%
20219031 44% top 46% 95% 93.5%
20198163 88% top 20% 96.7% 94.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-07-24 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 1 / 17 (705.6916) 10 (176.5600) 6 (174.2744) 4 (178.2972) 4 (176.5600)
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 17 / 37 (684.4800) 26 (169.6800) 29 (163.9772) 1 (180.0000) 14 (170.8228)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 17 / 40 (673.0056) 35 (162.8000) 5 (170.8572) 9 (171.9656) 15 (167.3828)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 12 / 77 (689.0628) 26 (173.1200) 31 (169.7144) 29 (171.9656) 15 (174.2628)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 24 / 71 (679.3712) 17 (172.5600) 54 (163.4400) 25 (171.4056) 19 (171.9656)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 9 / 42 (686.7772) 6 (175.4172) 23 (167.4172) 16 (171.9656) 10 (171.9772)
2026-01-24 Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 5 / 31 (664.5600) 2 (176.5944) 19 (157.7028) 7 (171.4400) 9 (158.8228)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 23 / 46 (669.6112) 33 (165.1084) 24 (166.2628) 17 (170.2628) 20 (167.9772)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND 3 (174.8456)
2025-09-05 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 15 / 35 (677.0172) 20 (167.3828) 20 (164.5256) 5 (174.2744) 12 (170.8344)
2025-08-22 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 7 / 26 (678.2172) 12 (168.5600) 20 (162.2744) 1 (178.8572) 9 (168.5256)
2025-07-25 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 17 / 31 (671.3256) 24 (164.5600) 16 (167.3828) 3 (175.4056) 23 (163.9772)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN 24 / 26 (653.0288) 13 (168.5256) 26 (149.0744) 11 (169.1316) 18 (166.2972)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 5 / 15 (690.8344) 9 (169.1200) 10 (167.9772) 3 (178.2972) 4 (175.4400)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 8 / 36 (687.9084) 24 (169.6800) 26 (167.3828) 7 (173.7028) 3 (177.1428)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 20 / 36 (671.8856) 30 (161.6684) 33 (158.8116) 8 (174.2628) 1 (177.1428)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 30 (158.8344)
2025-05-30 Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 28 / 28 (501.6000) 28 (161.6572) 7 (173.1200) 21 (166.8228)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 23 / 58 (682.8344) 9 (175.4400) 5 (174.2972) 44 (167.9656) 40 (165.1316)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 9 / 49 (682.1944) 9 (174.8572) 14 (172.5600) 33 (166.2400) 20 (168.5372)
2025-02-21 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN 20 / 42 (673.0744) 6 (174.8916) 37 (158.8000) 11 (171.4172) 24 (167.9656)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 257 / 444 (670.7652) 205 (169.7372) 103 (173.7028) 117 (172.5600) 379 (154.7652)
2024-09-27 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 3 / 47 (693.1428) 12 (170.8456) 19 (167.4056) 1 (178.2972) 4 (176.5944)
2024-09-06 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 13 / 37 (673.5772) 27 (165.0856) 3 (173.1316) 21 (165.6800) 12 (169.6800)
2024-08-23 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 17 / 27 (672.5028) 21 (164.5484) 19 (163.4172) 2 (179.4400) 17 (165.0972)
2024-07-26 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 5 / 28 (690.2284) 18 (169.1084) 20 (165.1200) 1 (180.0000) 5 (176.0000)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 9 / 34 (681.6572) 18 (171.4056) 27 (162.8344) 5 (174.8572) 6 (172.5600)
2024-06-08 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 4 / 37 (693.0856) 15 (174.8572) 18 (171.4172) 7 (175.4056) 14 (171.4056)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 10 / 41 (681.6228) 22 (169.6684) 16 (168.0116) 2 (180.0000) 33 (163.9428)
2024-05-31 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 9 / 32 (685.6572) 8 (173.7028) 9 (168.5600) 13 (169.6800) 10 (173.7144)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 19 / 58 (688.5028) 19 (174.2628) 38 (167.9656) 18 (173.1544) 12 (173.1200)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 13 (170.8572)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 24 / 42 (671.3712) 29 (168.5712) 36 (158.2284) 2 (174.8800) 16 (169.6916)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 3 / 21 (690.2172) 4 (177.1544) 14 (165.6800) 9 (170.8228) 3 (176.5600)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 60 / 487 (690.2972) 5 (179.4400) 102 (173.1544) 247 (167.9772) 159 (169.7256)
2023-09-08 Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 3 / 28 (689.1432) 3 (177.1544) 10 (170.2744) 5 (174.2628) 12 (167.4516)
2023-08-25 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 4 / 28 (693.0744) 14 (171.9656) 12 (170.2744) 7 (173.1200) 1 (177.7144)
2023-08-24 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 10 / 27 (685.0400) 8 (173.1316) 9 (170.2744) 7 (173.1084) 15 (168.5256)
2023-07-28 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 3 / 32 (691.3828) 17 (170.2628) 15 (169.1200) 1 (179.4400) 6 (172.5600)
2023-07-07 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 6 / 28 (681.6576) 14 (169.1200) 21 (164.5488) 6 (174.2744) 5 (173.7144)
2023-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 9 / 40 (684.4916) 20 (171.9656) 14 (170.2860) 6 (175.4056) 22 (166.8344)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 23 / 43 (667.8628) 22 (167.3828) 17 (168.5600) 9 (174.2744) 33 (157.6456)
2023-06-02 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 10 / 29 (671.3256) 15 (167.3828) 12 (168.0000) 2 (176.5600) 24 (159.3828)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 14 / 59 (681.7032) 28 (170.2744) 3 (176.0344) 40 (163.9772) 13 (171.4172)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 8 / 249 (701.6456) 47 (175.4056) 12 (177.7144) 167 (168.5256) 3 (180.0000)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 109 / 505 (683.3372) 99 (173.1200) 407 (159.9544) 35 (176.5600) 63 (173.7028)
2022-09-09 Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD 17 / 28 (666.8460) 17 (169.1316) 18 (166.2972) 12 (169.1544) 26 (162.2628)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 13 / 40 (673.6228) 22 (168.5600) 10 (171.9772) 11 (171.4056) 31 (161.6800)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 7 / 37 (684.5372) 28 (166.8344) 3 (174.8916) 5 (174.8456) 16 (167.9656)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 11 / 39 (678.2632) 29 (166.8688) 2 (175.4744) 25 (166.2400) 11 (169.6800)
2022-06-03 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN 11 / 33 (679.8972) 17 (168.5372) 21 (166.2516) 9 (173.1084) 8 (172.0000)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN 34 / 59 (666.1140) 16 (170.2628) 51 (157.6340) 28 (168.5372) 15 (169.6800)
2022-04-29 Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI 20 / 43 (665.1312) 16 (169.7144) 34 (158.2856) 15 (168.0228) 10 (169.1084)
2021-11-13 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK 82 / 92 (673.0400) 37 (174.2972) 52 (171.9772) 89 (159.3600) 66 (167.4056)
2021-11-11 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK 56 / 111 (678.1484) 29 (173.1200) 57 (168.5372) 65 (169.6684) 70 (166.8228)
2021-10-08 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 50 / 70 (671.9428) 16 (173.7144) 60 (166.2628) 51 (166.2856) 57 (165.6800)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 137 / 185 (672.5028) 108 (169.7028) 83 (171.4172) 82 (170.8456) 168 (160.5372)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 287 / 467 (654.7428) 72 (173.1200) 355 (159.3944) 343 (158.8228) 245 (163.4056)
2021-08-20 13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN 6 / 35 (683.9428) 11 (171.4400) 11 (169.7028) 4 (174.2628) 15 (168.5372)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI 11 / 45 (669.6684) 11 (170.8456) 3 (174.3200) 40 (155.9428) 16 (168.5600)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI 8 / 52 (678.1828) 9 (171.4056) 1 (175.4172) 30 (165.6800) 21 (165.6800)
2021-05-07 Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN 9 / 60 (677.6684) 39 (164.5484) 6 (170.8572) 10 (172.5600) 14 (169.7028)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 262 / 468 (654.8228) 152 (169.1200) 286 (162.8572) 172 (168.0000) 371 (154.8456)
2019-08-23 Big Island BBQ 🏅 Alberta Lea, MN 1 / 50 (696.0000) 1 (179.4400) 15 (168.0000) 1 (179.4400) 10 (169.1200)
2019-08-09 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash 🏅 Mason City, IA 2 / 38 (686.7772) 15 (169.6800) 2 (173.1200) 2 (174.8572) 13 (169.1200)
2019-07-19 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! 🏅 Waterloo, IA 3 / 33 (691.3940) 2 (177.1428) 15 (167.9656) 3 (177.7028) 12 (168.5828)
2019-06-21 Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI 10 / 37 (662.6968) 3 (173.1200) 10 (167.9656) 15 (165.1084) 22 (156.5028)
2019-05-10 Minnesota in May 🏅 3 / 57 (691.9772) 7 (174.2744) 12 (171.4400) 6 (176.0000) 14 (170.2628)
2019-05-04 Masters in May Day 2 🏅 Bancroft, WI 17 / 40 (667.8968) 8 (170.2512) 21 (166.2628) 33 (159.9428) 5 (171.4400)
2019-05-03 Masters In May Day 1 🏅 Bancroft, WI 7 / 42 (683.9428) 1 (178.8572) 19 (167.9656) 5 (174.2744) 22 (162.8456)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #141 (983 pts) #198 (828 pts) #280 (678 pts) #123 (1008 pts) #161 (893 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #191 (1137 pts) #208 (1088 pts) #196 (1184 pts) #81 (1651 pts) #133 (1358 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #107 (1411 pts) #251 (926 pts) #213 (1067 pts) #24 (1976 pts) #124 (1316 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #156 (1186 pts) #200 (1021 pts) #274 (886 pts) #195 (1026 pts) #181 (1071 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #200 (1056 pts) #312 (776 pts) #184 (1161 pts) #222 (986 pts) #191 (1108 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #267 (725 pts) #349 (585 pts) #218 (945 pts) #351 (585 pts) #384 (530 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #167 (1473 pts) #136 (1553 pts) #320 (968 pts) #177 (1368 pts) #368 (888 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #287 (1106 pts) #269 (1176 pts) #378 (931 pts) #335 (1006 pts) #499 (741 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #622 (623 pts) #511 (778 pts) #520 (768 pts) #690 (598 pts) #549 (718 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #309 (1147 pts) #414 (937 pts) #423 (952 pts) #407 (977 pts) #335 (1107 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #437 (870 pts) #537 (730 pts) #357 (1020 pts) #323 (1050 pts) #458 (820 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #664 (557 pts) #667 (572 pts) #700 (542 pts) #575 (687 pts) #497 (757 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1471 (150 pts) #2030 (80 pts) #2017 (80 pts) #1848 (115 pts) #1390 (180 pts)

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