THE HOG MAFIA GA

Power ranking

#1576

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1502

peak 1523

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-01

latest 2023-07-06

Best ToY finish

#144

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

702.3084

Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

609.95 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 663.04 (-53.08)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±58.58

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.47 · weakest Pork (164.01)

Road miles

4237

mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 436 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

ROCKIN' PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of THE HOG MAFIA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BARREL FEVER BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 49-team field at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ.

📅 A September team

Something about September: average finish in the top 41% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	4	0	1	178.8800	159.9196	168.47	top 59%
Pork Ribs	30	9	0	3	178.8572	20.0000	166.21	top 40%
Pork	30	8	2	3	180.0000 🔥	20.0000	164.01	top 50%
Brisket	30	6	1	2	178.8572	148.4684	164.35	top 60%

“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
GA	13	0	top 57%
SC	10	0	top 64%
NC	4	0	top 43%
TN	1	0	top 70%
FL	1	0	top 47%
AL	1	1	top 2%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 59%
Medium (20–39)	15	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	14	1	top 56%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (12 contests)
Cooks mostly in GA (13 of 30 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (30 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13)
Wins it all in 3% of contests
All-time average overall score: 663.04
1 perfect 180 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	1	0	0	663.3032	663.30
2022	5	0	0	683.3260	612.81
2021	12	1	2	702.3084	681.23
2020	7	0	1	694.2288	678.12
2019	5	0	0	658.1828	648.43

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-07-06	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	52 / 76 (663.3032)	55 (163.3944)	25 (171.4288)	35 (168.5256)	60 (159.9544)
2022-10-14	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	58 / 83 (668.5256)	12 (175.4172)	41 (170.8456)	41 (169.7256)	82 (152.5372)
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	89 / 92 (358.1716)	66 (162.2516)	90 (20.0000)	92 (20.0000)	70 (155.9200)
2022-03-18	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	19 / 33 (676.4460)	28 (166.2400)	5 (175.4172)	21 (169.6800)	21 (165.1088)
2022-03-04	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	33 / 73 (683.3260)	24 (171.9772)	3 (178.8572)	61 (160.5144)	21 (171.9772)
2022-01-28	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	28 / 60 (677.5996)	44 (166.2284)	5 (176.5600)	11 (174.8456)	46 (159.9656)
2021-11-19	GBC Throwdown Cumming, GA	4 / 28 (693.0744)	5 (175.4172)	2 (177.7144)	23 (162.8000)	3 (177.1428)
2021-10-30	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 Shelby, NC	8 / 27 (693.0860)	14 (171.9772)	16 (169.6800)	9 (174.8572)	4 (176.5716)
2021-10-29	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 Shelby, NC	18 / 33 (676.4804)	27 (164.5372)	15 (168.5488)	5 (175.4172)	17 (167.9772)
2021-10-01	Squealin on the Square Laurens, SC	10 / 17 (673.5652)	14 (159.9196)	2 (176.5600)	10 (167.9772)	7 (169.1084)
2021-09-24	BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA	7 / 27 (687.8740)	16 (170.8228)	17 (170.8228)	2 (175.4056)	9 (170.8228)
2021-08-13	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	1 / 49 (702.3084)	2 (178.8800)	7 (174.2628)	1 (180.0000)	20 (169.1656)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	11 / 81 (687.9888)	43 (167.4172)	4 (176.5716)	48 (165.1428)	1 (178.8572)
2021-06-11	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	21 / 28 (668.9944)	22 (167.3828)	4 (173.1200)	25 (162.8000)	23 (165.6916)
2021-04-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge Roebuck, SC	21 / 27 (672.9596)	12 (173.1084)	25 (163.9428)	20 (167.3828)	17 (168.5256)
2021-03-12	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC	18 / 39 (675.8628)	29 (165.0856)	17 (169.6916)	13 (171.9656)	17 (169.1200)
2021-03-05	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	40 / 81 (666.6972)	15 (173.1200)	34 (167.9772)	64 (161.6572)	54 (163.9428)
2021-02-05	Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	17 / 31 (675.8976)	25 (165.1088)	12 (172.5832)	8 (170.8228)	15 (167.3828)
2020-11-20	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown Cumming, GA	32 / 40 (669.5884)	24 (169.6684)	19 (171.4172)	10 (174.2628)	39 (154.2400)
2020-09-25	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy Murphy, NC	7 / 22 (689.6228)	20 (168.5256)	12 (169.6800)	1 (178.8572)	11 (172.5600)
2020-09-11	Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA	12 / 38 (694.2288)	10 (175.4172)	13 (174.2744)	21 (170.8228)	10 (173.7144)
2020-09-05	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA	40 / 54 (679.9316)	36 (171.9772)	5 (177.7028)	26 (170.8228)	52 (159.4288)
2020-08-28	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	27 / 34 (662.2288)	27 (164.5372)	20 (166.2744)	14 (169.6800)	26 (161.7372)
2020-08-14	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken Aiken, SC	24 / 34 (667.8968)	23 (166.2628)	21 (169.6800)	15 (167.9656)	24 (163.9884)
2020-07-31	Hawgin On Lanier Cumming, GA	19 / 55 (683.3372)	22 (171.9772)	26 (169.1200)	16 (173.1200)	23 (169.1200)
2019-08-02	Hawgin On Lanier Gainesville, GA	39 / 45 (654.6972)	34 (165.6916)	14 (171.9656)	40 (161.6456)	42 (155.3944)
2019-07-12	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	48 / 83 (650.6972)	52 (161.6684)	29 (168.5488)	47 (163.9656)	56 (156.5144)
2019-04-26	BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA	30 / 33 (637.0056)	30 (159.9884)	18 (166.8572)	20 (159.9656)	30 (150.1944)
2019-03-01	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	39 / 62 (658.1828)	40 (166.2400)	25 (168.5828)	20 (167.9772)	52 (155.3828)
2019-02-01	Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	26 / 27 (641.5544)	10 (173.7144)	24 (157.7260)	24 (161.6456)	27 (148.4684)

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	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#591 (323 pts)	#647 (303 pts)	#458 (548 pts)	#848 (183 pts)	#562 (368 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#144 (1195 pts)	#177 (1039 pts)	#133 (1278 pts)	#90 (1517 pts)	#160 (1090 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#215 (550 pts)	#263 (470 pts)	#178 (640 pts)	#154 (740 pts)	#232 (505 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1075 (238 pts)	#1112 (238 pts)	#934 (328 pts)	#1002 (288 pts)	#1127 (238 pts)