HOGZ GONE WILD GA

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#982

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1607

peak 1607 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-05

latest 2014-11-21

Best ToY finish

#350

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

701.1084 / 720

Master · Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

675.10 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 674.38 (+0.72)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA)

Consistency

±12.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.65 · weakest Brisket (166.98)

Road miles

2,009

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 660 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

674.38 / 720

16 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) (2014-06-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N.

On the rise

+70 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 70 points across 9 contests since 2014-04-18 — from 1537 up to 1607.

9 contests since 2014-04-18
now 1607

Giant slayer

41 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Atlanta BarB-Q Festival.

2013-09-13

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) (2014-08-15).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.1084 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.1084 at Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-06-06

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

OLD PLANTATION BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

OLD PLANTATION BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

KUDZU Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
16 contests

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31 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

DODGE COUNTY SMOKERS

#981 of the rated field

1607 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1609

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOGZ GONE WILD GA)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOGZ GONE WILD GA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

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TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS

#984 of the rated field

1606 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1609

6–0 in 6 shared contests (100% to HOGZ GONE WILD GA)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 58 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 58 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

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NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ

#979 of the rated field

1607 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1607

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-04-25

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Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ

#983 of the rated field

1606 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1618

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 30 contests, alongside a 47% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

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Cotton BBQ

#985 of the rated field

1606 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1606

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after HOGZ GONE WILD GA did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 37 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW

#980 of the rated field

1607 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1655

No shared contest yet.

Level with HOGZ GONE WILD GA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 43 contests
last seen 2020-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TENACIOUS Q	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
JACK'S OLD SOUTH	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
DIGGIN QUE-GA	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
CURLY TAILS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
UNCULTURED SWINE	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
CRIMSON Q	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
DEEP SOUTH BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
KUDZU Q	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	6	1	1	180.0000 🔥	158.8572	169.65	top 36%
Pork Ribs	16	6	1	3	177.7144	155.9772	168.94	top 35%
Pork	16	6	2	3	180.0000 🔥	160.5710	168.80	top 36%
Brisket	16	6	0	2	177.7028	154.7772	166.98	top 43%

“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	14	2	top 29%
MO	2	0	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	1	top 25%
Large (40+)	8	1	top 35%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2	8	0	top 26%	2014-08-30

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.6 yrs 2013-04-05 → 2014-11-21

Busiest season 2014 10 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 8 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 14 of 16 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 1 win · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.65 · weakest Brisket (166.98)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 12 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 8 of 16 contests

Wins it all 13% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2013-09-13 Atlanta BarB-Q Festival

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 674.38 out of 720 · 16 contests · 2 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 828 941–340 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,009 16 mapped stops · furthest 660 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Power rating 1607 peak 1607 · #982 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 5 First tracked contest Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 5 First call Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8568 Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Sep 13 First overall podium Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
Sep 13 First Grand Championship Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
Sep 13 Biggest field won (41 teams) Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
2014
Jun 6 First category win (Pork) Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Jun 6 Career-best overall score701.1084 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 15 First multi-meat day Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
Aug 15 First perfect 180 (Pork) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
Aug 15 10th tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
Nov 21 Peak power rating (1607) The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA)
Nov 21 Most recent contest The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)	2014-06-06
+15.4	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival	2013-09-13
+11.6	Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)	2014-08-15
+10.9	Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA)	2014-09-27
+10.5	Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)	2013-06-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-02

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)
2014	10	1	6	4	80%	top 26%	97.4%	94.4%
2013	6	1	2	0	67%	top 36%	94.1%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-11-21	The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) Cumming, GA	34 / 86 (678.2056)	17 (174.2628)	52 (165.6800)	10 (174.2856)	63 (163.9772)
2014-11-14	Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) Chatsworth, GA	19 / 34 (674.1484)	1 (180.0000)	26 (166.2400)	25 (162.7884)	25 (165.1200)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	75 / 552 (677.6456)	185 (168.5256)	68 (173.1200)	42 (174.2972)	282 (161.7028)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	93 / 165 (668.4796)	48 (171.9656)	55 (170.8228)	75 (168.5256)	147 (157.1656)
2014-09-27	Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA	4 / 34 (677.0172)	8 (173.1200)	2 (174.2744)	16 (167.3828)	20 (162.2400)
2014-08-30	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	8 / 39 (678.1600)	7 (173.1200)	11 (170.2744)	26 (162.8000)	9 (171.9656)
2014-08-15	Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA	3 / 43 (689.6800)	16 (169.1084)	1 (177.7144)	1 (180.0000)	15 (162.8572)
2014-06-06	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Eurharlee, GA	1 / 31 (701.1084)	10 (170.2628)	2 (176.5828)	1 (176.5600)	2 (177.7028)
2014-05-30	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	6 / 29 (672.4112)	10 (168.5256)	9 (168.5256)	7 (166.8228)	7 (168.5372)
2014-04-18	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) Cornelia, GA	9 / 27 (682.7544)	14 (168.5372)	4 (173.1316)	2 (174.2744)	14 (166.8112)
2013-10-25	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA	16 / 41 (664.4344)	12 (171.4056)	24 (163.3828)	26 (162.2516)	12 (167.3944)
2013-09-13	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA	1 / 41 (677.6344)	12 (165.7028)	12 (162.8116)	4 (173.1200)	3 (176.0000)
2013-08-02	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	52 / 61 (642.6512)	44 (163.9312)	51 (155.9772)	29 (167.9656)	55 (154.7772)
2013-06-07	Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA	8 / 39 (674.2852)	4 (173.1428)	6 (172.0000)	26 (160.5710)	14 (168.5714)
2013-05-17	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	12 / 37 (668.5714)	29 (158.8572)	12 (170.2860)	18 (166.8568)	6 (172.5714)
2013-04-05	Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Summerville, GA	16 / 41 (662.8568)	28 (163.9998)	26 (162.2858)	24 (162.2856)	7 (174.2856)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#410 (925 pts)	#385 (985 pts)	#388 (970 pts)	#475 (820 pts)	#581 (635 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#350 (874 pts)	#472 (679 pts)	#510 (649 pts)	#559 (589 pts)	#336 (914 pts)