High-water mark
345.0856
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.0856 at Smoke on the Falls — 95.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 8, 2022
HESS HOGS 4
HESS HOGS 4 is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 9 at the Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) (), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #19 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “HESSHOGS4”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 8, 2022
latest Apr 8, 2022
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 18%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.40)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
335.36 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #19 (1,191 pts) | #17 (1,206 pts) | #7 (1,298 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #383 (664 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #19 (1,181 pts) | #11 (1,225 pts) | #25 (1,097 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | #1127 (92 pts) | #866 (176 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #59 (926 pts) | #51 (981 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #12 (1,230 pts) | #26 (1,075 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 158.2172 | 167.96 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.4172 | 167.3828 | 167.40 | top 48% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score345.0856 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6344 Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 5 / 34 (345.0856) | 3 (177.7028) | 25 (167.3828) | — | — |
| — | Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) Bowling Green, MO | 2 / 9 (325.6344) | 5 (158.2172) | 2 (167.4172) | — | — |