HESS HOGS 4 AL
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 1 contests
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2022-04-08
latest 2022-04-08
Best ToY finish
#19
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 18%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.40)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
335.36 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Storylines
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 2 of 9 at their very first tracked contest, Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
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% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 15% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 15% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: — (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in AL (1 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- Average Backyard overall score: 335.36 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 — First tracked contest · Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 📣 — First call · Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- ⭐ 2022-04-08 — Career-best overall score (345.0856) · Smoke on the Falls
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-08 | 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) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #19 (1191 pts) | #17 (1206 pts) | #7 (1298 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #383 (664 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #19 (1181 pts) | #11 (1225 pts) | #25 (1097 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | #1127 (92 pts) | #866 (176 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #59 (926 pts) | #51 (981 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #12 (1230 pts) | #26 (1075 pts) | — | — |