MUNCHIN HOGS

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

Power ranking

#1616

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1557 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-12

latest 2014-10-02

Best ToY finish

#495

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 19%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6456 / 720

Master · 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.60 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 671.61 (+0.99)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Consistency

±8.68

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.52 · weakest Brisket (164.55)

Road miles

783

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

671.61 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

685.6456 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.6456 at 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-03

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.97 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 164.55
Pork Ribs avg 170.52
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of K.C. CAN CREW in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

SPICEWINE IRONWORKS

#1621 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1564

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to MUNCHIN HOGS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MUNCHIN HOGS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2017-07-07

⚔ Head-to-head

EUREKA SMOKE

#1620 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-11-05

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FATBACK JOE'S BBQ

#1607 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2013-10-25

⚔ Head-to-head

SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q

#1613 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-01-11

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ROGUE CAVEMAN Q

#1618 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-05-28

⚔ Head-to-head

MADE WITH RUB

#1612 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Level with MUNCHIN HOGS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
K.C. CAN CREW	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	1	2	177.1544	158.8568	168.56	top 30%
Pork Ribs	7	2	0	2	175.4286	166.2856	170.52	top 24%
Pork	7	2	0	0	173.1428	161.6684	167.98	top 30%
Brisket	7	1	0	0	173.1200	150.8570	164.55	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
MO	3	top 19%
KS	3	top 12%
OK	1	top 40%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 25%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 16%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2013-04-12 → 2014-10-02

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 3 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 170.52 · weakest Brisket (164.55)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 57% 4 of 7 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 671.61 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 888 1,130–322 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 783 7 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength 1529 average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests

Power rating 1557 peak 1557 · #1616 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First call Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall top-10 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2854 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 26 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 26 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 3 Career-best overall score685.6456 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
Oct 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
2014
Oct 2 Peak power rating (1557) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 2 Most recent contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
+13.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-04-26
+12.5	Smoke In The Spring	2013-04-12
+11.5	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2013-06-07
+5.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2013-10-11

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	1	0	0	0	0%	top 47%	91.2%	91.2%
2013	6	0	4	1	67%	top 14%	95.2%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	260 / 552 (656.4456)	358 (161.6800)	179 (167.9888)	338 (161.6684)	210 (165.1084)
2013-10-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	12 / 30 (675.9088)	3 (177.1544)	19 (167.4060)	6 (171.4056)	27 (159.9428)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	29 / 535 (675.2912)	83 (169.6800)	68 (169.1200)	104 (167.9656)	81 (168.5256)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	7 / 174 (685.6456)	85 (166.2856)	16 (173.1200)	25 (173.1200)	24 (173.1200)
2013-06-07	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	9 / 69 (669.7138)	41 (158.8568)	3 (175.4286)	33 (163.4286)	6 (171.9998)
2013-04-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	3 / 30 (663.9996)	1 (173.7142)	2 (174.2856)	11 (165.1428)	28 (150.8570)
2013-04-12	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	9 / 71 (674.2854)	6 (172.5714)	26 (166.2856)	7 (173.1428)	37 (162.2856)

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	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#495 (625 pts)	#522 (620 pts)	#507 (655 pts)	#731 (455 pts)	#803 (395 pts)