LATE NIGHT HOGGERS

LATE NIGHT HOGGERS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the New York City BBQ Cookoff (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1851 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,851

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1545

peak 1551 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Oct 11, 2019 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#513

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

22% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

656.5708 / 720

Master · New York City BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 634.98 (+1.38)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5714

Pork Ribs · New York City BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±12.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.32 · weakest Brisket (156.81)

Road miles

412

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Purse competed for

$4,225

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

634.98 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

4.5720 points from the title

Came within 4.5720 points of the Grand Championship at New York City BBQ Cookoff (Apr 19, 2013).

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 24%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 24%

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

Chicken Chokers ahead in 83% of their meetings

Chicken Chokers has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 156.81
Chicken avg 161.32
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Oct 11, 2019).

last seen Apr 7, 2017
back Oct 11, 2019

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Chicken nemesis

5 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

RIBS WITHIN ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RIBS WITHIN has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, New York City BBQ Cookoff (Apr 19, 2013).

Apr 19, 2013
33-team field

A September team

Top 28% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.75% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.2% of a perfect score
9 contests

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2173 (65 pts)	#1384 (210 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2197 (70 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1233 (230 pts)	#1208 (265 pts)	#1653 (150 pts)	#1281 (245 pts)	#1368 (215 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#513 (607 pts)	#858 (377 pts)	#498 (667 pts)	#525 (632 pts)	#726 (452 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LATE NIGHT HOGGERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BBQ BRETHREN

#1,844 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LATE NIGHT HOGGERS)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2015

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BIG RED'S BARBECUE

#1,846 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1546

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2018

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If You Got it Smoke It

#1,852 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1545

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 30, 2023

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FOOD'VENTURE GRILL & BBQ

#1,853 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1545

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 14 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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Texas Rebel SmokeHouse

#1,862 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1545

They turned up 8 years after LATE NIGHT HOGGERS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 18, 2023

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TEAM BALLINGER

#1,861 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1545

Level with LATE NIGHT HOGGERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BEERBEQUE	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	0	170.2972	147.4282	161.32	top 38%
Pork Ribs	9	3	1	1	172.5714	146.8344	157.39	top 43%
Pork	9	4	0	0	165.1426	150.7656	159.46	top 38%
Brisket	9	0	0	0	162.2628	150.2628	156.81	top 40%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	5	top 34%
NY	3	top 35%
DE	1	top 46%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Que by the Sea	3	10	0	top 28%	Sep 17, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 253 finished ahead 265 times, behind 131

Longest layoff 2.5 yrs Apr 7, 2017 → Oct 11, 2019

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

20191 milestone

Oct 11 Most recent contest Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20161 milestone

Sep 17 Peak power rating (1551) Que by the Sea

20139 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First call New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall top-10 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall podium New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First Reserve Championship New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5708 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 Career-best overall score656.5708 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5714 New York City BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Apr 19, 2013
+10.4	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2013
+9.9	Que by the Sea	Sep 17, 2016
+6.9	Que by the Sea	Sep 21, 2013
+6.3	Que by the Sea	Sep 20, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.8	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 11, 2019
-1.7	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 7, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 69%	88.6%	88.6%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 56%	87.7%	87.7%
2016	1	1	0	100%	top 23%	90.5%	90.5%
2014	2	0	0	50%	top 37%	89%	87.6%
2013	4	1	1	75%	top 24%	91.2%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 11, 2019	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	22 / 32 (637.6116)	17 (166.8344)	30 (146.8344)	19 (162.2628)	19 (161.6800)
Apr 7, 2017	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	24 / 43 (631.3372)	4 (170.2972)	29 (153.6916)	28 (150.7656)	23 (156.5828)
Sep 17, 2016	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	10 / 44 (651.3828)	11 (165.7028)	9 (166.2972)	26 (157.1200)	13 (162.2628)
Sep 20, 2014	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	15 / 48 (640.4680)	11 (165.1428)	22 (157.1428)	18 (161.6568)	20 (156.5256)
Apr 11, 2014	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	16 / 37 (620.9716)	13 (160.5716)	25 (149.1088)	10 (157.6456)	14 (153.6456)
Sep 21, 2013	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	14 / 49 (622.8460)	19 (156.5600)	27 (147.9888)	8 (160)	12 (158.2972)
Jul 12, 2013	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	11 / 65 (635.8856)	26 (156.5256)	6 (165.1200)	7 (163.9772)	30 (150.2628)
May 17, 2013	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	26 / 56 (617.7136)	46 (147.4282)	16 (157.7144)	30 (156.5712)	18 (155.9998)
Apr 19, 2013	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	2 / 33 (656.5708)	12 (162.8570)	1 (172.5714)	4 (165.1426)	11 (155.9998)

LATE NIGHT HOGGERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

A September team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)