SATISFIED HOGS

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

Power ranking

#2802

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1521 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2016-05-27

Best ToY finish

#524

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

665.6568 / 720

Master · 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.98 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.06 (+1.92)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

175.4172

Pork Ribs · Best Dam Barbecue

Consistency

±15.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.60 · weakest Pork (155.18)

Road miles

2,011

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 395 mi

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Master avg

648.06 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

665.6568 career-best overall

92.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.6568 at 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge — 92.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-05-23

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Rhythm n QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

Rhythm n QUE has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.42 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 90%.

Pork avg 155.18
Pork Ribs avg 169.60
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILD HOGS BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The metronome

±2.22% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.22% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.0% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ

#2808 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1520

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SATISFIED HOGS)

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

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2024-07-19

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EAST LENEXA BBQ

#2815 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-06-25

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IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY

#2803 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

42 BBQ

#2809 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-05-29

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Hackers-n-Hogs

#2801 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-06-17

⚔ Head-to-head

QUISINE

#2796 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rhythm n QUE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HD BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
RANCH 13 BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SIN CITY SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	170.8456	153.1200	163.12	top 54%
Pork Ribs	10	9	6	175.4172	161.1428	169.60	top 17%
Pork	10	0	0	160.5828	147.9312	155.18	top 80%
Brisket	10	4	0	169.1426	147.9656	160.17	top 50%

“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
NV	6	top 49%
UT	2	top 47%
AZ	2	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 48%
Large (40+)	1	top 79%

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2016-05-27

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NV 6 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.60 · weakest Pork (155.18)

Walk rate 90% a top-10 call in 9 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 30% 3 of 10 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 648.06 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 206 152–181 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,011 10 mapped stops · furthest 395 mi

Schedule strength 1527 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2014-12-12 → 2016-05-27

Power rating 1511 peak 1521 · #2802 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
May 24 First call 9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
May 24 First overall top-10 9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2856 9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
2014
May 23 Career-best overall score665.6568 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
Dec 12 Peak power rating (1521) 2014 Down Town Throw Down
2016
May 27 10th tracked contest Best Dam Barbecue
May 27 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Best Dam Barbecue
May 27 Most recent contest Best Dam Barbecue

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.2	9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge	2013-05-24
+7.3	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge	2014-05-23
+3.8	A Smokin' Good Time	2013-10-18
+2.7	Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-09-27
+2.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	Best Dam Barbecue	2016-05-27
-9.2	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-01-25

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	100%	top 86%	87.3%	87.3%
2014	3	0	100%	top 43%	92.5%	90.7%
2013	6	3	83%	top 49%	92.1%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-05-27	Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV	31 / 36 (628.4568)	32 (157.1428)	3 (175.4172)	35 (147.9312)	29 (147.9656)
2014-12-12	2014 Down Town Throw Down Las Vegas, NV	14 / 26 (657.0396)	6 (170.8456)	6 (169.1200)	21 (155.9312)	18 (161.1428)
2014-05-23	10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV	11 / 35 (665.6568)	17 (166.2284)	4 (172.5828)	27 (158.2628)	9 (168.5828)
2014-04-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	13 / 29 (635.9312)	19 (162.8344)	3 (170.8684)	23 (152.5484)	20 (149.6800)
2013-12-13	Downtown Throw Down Barbecue Championship Las Vegas, NV	14 / 25 (662.8344)	16 (166.8344)	2 (174.2628)	19 (160.5828)	15 (161.1544)
2013-10-18	A Smokin' Good Time Prescott Valley, AZ	10 / 24 (662.7884)	6 (170.8228)	2 (170.2972)	19 (157.1200)	11 (164.5484)
2013-09-27	Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV	14 / 31 (657.0168)	14 (165.1084)	9 (166.2400)	23 (160.5256)	9 (165.1428)
2013-09-20	Utah BBQ Festival Coalville, UT	8 / 16 (632.0456)	11 (153.1200)	3 (165.1656)	13 (148.5944)	5 (165.1656)
2013-05-24	9th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV	8 / 35 (658.2856)	16 (162.2858)	2 (170.8572)	25 (156.0000)	6 (169.1426)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	68 / 86 (620.5712)	58 (156.0000)	37 (161.1428)	69 (154.2856)	65 (149.1428)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1330 (235 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#922 (350 pts)	#999 (350 pts)	#632 (605 pts)	#1480 (195 pts)	#1043 (310 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#524 (595 pts)	#592 (550 pts)	#284 (1050 pts)	#831 (395 pts)	#503 (635 pts)