HANG 'EM' HIGH

HANG 'EM' HIGH is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at the 2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q (2016). They are ranked #6074 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,074

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1431 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Jul 27, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#625

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

660.4572 / 720

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

Perfect 180s

Current form

623.69 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 637.67 (-13.99)

Walk rate

41%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Pork · Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q

Consistency

±16.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.85)

Road miles

470

across 29 mapped stops

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

637.67 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 56%.

7 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 56%

A tough matchup

18–3 behind in the head-to-head

Sons of a Brisket ahead in 86% of their meetings

Sons of a Brisket has come out ahead in 18 of their 21 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of UNCLE BO'S BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

16 of 21 shared pork entries lost

Sons of a Brisket ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Sons of a Brisket has out-cooked them in 16 of 21 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN PHATTY'S has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.6% of a perfect score
29 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Racing for the BBQ every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 40th

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	#1167 (254 pts)	#1278 (244 pts)	#1063 (334 pts)	#1230 (259 pts)	#1070 (319 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1279 (225 pts)	#1293 (245 pts)	#1307 (240 pts)	#1305 (245 pts)	#1339 (230 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#625 (583 pts)	#622 (618 pts)	#565 (683 pts)	#599 (648 pts)	#600 (628 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#713 (496 pts)	#780 (471 pts)	#678 (556 pts)	#651 (586 pts)	#520 (716 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#629 (503 pts)	#658 (498 pts)	#703 (473 pts)	#680 (488 pts)	#397 (783 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HANG 'EM' HIGH, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BLACKOUT BBQ

#6,080 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HANG 'EM' HIGH)

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen Mar 27, 2026

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ALL PORKED UP

#6,079 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HANG 'EM' HIGH)

Fewer contests behind them than HANG 'EM' HIGH has cooked, 7 to 29, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2016

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THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM

#6,069 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2017

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Limp Brisket

#6,063 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1431

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 23 contests, alongside a 13% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Mar 21, 2025

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REVIN IT UP BBQ

#6,077 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

Level with HANG 'EM' HIGH on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2020

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LICENSE TO GRILL

#6,075 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

They turned up 5 years after HANG 'EM' HIGH did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Sons of a Brisket	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
NICKLE BOYS BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
50 SHADES OF QUE	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke on the Water	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	1	0	171.4284	141.7144	159.80	top 66%
Pork Ribs	29	3	0	170.2628	134.2060	157.85	top 64%
Pork	29	4	1	173.7028	143.4284	160.18	top 67%
Brisket	29	7	0	170.8456	136.5144	159.85	top 53%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 73%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 75%
Large (40+)	14	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	26	0	top 67%
KS	3	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Racing for the BBQ	4	40	top 76%	Jul 27, 2018
Smokin on Oak	3	12	top 66%	Aug 18, 2017
Smoke Out in the Valley	3	19	top 82%	Jun 17, 2017
Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest	3	17	top 61%	Jul 3, 2015
Smokin' on the Summit	3	16	top 41%	Jun 5, 2015
2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q	2	11	top 87%	Oct 20, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 8 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 26 of 29 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 17 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,267 finished ahead 1,151 times, behind 1,140

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

20181 milestone

Jul 27 Most recent contest Racing for the BBQ

20171 milestone

Jun 17 25th tracked contest Smoke Out in the Valley

20151 milestone

Oct 23 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q

20142 milestones

Jul 3 10th tracked contest Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1499) Smokin' on Oak

20134 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First call Smokin' In The Creek
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4286 SMOKIN on the Summit
Oct 3 Career-best overall score660.4572 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013
+10.9	SMOKIN on the Summit	Jun 7, 2013
+4.6	Smokin' on Oak	Aug 22, 2014
+3.8	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015
+3.1	Racing for the BBQ	Jul 25, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2013
-11.3	Holy Smoke BBQ Contest	Aug 21, 2015
-10.1	Smokin' on Oak	Aug 23, 2013
-9.2	2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q	Oct 20, 2017
-8.8	Smoke Out in the Valley	Jun 17, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 68%	87.2%	87.2%
2017	4	25%	top 90%	89.2%	86.5%
2016	3	33%	top 80%	90.3%	88.1%
2015	8	25%	top 66%	91.4%	89.6%
2014	6	67%	top 58%	91.2%	89.3%
2013	7	57%	top 56%	91.7%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 27, 2018	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	45 / 66 (627.8856)	14 (168.5600)	40 (157.7028)	45 (156.5256)	51 (145.0972)
Oct 20, 2017	2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	25 / 25 (620.4344)	24 (146.2172)	24 (151.9544)	24 (162.8228)	19 (159.4400)
Aug 18, 2017	Smokin on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	21 / 28 (642.2856)	23 (151.4172)	8 (169.1200)	24 (159.4628)	19 (162.2856)
Jul 28, 2017	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	49 / 54 (610.7656)	52 (152.5372)	47 (151.9656)	41 (159.4628)	50 (146.8000)
Jun 17, 2017	Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO	20 / 21 (617.0632)	21 (154.2744)	20 (141.0972)	17 (161.7144)	15 (159.9772)
Oct 21, 2016	2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Independence, MO	11 / 15 (650.2284)	13 (158.2628)	9 (161.1772)	10 (165.6684)	10 (165.1200)
Jul 29, 2016	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	44 / 54 (634.2172)	20 (170.2856)	43 (157.7144)	25 (169.7028)	54 (136.5144)
Jun 18, 2016	Smoke out in the Valley Buckner, MO	26 / 30 (618.1368)	24 (162.2628)	28 (145.6456)	22 (160.5484)	27 (149.6800)
Oct 23, 2015	Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q Independence, MO	14 / 22 (658.2512)	6 (170.8456)	18 (151.9656)	3 (173.7028)	14 (161.7372)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	297 / 606 (652.5484)	105 (171.4284)	458 (156)	462 (156.5372)	150 (168.5828)
Aug 21, 2015	Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	27 / 28 (631.3140)	25 (160.5372)	27 (154.2628)	21 (163.9656)	25 (152.5484)
Jul 24, 2015	Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO	40 / 63 (648.9368)	24 (167.9656)	51 (154.7884)	54 (159.9428)	26 (166.2400)
Jul 3, 2015	Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	17 / 27 (650.1484)	20 (162.8228)	14 (166.8344)	23 (157.6684)	13 (162.8228)
Jun 20, 2015	Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO	19 / 29 (642.7424)	19 (162.8112)	8 (170.2628)	28 (151.4056)	18 (158.2628)
Jun 5, 2015	Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO	44 / 78 (631.9084)	41 (161.1084)	37 (158.8344)	63 (153.1084)	42 (158.8572)
May 1, 2015	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	22 / 32 (643.4052)	30 (154.7768)	14 (165.2000)	26 (159.4056)	18 (164.0228)
Oct 17, 2014	The Fountain's Blaze Off & Senior Q Independence, MO	21 / 25 (640.4572)	22 (158.8000)	15 (161.1316)	21 (157.0856)	11 (163.4400)
Aug 22, 2014	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	12 / 30 (653.6916)	12 (168)	12 (166.2856)	28 (154.2516)	7 (165.1544)
Jul 25, 2014	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	25 / 54 (656.4112)	40 (162.2284)	40 (158.2400)	21 (166.2628)	11 (169.6800)
Jul 3, 2014	Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	20 / 31 (645.0516)	24 (161.6800)	14 (167.3828)	10 (168.5944)	25 (147.3944)
Jun 6, 2014	Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO	36 / 79 (642.1944)	61 (152.5256)	25 (165.7372)	9 (169.6916)	51 (154.2400)
Mar 14, 2014	NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO	40 / 61 (619.3028)	51 (147.4056)	46 (150.7884)	46 (153.6916)	9 (167.4172)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	98 / 535 (660.4572)	54 (171.4056)	211 (161.6800)	211 (163.3944)	155 (163.9772)
Aug 23, 2013	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	32 / 38 (605.6120)	31 (151.4516)	36 (134.2060)	26 (155.3828)	8 (164.5716)
Jul 26, 2013	Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	35 / 58 (652.4912)	22 (167.3828)	43 (159.4172)	48 (154.8456)	6 (170.8456)
Jul 3, 2013	Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty, MO	17 / 30 (648.5708)	25 (154.8570)	20 (157.1426)	11 (166.8572)	6 (169.7140)
Jun 7, 2013	SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO	16 / 81 (655.4286)	12 (168)	44 (158.2858)	31 (162.8570)	17 (166.2858)
Apr 26, 2013	Smokin' In The Creek Sugar Creek, MO	28 / 41 (634.8564)	35 (152.5714)	28 (157.1426)	29 (157.1426)	9 (167.9998)
Mar 15, 2013	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	68 / 79 (597.7140)	73 (141.7144)	19 (165.7142)	75 (143.4284)	66 (146.8570)

HANG 'EM' HIGH

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)