Team of the Year

Team profile

HotMess BBQ

Contests
62
Grand Championships GC
6
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
5
Overall top 10s
42
Average overall score
624.996
Best overall score
710.274
Seasons active
2021–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 35%

Entries
65
Firsts
4
Top 10s
41

Ribs

Typical finishTop 41%

Entries
64
Firsts
2
Top 10s
39

Pork

Typical finishTop 39%

Entries
53
Firsts
3
Top 10s
28

Brisket

Typical finishTop 30%

Entries
47
Firsts
7
Top 10s
32

Sauce

Typical finishTop 100%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Chef's Choice / Homeland

Typical finishTop 26%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Dessert

Typical finishTop 55%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for HotMess BBQ Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2021 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2025 with 18 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 05101520 2021: 2 contests 2 2021 2022: 3 contests, 2 top 10s 3 2022 2023: 10 contests, 9 top 10s 10 2023 2024: 14 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 9 top 10s 14 2024 2025: 18 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 15 top 10s 18 2025 2026: 13 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 7 top 10s 13 2026
Overall contests by year for HotMess BBQ
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2021200330.503
2022302450.808
20231009442.917
20241429686.401
202518215693.881
20261327689.052
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for HotMess BBQ Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 693.881 in 2025. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 200300400500600700800 2021: average overall score 330.503330.5 2021 2022: average overall score 450.808450.8 2022 2023: average overall score 442.917442.9 2023 2024: average overall score 686.401686.4 2024 2025: average overall score 693.881693.9 2025 2026: average overall score 689.052689.1 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  • Corrected: the scores changed after KCBS certified them.
  1. 65th

    Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

    Oct 9, 2026KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 99 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    683.897
  2. 4th

    Keystone Classic Cookoff

    Oct 2, 2026KCBS Harrisburg, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Corrected. KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.KCBS certified these scores, then they changed (first seen Oct 8). These are the corrected scores.
    684.468
  3. 5th

    Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout

    Aug 28, 2026KCBS Saxonburg, PA 16 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.6
  4. 12th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 21, 2026KCBS Edinburg, VA 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.028
  5. 19th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

    Jul 25, 2026KCBS PA 39 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.588
  6. 12th

    Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

    Jul 24, 2026KCBS PA 43 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    687.909
  7. 4th

    Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

    Jul 17, 2026KCBS Wise, VA 35 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    693.623
  8. 1stGC

    Big Knob BBQ & Cash Fest

    May 22, 2026KCBS Rochester, PA 14 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    700.537
  9. 3rd

    Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

    May 16, 2026KCBS Morgantown, PA 17 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    703.418
  10. 1stGC

    Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)

    May 15, 2026KCBS Morgantown, PA 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    693.063
  11. 18th

    Revolutionary BBQ Brawl

    Apr 24, 2026KCBS Chickahominy Riverfront Park 1350 John Tyler Hwy Williamsburg, VA 20 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    668.983
  12. 15th

    BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)

    Mar 28, 2026KCBS Bethpage Camp-Resort 679 Brown's Lane Urbanna, VA 36 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    692.503

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