FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1698

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1552

peak 1552 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-14

latest 2015-06-12

Best ToY finish

#468

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0856 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

671.25 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.14 (+8.10)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness

Consistency

±13.90

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.98)

Road miles

1,116

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi

Schedule strength

21%

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

Master avg

663.14 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

On the rise

+31 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 31 points across 6 contests since 2014-06-13 — from 1521 up to 1552.

6 contests since 2014-06-13
now 1552

High-water mark

685.0856 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.0856 at Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-06-27

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.21 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 50%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.98
Pork avg 169.19
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 11 shared pork entries lost

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
12 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.

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

GETTA QUE

#1691 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1555

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Scuttlebutts

#1708 of the rated field

1551 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

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BIG DICK'S BBQ

#1702 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-06-03

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FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE)

#1704 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 17 contests, alongside a 53% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

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Last Best BBQ

#1693 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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LEGION OF QUE

#1694 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

Level with FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
FRIENDS OF OBR	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
HUG HOGS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
FOWL BUTT BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
2 PITTS BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	4	1	1	180.0000 🔥	155.9312	168.70	top 37%
Pork Ribs	12	1	0	0	171.4172	153.1088	161.98	top 53%
Pork	12	6	0	1	175.4628	158.2854	169.19	top 29%
Brisket	12	2	0	0	171.9772	151.9772	163.27	top 43%

“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
IN	8	top 30%
KY	2	top 57%
IL	2	top 53%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 46%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 33%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2	22	0	top 41%	2014-07-18
Smokin' On The River	2	9	0	top 23%	2014-06-13

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-06-14 → 2015-06-12

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 8 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 1 win · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.98)

Walk rate 58% a top-10 call in 7 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 3 of 12 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 663.14 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 265 349–198 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,116 12 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi

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

Power rating 1552 peak 1552 · #1698 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 14 First tracked contest Smokin' on the River
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4282 Smokin' on the River
Jun 28 First call Super City Blues & Ques
2014
Jun 13 First overall top-10 Smokin' On The River
Jun 27 First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Jun 27 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Jun 27 Career-best overall score685.0856 Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness
Aug 15 10th tracked contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
2015
Jun 12 Peak power rating (1552) Smokin' On The River
Jun 12 Most recent contest Smokin' On The River

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness	2014-06-27
+13.1	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	2014-08-15
+12	Smokin' On The River	2014-06-13
+7.6	Smokin' on the River	2013-06-14
+4.2	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2013-07-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.5	Super City Blues & Ques	2013-06-28
-2.2	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	2014-06-06
-1	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2014-09-05
-0.3	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues	2013-08-16

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 42%	91.9%	91.9%
2014	6	3	1	67%	top 33%	95.2%	93.5%
2013	5	0	0	40%	top 45%	92.7%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-06-12	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	25 / 59 (661.6116)	7 (174.2972)	41 (159.3716)	18 (169.7028)	41 (158.2400)
2014-09-05	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	19 / 36 (663.9312)	17 (169.7028)	25 (158.2400)	17 (168.0000)	11 (167.9884)
2014-08-15	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	6 / 60 (679.3712)	16 (170.2628)	10 (171.4172)	8 (172.0000)	22 (165.6912)
2014-07-18	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	22 / 51 (666.2400)	19 (170.8228)	19 (167.9772)	30 (161.1428)	18 (166.2972)
2014-06-27	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	4 / 34 (685.0856)	1 (180.0000)	17 (165.0972)	9 (170.2856)	6 (169.7028)
2014-06-13	Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN	9 / 52 (679.9428)	9 (173.7028)	28 (162.2628)	8 (172.0000)	6 (171.9772)
2014-06-06	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	21 / 34 (664.5256)	25 (165.7028)	23 (159.4400)	7 (174.8456)	16 (164.5372)
2013-08-16	Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN	31 / 60 (640.4564)	45 (155.9312)	33 (159.9656)	16 (166.8456)	32 (157.7140)
2013-07-19	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	22 / 57 (651.4288)	10 (170.8800)	38 (153.1088)	2 (175.4628)	43 (151.9772)
2013-07-05	Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest St. Charles, IL	15 / 34 (638.8572)	11 (164.0002)	12 (160.5714)	21 (158.2854)	14 (156.0002)
2013-06-28	Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL	21 / 34 (658.8568)	20 (165.1426)	28 (157.1428)	5 (172.5714)	18 (164.0000)
2013-06-14	Smokin' on the River Jeffersonville, IN	15 / 52 (667.4282)	24 (164.0000)	14 (169.1428)	16 (169.1428)	22 (165.1426)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#1567 (165 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2037 (95 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#468 (819 pts)	#466 (829 pts)	#674 (559 pts)	#472 (824 pts)	#470 (799 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#773 (399 pts)	#753 (434 pts)	#810 (404 pts)	#556 (594 pts)	#881 (354 pts)