THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#6018

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1431 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2017-09-08

Best ToY finish

#657

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

663.3488 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

627.51 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 639.09 (-11.58)

Walk rate

32%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1316

Pork Ribs · Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off

Consistency

±12.30

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.25 · weakest Brisket (157.85)

Road miles

3,166

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 284 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

639.09 / 720

25 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.

High-water mark

663.3488 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.3488 at Peak City Pigfest — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-17

A tough matchup

22–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has come out ahead in 22 of their 22 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.39 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 16%.

Brisket avg 157.85
Pork Ribs avg 162.25
2 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

18 of 21 shared pork ribs entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 18 of 21 shared pork ribs entries.

An April team

Top 60% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 60% across 4 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 69% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,166 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,166 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 284 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

25 mapped stops
furthest 284 mi

The metronome

±1.71% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.71% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.8% of a perfect score
25 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.

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

Big daddys bbq

#6027 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1511

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2024-05-24

⚔ Head-to-head

K'S Q

#6019 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM has cooked, 6 to 25, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-05-06

⚔ Head-to-head

4 K'S BBQ

#6024 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2017-06-16

⚔ Head-to-head

LICENSE TO GRILL

#6028 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-08-01

⚔ Head-to-head

2 GREEKS BBQ

#6022 of the rated field

1431 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

PENNWOOD SMOKE CHASERS

#6015 of the rated field

1431 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1502 at their best, 71 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2021-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	22	0	22	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	1	172.5600	138.7316	159.32	top 69%
Pork Ribs	25	4	173.1316	145.7144	162.25	top 51%
Pork	25	1	169.7142	149.6684	159.67	top 65%
Brisket	25	2	172.5944	145.6228	157.85	top 64%

“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
NC	22	top 67%
GA	2	top 74%
VA	1	top 96%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 65%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	32	top 65%	2015-05-08
Jiggy With the Piggy	2	32	top 59%	2017-05-05
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	41	top 73%	2016-09-16
Pigs & Pedals	2	20	top 70%	2015-07-31
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	20	top 74%	2015-05-22

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2017-09-08

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 5 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 22 of 25 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 19 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.25 · weakest Brisket (157.85)

Walk rate 32% a top-10 call in 8 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 25 contests

Master average 639.09 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 483 437–862 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,166 25 mapped stops · furthest 284 mi

Schedule strength 1544 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Power rating 1431 peak 1431 · #6018 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
May 17 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2014
Apr 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1716 BBQ Capital Cookoff
Apr 25 Peak power rating (1497) BBQ Capital Cookoff
Sep 19 10th tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally
2016
Apr 22 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1316 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
Jun 17 Career-best overall score663.3488 Peak City Pigfest
2017
Sep 8 25th tracked contest *Beak Week BBQ Challenge
Sep 8 Most recent contest *Beak Week BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	BBQ Capital Cookoff	2014-04-25
+8.1	Peak City Pigfest	2016-06-17
+7.7	Jiggy With the Piggy	2017-05-05
+4.7	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2013-10-11
+0.6	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2014-10-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-08-12
-8.2	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16
-8.2	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09
-8.1	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2017-09-08
-7.7	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	2013-04-19

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	3	0%	top 76%	91.1%	87.3%
2016	5	20%	top 73%	92.1%	88.8%
2015	5	40%	top 78%	90.2%	89%
2014	7	43%	top 62%	91.4%	89.2%
2013	5	40%	top 61%	89.9%	88.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-08	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	37 / 39 (618.2284)	39 (147.9656)	37 (152.0000)	37 (154.2856)	23 (163.9772)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	42 / 47 (611.1656)	30 (161.0972)	42 (150.8228)	38 (153.6228)	42 (145.6228)
2017-05-05	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	32 / 75 (655.9316)	13 (172.5600)	33 (166.2516)	35 (164.0456)	55 (153.0744)
2016-09-16	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	52 / 68 (634.6288)	37 (165.0972)	31 (163.3944)	50 (157.6456)	59 (148.4916)
2016-08-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	27 / 28 (617.5772)	27 (149.0628)	21 (161.7260)	26 (155.3484)	23 (151.4400)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	17 / 46 (663.3488)	40 (157.0972)	19 (167.3828)	18 (166.2744)	4 (172.5944)
2016-05-06	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	58 / 76 (634.1140)	67 (152.5028)	37 (164.5600)	55 (159.9428)	52 (157.1084)
2016-04-22	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	43 / 54 (647.9656)	41 (161.1084)	11 (173.1316)	37 (162.8684)	51 (150.8572)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	43 / 49 (626.0800)	48 (138.7316)	5 (171.9772)	37 (157.1200)	34 (158.2512)
2015-09-18	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	41 / 59 (649.6000)	46 (160.5144)	15 (169.1428)	49 (158.8000)	41 (161.1428)
2015-07-31	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	24 / 31 (643.9088)	22 (161.0972)	29 (153.6688)	12 (167.4172)	20 (161.7256)
2015-05-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	22 / 29 (646.7084)	29 (154.2400)	16 (166.2628)	13 (166.2628)	22 (159.9428)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	57 / 74 (638.1944)	43 (165.1428)	70 (150.2516)	69 (150.2172)	7 (172.5828)
2014-10-31	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	43 / 61 (649.0052)	46 (159.9312)	36 (163.4056)	33 (164.5256)	44 (161.1428)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	30 / 53 (642.6964)	40 (156.4912)	8 (169.1084)	47 (149.6684)	13 (167.4284)
2014-09-19	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	49 / 64 (645.5540)	37 (167.3712)	13 (170.2744)	61 (152.5372)	55 (155.3712)
2014-08-01	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	20 / 32 (637.5200)	10 (169.1200)	11 (161.6572)	27 (150.8000)	21 (155.9428)
2014-06-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	24 / 30 (631.2568)	23 (162.2284)	24 (154.8228)	28 (154.8228)	19 (159.3828)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	50 / 80 (633.5656)	53 (157.6684)	28 (164.5600)	32 (163.3944)	68 (147.9428)
2014-04-25	BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC	16 / 62 (658.1716)	22 (166.8344)	6 (169.7028)	41 (158.8116)	16 (162.8228)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	23 / 55 (647.3940)	39 (157.1084)	10 (168.0228)	40 (157.6684)	19 (164.5944)
2013-05-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	20 / 28 (633.7138)	19 (158.8572)	21 (155.9998)	8 (164.5712)	23 (154.2856)
2013-05-10	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	32 / 58 (638.8570)	40 (158.2856)	21 (162.8572)	24 (166.2856)	45 (151.4286)
2013-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	44 / 71 (633.1424)	40 (159.4284)	64 (145.7144)	15 (169.7142)	33 (158.2854)
2013-04-19	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	41 / 55 (638.8564)	32 (163.4282)	37 (159.4284)	20 (165.1428)	46 (150.8570)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1392 (180 pts)	#1287 (240 pts)	#1506 (180 pts)	#1489 (180 pts)	#1442 (190 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#980 (333 pts)	#1148 (293 pts)	#921 (413 pts)	#1080 (328 pts)	#832 (453 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#989 (310 pts)	#1065 (305 pts)	#745 (510 pts)	#875 (415 pts)	#831 (435 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#657 (562 pts)	#644 (587 pts)	#481 (832 pts)	#765 (487 pts)	#576 (642 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#790 (388 pts)	#842 (383 pts)	#711 (468 pts)	#625 (528 pts)	#807 (393 pts)