A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BROTHERS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG BROTHERS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PIGS-N-DIGS BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2013-09-13
Best ToY finish
#806
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.93
last 4 Master vs avg 631.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.82 · weakest Pork (155.27)
Road miles
350
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
631.93 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
PIGS-N-DIGS BBQ TEAM has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIGS-N-DIGS BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 150.8344 | 157.99 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 147.9998 | 156.85 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 134.8566 | 155.27 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 156.5028 | 161.82 | top 37% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2013-09-13
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.82 · weakest Pork (155.27)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
631.93
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
70–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
350
4 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best overall score649.6456 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Peak power rating (1501) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4 | Blues, Brews & Barbecues | 2013-08-23 |
| +2.9 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2013-09-13 |
| +1.5 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-28 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 90.2% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-13 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 21 / 47 (631.8744) | 18 (163.4172) | 37 (148.5372) | 14 (163.4172) | 23 (156.5028) |
| 2013-08-23 | Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI | 13 / 31 (642.7768) | 19 (159.9884) | 13 (162.2972) | 20 (158.2628) | 10 (162.2284) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 19 / 39 (649.6456) | 38 (150.8344) | 13 (168.5600) | 17 (164.5484) | 12 (165.7028) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 20 / 26 (603.4280) | 17 (157.7144) | 25 (147.9998) | 26 (134.8566) | 9 (162.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #806 (378 pts) | #927 (348 pts) | #878 (363 pts) | #891 (363 pts) | #679 (478 pts) |