PIG PUSHERS BBQ & CATERING

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

Power ranking

#3341

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1497

peak 1510 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2017-05-12

Best ToY finish

#885

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

666.9032 / 720

Master · West Coast BBQ Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.00 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.02 (+10.98)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8916

Pork · Dana Point State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±14.73

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.38 · weakest Brisket (157.79)

Road miles

512

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

646.02 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

666.9032 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.9032 at West Coast BBQ Classic — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-12

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

LEFT COAST Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LEFT COAST Q has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.59 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 157.79
Chicken avg 163.38
0 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Double Barrel Smokers in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

LEFT COAST Q ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LEFT COAST Q has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.05% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.05% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% 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.

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

PATIO PITMASTERS

#3338 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to PIG PUSHERS BBQ & CATERING)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — PATIO PITMASTERS ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-10-02

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BLAZIN'7'S

#3335 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

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Hoochie Que

#3336 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after PIG PUSHERS BBQ & CATERING did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-05-09

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KCKing BBQ

#3346 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

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MACK DADDYS BBQ

#3333 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-04-16

⚔ Head-to-head

The Eagle BBQ

#3360 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Burnin and Lootin	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Que'd Up	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
OUTTA GAS BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
My Smokin' Grillfriend	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	0	0	168.0000	158.8568	163.38	top 54%
Pork Ribs	12	0	0	168.5716	145.7028	162.37	top 50%
Pork	12	1	1	174.8916	150.8570	162.47	top 52%
Brisket	12	0	0	165.1772	144.5714	157.79	top 60%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
CA	11	0	top 57%
AZ	1	0	top 52%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
West Coast BBQ Classic	3	12	top 49%	2017-05-12
Dana Point State BBQ Championship	3	18	top 54%	2016-10-07
West Coast BBQ Classic	2	36	top 71%	2015-05-08

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2017-05-12

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 11 of 12 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.38 · weakest Brisket (157.79)

Walk rate 8% a top-10 call in 1 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 12 contests

Master average 646.02 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 352 343–424 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 512 12 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi

Schedule strength 1532 average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests

Power rating 1497 peak 1510 · #3341 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5256 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Oct 4 First call Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 4 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8916 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 4 Peak power rating (1510) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
2016
May 13 10th tracked contest West Coast BBQ Classic
2017
May 12 Career-best overall score666.9032 West Coast BBQ Classic
May 12 Most recent contest West Coast BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.4	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2013-10-04
+10.3	West Coast BBQ Classic	2017-05-12
+5.3	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	2013-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2014-10-02
-7.7	West Coast BBQ Classic	2014-05-09
-5.7	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest	2013-04-27
-3.5	City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2015-10-02
-1.2	West Coast BBQ Classic	2015-05-08

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	1	0%	top 30%	92.6%	92.6%
2016	2	0%	top 61%	91.3%	91%
2015	2	0%	top 65%	90.9%	90.8%
2014	2	0%	top 81%	87.9%	87.2%
2013	5	20%	top 47%	92.5%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-05-12	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	12 / 40 (666.9032)	15 (168.0000)	17 (168.5716)	16 (165.7600)	17 (164.5716)
2016-10-07	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	45 / 75 (653.6572)	52 (161.1544)	21 (167.4172)	50 (163.3940)	40 (161.6916)
2016-05-13	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	27 / 44 (657.0972)	27 (166.2856)	21 (167.4400)	34 (161.1316)	31 (162.2400)
2015-10-02	City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	50 / 75 (653.0976)	58 (159.4172)	44 (165.1544)	19 (171.4172)	55 (157.1088)
2015-05-08	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	36 / 57 (654.2284)	27 (167.4744)	25 (167.3828)	35 (163.4056)	46 (155.9656)
2014-10-02	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	82 / 97 (633.0396)	59 (165.1200)	77 (158.2284)	82 (154.8456)	77 (154.8456)
2014-05-09	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	46 / 59 (622.2284)	31 (162.3200)	55 (145.7028)	23 (165.1200)	49 (149.0856)
2013-10-04	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	18 / 99 (665.7488)	49 (163.4056)	43 (162.2744)	2 (174.8916)	30 (165.1772)
2013-08-16	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA	24 / 63 (648.5256)	33 (161.7256)	17 (165.7144)	33 (158.2628)	18 (162.8228)
2013-05-10	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	30 / 54 (634.8568)	24 (161.1428)	32 (157.7142)	46 (150.8570)	12 (165.1428)
2013-04-27	7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA	21 / 30 (621.7140)	12 (165.7142)	17 (157.1428)	19 (154.2856)	25 (144.5714)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	45 / 86 (641.1426)	52 (158.8568)	21 (165.7142)	24 (166.2858)	63 (150.2858)

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	#1691 (125 pts)	#1988 (110 pts)	#2059 (100 pts)	#2008 (105 pts)	#2030 (100 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1672 (160 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1630 (150 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1589 (150 pts)	#1666 (150 pts)	#1653 (150 pts)	#1630 (160 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#885 (335 pts)	#920 (350 pts)	#927 (340 pts)	#644 (515 pts)	#894 (345 pts)