High-water mark
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5032 at Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-06-06
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5032 at Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
2014 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.30 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 6%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DERBY CITY SMOKERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 92% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared chicken entries.
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.
40 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ALL OUT PIG OUT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1501 at their best, 73 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 14 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with ALL OUT PIG OUT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE CHIP BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| ACME BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| Pappy Q | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Extra Mile BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| EAT MOR BUTT BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RICE BROTHERS BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| YELLOW RIVER BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHADETREECOOKS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| SON SEEKERS BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 137.1312 | 161.33 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 134.8000 | 157.97 | top 70% |
| Pork | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 142.2744 | 159.72 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 137.5772 | 155.03 | top 72% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 11 | 0 | top 80% |
| IN | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 78% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 82% | 2014-10-17 |
| Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 85% | 2014-10-03 |
| Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 69% | 2014-09-05 |
| Smokin' On The River | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 65% | 2014-06-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2014-09-05 |
| +6 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff | 2014-06-06 |
| +3.7 | Smokin' On The River | 2015-06-12 |
| +1.1 | Smokin' On The River | 2014-06-13 |
| +0.3 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-10-17 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ | 2013-09-27 |
| -13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2013-09-06 |
| -11.8 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2013-10-04 |
| -11.2 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-10-18 |
| -10.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-06-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 90.9% | 89.2% |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43% | top 65% | 93.4% | 90.3% |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.4% | 84.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY | 29 / 29 (631.2456) | 15 (168.5600) | 29 (142.8000) | 15 (168.5372) | 26 (151.3484) |
| 2015-06-12 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | 32 / 59 (654.7432) | 33 (162.8344) | 45 (157.1088) | 20 (169.6800) | 28 (165.1200) |
| 2015-06-05 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY | 31 / 34 (647.2800) | 27 (164.5140) | 24 (162.2744) | 29 (162.8000) | 28 (157.6916) |
| 2015-04-24 | Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL | 31 / 46 (635.9088) | 16 (168.5600) | 23 (162.8228) | 33 (158.8116) | 44 (145.7144) |
| 2014-10-17 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 21 / 32 (651.9432) | 17 (166.8572) | 18 (164.5600) | 26 (159.9544) | 22 (160.5716) |
| 2014-10-03 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 32 / 44 (655.2684) | 40 (161.0856) | 30 (163.4056) | 22 (167.3828) | 26 (163.3944) |
| 2014-09-26 | Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 33 / 43 (642.6968) | 19 (166.2512) | 40 (153.6912) | 33 (161.6572) | 26 (161.0972) |
| 2014-09-05 | Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY | 16 / 36 (667.9772) | 4 (175.4400) | 26 (157.7028) | 23 (166.2744) | 9 (168.5600) |
| 2014-06-13 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | 31 / 52 (643.8168) | 31 (163.9312) | 40 (155.3828) | 9 (171.9656) | 41 (152.5372) |
| 2014-06-06 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY | 16 / 34 (672.5032) | 20 (168.5372) | 13 (168.5372) | 24 (165.1316) | 9 (170.2972) |
| 2014-04-25 | Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL | 43 / 50 (614.7200) | 50 (137.1312) | 17 (165.6800) | 35 (159.9544) | 40 (151.9544) |
| 2013-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 39 / 40 (588.9828) | 36 (151.4400) | 39 (134.8000) | 36 (156.5256) | 36 (146.2172) |
| 2013-10-04 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 40 / 41 (606.1148) | 39 (153.0628) | 37 (154.8460) | 39 (152.5600) | 40 (145.6460) |
| 2013-09-27 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 44 / 45 (597.4856) | 38 (154.2400) | 35 (158.2628) | 44 (147.4056) | 45 (137.5772) |
| 2013-09-06 | Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY | 32 / 34 (605.0056) | 26 (159.3712) | 20 (162.8572) | 34 (142.2744) | 31 (140.5028) |
| 2013-06-14 | Smokin' on the River Jeffersonville, IN | 37 / 52 (629.1424) | 38 (159.4284) | 29 (162.8570) | 51 (144.5714) | 29 (162.2856) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1212 (233 pts) | #1015 (328 pts) | #1240 (248 pts) | #1085 (308 pts) | #1263 (233 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #645 (574 pts) | #554 (709 pts) | #570 (674 pts) | #660 (579 pts) | #568 (649 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #885 (335 pts) | #954 (335 pts) | #884 (360 pts) | #948 (335 pts) | #916 (335 pts) |