PIGS IN PERIL

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

Power ranking

#5888

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1437 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#1029

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 83%

overall standings

Best overall

647.8400 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Big Island BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

475.08 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 496.64 (-21.56)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork · Treasure Island International BBQ Championship

Consistency

±170.84

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.24 · weakest Chicken (154.14)

Road miles

506

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

Schedule strength

23%

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

Master avg

496.64 / 720

8 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

DRY 2 DA BONE ahead in 100% of their meetings

DRY 2 DA BONE has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.1 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.10 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Chicken avg 154.14
Pork Ribs avg 163.24
0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG APPROVED BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 11th Annual Big Island BBQ (2018-08-24).

last seen 2016-09-03
back 2018-08-24

Boom or bust

±23.73% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±23.73% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 69.0% of a perfect score
best 90.0%

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.

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

Smokin Fat Racks

#5902 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PIGS IN PERIL)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIGS IN PERIL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

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SMOKIN BONES

#5883 of the rated field

1438 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1563

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIGS IN PERIL)

They've been 1563 at their best, 125 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 55 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

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BACK FROM THE DEAD

#5898 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

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Deadwood BBQ

#5881 of the rated field

1438 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

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Brewskies BBQ

#5894 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Level with PIGS IN PERIL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-04-24

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The Outback Cookin' Company

#5897 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-15

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DRY 2 DA BONE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FULL BOAR BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BLACK DOG BBQ IA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CASE OF RIBS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	158.2284	150.2284	154.14	top 87%
Pork Ribs	6	1	168.5716	155.9998	163.24	top 54%
Pork	8	3	174.8572	143.9312	161.55	top 56%
Brisket	6	1	168.0116	146.7660	155.10	top 71%

“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
MN	7	0	top 80%
IA	1	0	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 83%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 83%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.2 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork 8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 163.24 · weakest Chicken (154.14)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 496.64 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 227 62–304 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 506 8 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

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

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2016-09-03 → 2018-08-24

Power rating 1437 peak 1437 · #5888 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 31 First tracked contest Smokin' in Steele
May 31 First call Smokin' in Steele
May 31 Peak power rating (1490) Smokin' in Steele
Jun 15 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Treasure Island International BBQ Championship
Aug 23 Career-best overall score647.8400 6th Annual Big Island BBQ
2018
Aug 24 Most recent contest 11th Annual Big Island BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.6	6th Annual Big Island BBQ	2013-08-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.1	Iowa State BBQ Championship	2013-06-21
-10.5	11th Annual Big Island BBQ	2018-08-24
-10.2	Smokin' in Steele	2013-05-31
-10	8th Annual Big Island BBQ	2015-08-28
-9.7	Big Island BBQ	2014-08-22

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)
2018	1	0%	top 100%	20%	20%
2016	1	100%	top 65%	89.1%	89.1%
2015	1	0%	top 93%	64.8%	64.8%
2014	1	0%	top 91%	66.1%	66.1%
2013	4	100%	top 79%	90%	78%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-24	11th Annual Big Island BBQ Alberta Lea, MN	49 / 49 (143.9312)	—	—	46 (143.9312)	—
2016-09-03	Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Winona, MN	13 / 20 (641.5884)	14 (158.2284)	14 (159.4172)	19 (155.9312)	7 (168.0116)
2015-08-28	8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	51 / 55 (466.2060)	—	25 (165.7372)	48 (153.7028)	48 (146.7660)
2014-08-22	Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	49 / 54 (475.8284)	52 (153.0856)	—	20 (167.9772)	39 (154.7656)
2013-08-23	6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	28 / 50 (647.8400)	45 (150.2284)	16 (167.9888)	5 (174.2628)	35 (155.3600)
2013-06-21	Iowa State BBQ Championship Marshalltown, IA	28 / 28 (333.1426)	—	20 (161.7142)	6 (171.4284)	—
2013-06-15	Treasure Island International BBQ Championship Welch, MN	52 / 68 (645.1420)	55 (157.7138)	57 (155.9998)	9 (174.8572)	48 (156.5712)
2013-05-31	Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN	42 / 51 (619.4282)	49 (151.4282)	10 (168.5716)	48 (150.2856)	46 (149.1428)

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)	—	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	—	#2040 (100 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1029 (278 pts)	#1237 (225 pts)	#786 (423 pts)	#547 (603 pts)	#1223 (225 pts)