Ribs n Pigs BBQ TN
Rating
1602
peak 1607
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2019-04-06
latest 2026-06-21
Best ToY finish
#254
Master 2025
Grand champs
5
2 reserve
Category wins
16
37 podiums
Overall top-10s
21
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.81 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 658.84 (+18.97)
Walk rate
97%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
10
best run (overall)
Consistency
±19.53
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.96 · weakest Chicken (163.39)
Road miles
27653
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 11177 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Rib Racks BBQ has finished one call ahead of Ribs n Pigs BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smokin Genius has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Big Boy BBQ Australia has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smokin' in the Valley is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.6856 points of the Grand Championship at Spit in the Hills (2019-05-04).
📅 A September team
Something about September: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 9-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, TN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 175.4628 | 151.3372 | 163.39 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 28 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 175.4516 | 149.0740 | 164.36 | top 43% |
| Pork | 25 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 177.7144 | 153.6572 | 165.96 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 25 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 176.6172 | 135.9312 | 165.59 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA | 1 | 1 | top 10% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 20 | 5 | top 36% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 23% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (6 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WA (1 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (28 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge (2020-09-18)
- Wins it all in 17% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 658.84
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 686.8572 | 686.86 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 684.0568 | 675.55 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 690.2628 | 681.69 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 646.1940 | 646.19 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 678.3428 | 650.29 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 660.6400 | 649.46 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 674.8344 | 648.69 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 678.2172 | 654.42 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | — | 4 (170.2856) | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | — | — | 1 (175.4516) | — | — |
| 2026-04-25 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 3 / 9 (686.8572) | 1 (175.4628) | 7 (165.1200) | 2 (176.5716) | 2 (169.7028) |
| 2025-11-01 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 6 / 9 (665.0972) | 4 (169.7256) | 5 (167.3944) | 8 (162.8344) | 6 (165.1428) |
| 2025-08-02 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 3 / 12 (683.3712) | 3 (170.8456) | 6 (166.2744) | 5 (174.2628) | 3 (171.9884) |
| 2025-06-14 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 1 / 10 (684.0568) | 3 (169.7256) | 1 (174.3428) | 4 (170.2628) | 2 (169.7256) |
| 2025-04-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 2 / 13 (669.6800) | 9 (161.0972) | 2 (171.4400) | 4 (167.4172) | 2 (169.7256) |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 1 / 14 (673.1084) | 5 (163.9656) | 9 (162.2856) | 2 (172.5944) | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia, 6100 | 1 / 10 (690.2628) | 2 (174.8456) | 2 (172.5828) | 5 (169.1200) | 2 (173.7144) |
| 2023-08-05 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, | 3 / 8 (646.1940) | 3 (166.2972) | 3 (162.2856) | 1 (165.6912) | 7 (151.9200) |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) Carmel , 6076 | — | 8 (154.2512) | — | — | — |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) Carmel , 6076 | — | — | 2 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-11-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 1 / 12 (678.3428) | 1 (173.2000) | 2 (169.7028) | 2 (168.0228) | 1 (167.4172) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 82 / 83 (646.1024) | 82 (153.6456) | 82 (155.9428) | 58 (166.2628) | 33 (170.2512) |
| 2022-09-09 | Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6556 | 6 / 17 (634.7544) | 13 (153.6684) | 1 (163.4516) | 4 (162.8228) | 9 (154.8116) |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 8 / 12 (644.9712) | 11 (154.8344) | 6 (167.9656) | 5 (166.2628) | 11 (155.9084) |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 8 / 16 (647.2800) | 15 (154.2516) | 10 (159.3828) | 6 (166.8344) | 8 (166.8112) |
| 2021-12-03 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont, 6010 | 4 / 23 (660.6400) | 12 (161.7600) | 2 (172.5828) | 12 (161.0972) | 9 (165.2000) |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth, | 8 / 14 (634.7196) | 8 (160.5828) | 12 (149.0740) | 8 (156.5028) | 2 (168.5600) |
| 2021-09-11 | CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 4 / 16 (653.0284) | 13 (158.7768) | 1 (169.7144) | 10 (154.8344) | 1 (169.7028) |
| 2020-10-30 | Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth, | 8 / 10 (619.2796) | 6 (161.1428) | 8 (151.3828) | 1 (170.8228) | 10 (135.9312) |
| 2020-09-18 | Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge Bunbury, 6230 | 1 / 11 (674.8344) | 1 (173.1200) | 5 (160.5828) | 1 (177.7144) | 5 (163.4172) |
| 2020-02-08 | Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth, 6000 | 6 / 11 (651.9656) | 4 (168.0228) | 5 (159.4516) | 2 (170.2628) | 11 (154.2284) |
| 2019-11-09 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056 | 7 / 17 (640.5028) | 9 (162.2856) | 12 (155.3944) | 9 (157.0856) | 5 (165.7372) |
| 2019-10-04 | Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, 6104 | 13 / 30 (650.2856) | 23 (156.5712) | 10 (163.4400) | 26 (153.6572) | 1 (176.6172) |
| 2019-09-14 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558 | 4 / 17 (670.1940) | 14 (163.9656) | 9 (165.6800) | 6 (166.2284) | 1 (174.3200) |
| 2019-06-29 | Queensland BBQ Championship CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 | 22 / 41 (662.3084) | 32 (162.2628) | 23 (162.2628) | 29 (161.1428) | 9 (172.5944) |
| 2019-05-04 | Spit in the Hills Chidlow,Western, 6556 | 2 / 21 (678.2172) | 15 (165.6800) | 10 (165.1316) | 1 (174.2856) | 1 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-06 | Smokin in the city Perth WA, 6962 | 14 / 19 (625.0056) | 14 (151.3372) | 7 (158.2856) | 10 (156.5028) | 10 (158.8800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #462 (209 pts) | #274 (447 pts) | #342 (402 pts) | #459 (234 pts) | #446 (234 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #254 (859 pts) | #309 (729 pts) | #324 (809 pts) | #341 (664 pts) | #280 (834 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #627 (264 pts) | #857 (164 pts) | #1003 (124 pts) | #693 (239 pts) | #694 (239 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #419 (470 pts) | #380 (599 pts) | #370 (679 pts) | #426 (495 pts) | #491 (400 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #365 (623 pts) | #527 (413 pts) | #332 (783 pts) | #382 (623 pts) | #454 (503 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #521 (325 pts) | #699 (235 pts) | #534 (370 pts) | #649 (250 pts) | #398 (505 pts) |