THE TATTOOED PIG

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

Power ranking

#3368

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1496

peak 1508 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2014-05-02

Best ToY finish

#1304

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

661.1316 / 720

Master · 4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.63 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.18 (-2.55)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1656

Chicken · Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show

Consistency

±12.70

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.48 · weakest Brisket (150.17)

Road miles

557

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength

23%

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

Master avg

640.18 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Burnin and Lootin ahead in 100% of their meetings

Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.31 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 150.17
Chicken avg 164.48
0 calls in 7 entries

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

COOL GRILLING has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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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.

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

GREEN CARD Q

#3371 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE TATTOOED PIG)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE TATTOOED PIG has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-05-26

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Whiskey & Swine

#3385 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-05-29

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Pigs in a Blanket

#3362 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after THE TATTOOED PIG did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-03-13

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Mountain Men BBQ

#3358 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE TATTOOED PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-04-13

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Butt Rubbers Anonymous

#3381 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

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J-MACK COOKERS

#3359 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-01-25

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Burnin and Lootin	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
All Sauced Up	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS FLY	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PORKETEERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	2	173.1656	152.5828	164.48	top 45%
Pork Ribs	7	3	0	170.8916	150.8344	162.60	top 41%
Pork	7	1	1	172.0000	154.8000	162.93	top 47%
Brisket	7	0	0	165.1544	132.4456	150.17	top 74%

“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)	4	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 46%

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

On the trail 0.9 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2014-05-02

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.48 · weakest Brisket (150.17)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 640.18 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 177 149–168 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 557 7 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

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

Power rating 1496 peak 1508 · #3368 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship
Aug 2 First call 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9544 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic
Dec 27 Career-best overall score661.1316 4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship
Dec 27 Peak power rating (1508) 4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship
2014
May 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1656 Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show
May 2 Most recent contest Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.4	5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic	2013-08-02
+5.2	4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship	2013-12-27
+1.3	2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship	2013-06-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship	2014-02-28
-4.5	4th Annual Golden Acorn Casino BBQ Championship	2013-08-23
-3.2	Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show	2014-05-02
-0.5	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2013-10-04

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	2	0	0	0	100%	top 74%	87.9%	87.1%
2013	5	0	0	0	60%	top 50%	91.8%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-05-02	Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show Lake Elsinore, CA	18 / 27 (621.6344)	3 (173.1656)	21 (150.8344)	19 (158.2400)	24 (139.3944)
2014-02-28	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship Havasu Landing, CA	23 / 28 (632.9828)	20 (161.6800)	9 (166.8572)	3 (172.0000)	28 (132.4456)
2013-12-27	4th Annual Wild Wild West BBQ Championship Lake Elsinore, CA	12 / 28 (661.1316)	2 (172.0000)	17 (160.5488)	16 (163.4284)	13 (165.1544)
2013-10-04	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	54 / 99 (637.6804)	80 (152.5828)	26 (165.6916)	38 (162.3088)	65 (157.0972)
2013-08-23	4th Annual Golden Acorn Casino BBQ Championship Campo, CA	18 / 26 (634.7200)	18 (161.7028)	7 (165.0972)	22 (154.8000)	18 (153.1200)
2013-08-02	5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista, CA	16 / 46 (655.9544)	19 (166.2400)	4 (170.8916)	17 (165.7028)	36 (153.1200)
2013-06-21	2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	34 / 70 (637.1426)	26 (164.0000)	36 (158.2858)	21 (163.9998)	47 (150.8570)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2658 (63 pts)	#2158 (78 pts)	#1791 (138 pts)	#1330 (228 pts)	#2811 (53 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1304 (191 pts)	#1435 (176 pts)	#1048 (296 pts)	#1387 (186 pts)	#1580 (146 pts)