TWIN PIGS BARBECUE

TWIN PIGS BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They are ranked #2607 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,607

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1519 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Mar 18, 2016 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#774

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

14% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

674.7544 / 720

Master · Smokin In The Square

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.81 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.31 (+7.49)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Pork · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±15.31

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.37 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.63)

Road miles

2,828

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 730 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

652.31 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

674.7544 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.7544 at Smokin In The Square — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 18, 2016

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

WILDCATTERS Q CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings

WILDCATTERS Q CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.74 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.63
Pork avg 165.37
1 call in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin Hot J's in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014 ↗	Master	#774 (439 pts)	#991 (354 pts)	#999 (344 pts)	#844 (434 pts)	#693 (539 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1377 (170 pts)	#1336 (200 pts)	#1571 (150 pts)	#868 (375 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TWIN PIGS BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BARBQUE XTREME

#2,609 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1542

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TWIN PIGS BARBECUE)

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Nov 15, 2019

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JACK ATTACK BBQ

#2,600 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1519

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TWIN PIGS BARBECUE)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Mar 25, 2017

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Gold’s BBQ

#2,606 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1517

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 Sep 19, 2026

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Truck'n Sauced

#2,604 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1527

They turned up 9 years after TWIN PIGS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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Clear Blue BBQ

#2,616 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1522

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2020

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SMOKIN MAX BBQ

#2,597 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1531

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 Oct 3, 2015

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	0	0	174.2744	153.7028	163.63	top 52%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	0	166.2744	150.8228	160.63	top 63%
Pork	7	2	1	1	176.0228	152.5256	165.37	top 43%
Brisket	7	2	0	0	172.0116	152.5600	162.68	top 45%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	3	top 22%
FL	2	top 62%
OK	1	top 83%
GA	1	top 80%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin In The Square	2	23	0	top 62%	Mar 18, 2016
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	21	0	top 28%	Aug 30, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 3 of 7 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 289 finished ahead 196 times, behind 163

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Sep 19, 2014 → Mar 18, 2016

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

20162 milestones

Mar 18 Career-best overall score674.7544 Smokin In The Square
Mar 18 Most recent contest Smokin In The Square

20144 milestones

Mar 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2056 Smokin in the Square
Mar 14 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 14 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1519) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20134 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 31 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First category win (Pork) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0228 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014
+9.5	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2013
+6.5	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
+3	Smokin In The Square	Mar 18, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Aug 23, 2013
-5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 19, 2014
-3.6	Smokin in the Square	Mar 7, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 53%	93.7%	93.7%
2014	4	1	0	50%	top 49%	91.5%	91.1%
2013	2	0	1	50%	top 52%	89.8%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 18, 2016	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	23 / 43 (674.7544)	7 (174.2744)	37 (161.1088)	19 (169.7028)	18 (169.6684)
Sep 19, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	24 / 29 (658.8116)	24 (166.2284)	24 (162.8572)	12 (169.1772)	21 (160.5488)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	24 / 76 (651.8740)	36 (161.6800)	28 (163.4172)	46 (159.3484)	12 (167.4284)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	3 / 29 (655.3828)	8 (166.8112)	9 (166.2744)	10 (161.1428)	7 (161.1544)
Mar 7, 2014	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	32 / 46 (658.2056)	40 (153.7028)	27 (162.8000)	17 (169.6912)	8 (172.0116)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	21 / 89 (646.7884)	15 (167.3828)	71 (150.8228)	1 (176.0228)	62 (152.5600)
Aug 23, 2013	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	43 / 54 (620.3656)	45 (155.3600)	34 (157.1200)	46 (152.5256)	39 (155.3600)

TWIN PIGS BARBECUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)