A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BRINGIN' THE HEAT ahead in 100% of their meetings
BRINGIN' THE HEAT has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BLUE PIG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2014-06-27
Best ToY finish
#1377
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.22
last 4 Master vs avg 630.22 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.41 · weakest Brisket (155.13)
Road miles
300
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
630.22 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BLUE PIG has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after BLUE PIG did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLUE PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 153.7144 | 158.11 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 154.2400 | 160.41 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 152.5944 | 156.57 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 147.3600 | 155.13 | top 64% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grillin' in Grafton | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 66% | 2014-06-27 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2014-06-27
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.41 · weakest Brisket (155.13)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
630.22
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
60–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
300
4 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grillin' in Grafton
- Peak power rating (1497) Grillin' in Grafton
- Career-best overall score645.0628 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs
- 2014
- First call Grillin' in Grafton
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1200 Grillin' in Grafton
- Most recent contest Grillin' in Grafton
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Grillin' in Grafton | 2014-06-27 |
| -3.5 | The Masters in May | 2014-05-02 |
| -2.6 | Grillin' in Grafton | 2013-06-28 |
| -0.1 | 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs | 2013-08-30 |
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 | 50% | top 69% | 87% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 89.6% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-27 | Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI | 23 / 32 (622.1256) | 8 (165.1200) | 22 (154.2400) | 23 (155.4056) | 28 (147.3600) |
| 2014-05-02 | The Masters in May Fremont, WI | 41 / 62 (626.2516) | 46 (154.2400) | 24 (164.0000) | 48 (152.5944) | 43 (155.4172) |
| 2013-08-30 | 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs Warrens, WI | 20 / 37 (645.0628) | 25 (159.3600) | 20 (160.5600) | 18 (163.4056) | 18 (161.7372) |
| 2013-06-28 | Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI | 20 / 33 (627.4282) | 26 (153.7144) | 11 (162.8570) | 23 (154.8570) | 17 (155.9998) |
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 | #1702 (142 pts) | #1314 (227 pts) | #1641 (152 pts) | #1767 (142 pts) | #1827 (132 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1377 (170 pts) | #1800 (120 pts) | #1310 (215 pts) | #1486 (165 pts) | #1339 (195 pts) |