PIG PEN ENTERPRISES

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

Power ranking

#3502

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1504 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2022-05-13

Best ToY finish

#1401

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

666.7768 / 720

Master · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.52 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.02 (+3.50)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2972

Pork · Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

Consistency

±15.92

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.90 · weakest Brisket (159.63)

Road miles

156

mi across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.02 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

666.7768 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.7768 at Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-05-09

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bald Hawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of PIG PEN ENTERPRISES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin' Joe's BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

5.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.7 years, then back at Jiggy With The Piggy (2022-05-13).

last seen 2016-09-16
back 2022-05-13

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.

A May team

Top 46% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.21% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.21% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.0% of a perfect score
10 contests

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.

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

UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM

#3508 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1504

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to PIG PEN ENTERPRISES)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2016-08-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SEADOG BBQ

#3485 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

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

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PIG PEN ENTERPRISES)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before PIG PEN ENTERPRISES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

KEEP CALM AND QUE ON

#3487 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to PIG PEN ENTERPRISES)

Fewer contests behind them than PIG PEN ENTERPRISES has cooked, 6 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-05-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ

#3515 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1493

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Jessie Raes BBQ

#3497 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

⚔ Head-to-head

McLay Brothers BBQ

#3505 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-09-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BUBBAJACK'S	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Story BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE NEKKED PIG BBQ TEAM	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	169.1084	149.7140	162.82	top 59%
Pork Ribs	10	170.2744	146.8570	162.90	top 47%
Pork	10	170.2972	153.6456	162.66	top 55%
Brisket	10	168.5484	146.2854	159.63	top 55%

“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.

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	3	32	top 60%	2016-09-16
BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2	33	top 70%	2015-04-24
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2	18	top 30%	2014-05-09

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2022-05-13

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 6 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.90 · weakest Brisket (159.63)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 648.02 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 282 275–355 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 156 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Purse competed for $15,725 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.7 yrs 2016-09-16 → 2022-05-13

Power rating 1493 peak 1504 · #3502 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1428 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
Sep 20 Career-best single call (Pork)170.2972 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
2014
May 9 Career-best overall score666.7768 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
2015
Sep 18 Peak power rating (1504) Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
2022
May 13 10th tracked contest Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2014-05-09
+4.8	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2013-05-10
+1.5	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2013-09-20
+1.4	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2015-09-18
+1.2	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally	2014-09-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2013-04-26
-5.5	Jiggy With The Piggy	2022-05-13
-5.5	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2016-09-16
-5.3	BBQ Capital Cookoff	2014-04-25

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0%	top 76%	90%	90%
2016	1	0%	top 75%	88.2%	88.2%
2015	2	0%	top 55%	91.7%	91.5%
2014	3	0%	top 49%	92.6%	90.6%
2013	3	0%	top 57%	91.5%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-05-13	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	35 / 46 (647.8056)	40 (157.6456)	24 (166.2516)	18 (169.6800)	38 (154.2284)
2016-09-16	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	51 / 68 (634.6856)	31 (166.8344)	48 (157.1200)	59 (155.3484)	50 (155.3828)
2015-09-18	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	32 / 59 (660.4228)	23 (168.5256)	13 (170.2744)	54 (153.6456)	24 (167.9772)
2015-04-24	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	33 / 60 (656.4688)	48 (159.9772)	29 (165.0972)	23 (167.4056)	26 (163.9888)
2014-09-19	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	34 / 64 (658.2284)	33 (169.1084)	17 (168.5716)	54 (157.1656)	35 (163.3828)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	18 / 80 (666.7768)	29 (166.2284)	13 (168.5716)	31 (163.4284)	15 (168.5484)
2014-04-25	BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC	44 / 62 (631.3372)	33 (162.8228)	45 (153.7028)	53 (154.2400)	22 (160.5716)
2013-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	36 / 72 (658.7540)	45 (164.5256)	33 (165.6800)	18 (170.2972)	46 (158.2512)
2013-05-10	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	22 / 58 (653.1428)	29 (162.8570)	14 (166.8574)	25 (165.7142)	31 (157.7142)
2013-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	60 / 71 (612.5708)	63 (149.7140)	63 (146.8570)	14 (169.7144)	57 (146.2854)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1401 (165 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1345 (205 pts)	#1309 (205 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)