The heartbreaker
1.7372
points from the title
Came within 1.7372 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) (Jul 18, 2026).
Rowdy Pig
Rowdy Pig is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) (2026), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1410 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1570
peak 1583 · rated over 10 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2025
latest Oct 2, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
2 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time
Category wins
3
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
64% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
687.78 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 693.16 (-5.38)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 175.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (172.24)
Road miles
1,466
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$123K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
693.16 / 720
11 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rowdy Pig, each with one reason worth a look.
44 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1599
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rowdy Pig)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rowdy Pig has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1570
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,407 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1571
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Rowdy Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 58%
- Peak
- 1576
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1571
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#1,418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1570
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Rowdy Pig's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Pigs And A Smoker | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| 1Bite Stand | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Mulkey's BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Til Ya Broke | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Take It Easy BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Eleven Thirteen Q | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| OnlyCans Competition BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Wicked Pig BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked By The Brooks | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 167.3712 | 172.65 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 168.5372 | 172.24 | top 51% |
| Pork | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 165.6800 | 173.12 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 159.3484 | 175.15 | top 26% |
“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) | 9 | 1 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 54% | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 5% | Jul 18, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
9 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
5.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 11 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them more than once
First title
Jul 17, 2026
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
Opponents faced
326
finished ahead 316 times, behind 277
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First Grand Championship Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- First state championship Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- Biggest field won (32 teams) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score707.3944 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1583) Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1)
- 10th tracked contest Trekking for CDH
- Most recent contest La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall top-10 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall podium Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First Reserve Championship Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score700.5144 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.6 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| +17.9 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 2025 |
| +16.9 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Jul 18, 2026 |
| +11.1 | Smoke on the Bricks | Aug 7, 2026 |
| +10.8 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) | Aug 14, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | Aug 15, 2026 |
| -10.3 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 19, 2026 |
| -2 | Smoke N for the Kids | Aug 16, 2025 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 78% | top 40% | 98.2% | 96.2% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 97.3% | 96.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown 🏅 La Belle, MO | 9 / 33 (686.7772) | 26 (167.3828) | 8 (175.4172) | 28 (166.8228) | 3 (177.1544) |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 22 / 27 (671.8284) | 25 (167.3712) | 16 (170.8460) | 6 (174.2628) | 25 (159.3484) |
| Aug 15, 2026 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL | 26 / 32 (685.5884) | 14 (175.4056) | 28 (169.6800) | 26 (169.6800) | 19 (170.8228) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL | 6 / 26 (695.3484) | 16 (170.8112) | 10 (172.5600) | 8 (175.4172) | 4 (176.5600) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 10 / 52 (699.3600) | 15 (173.1200) | 33 (168.5372) | 1 (180) | 7 (177.7028) |
| Jul 18, 2026 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 2 / 32 (707.3944) | 7 (176.5600) | 5 (177.7144) | 4 (177.7028) | 10 (175.4172) |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 1 / 32 (707.3944) | 1 (178.8572) | 14 (173.1200) | 4 (175.4172) | 2 (180) |
| May 24, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 72 / 82 (681.5884) | 69 (168.5256) | 66 (169.6800) | 75 (165.6800) | 11 (177.7028) |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 8 / 26 (697.0628) | 11 (174.2628) | 18 (169.6800) | 15 (173.1200) | 1 (180) |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 18 / 32 (691.9316) | 18 (174.8572) | 23 (169.6916) | 23 (169.6800) | 4 (177.7028) |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 2 / 32 (700.5144) | 20 (171.9772) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (176.5600) | 9 (174.2628) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.