PENNY STREET PORKERS

PENNY STREET PORKERS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 56 at the Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest (2013). They are ranked #2439 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,439

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1522

peak 1530 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Aug 20, 2021 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1100

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

661.5884 / 720

Master · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.71 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 647.04 (-1.33)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Chicken · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Consistency

±11.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 163.39 · weakest Chicken (159.42)

Road miles

across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

647.04 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

QUE-N-BREW ahead in 83% of their meetings

QUE-N-BREW has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rockin Rotary Roasters in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest (Aug 20, 2021).

last seen Aug 16, 2019
back Aug 20, 2021

Brisket nemesis

5 of 5 shared brisket entries lost

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Good Grief BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.9% of a perfect score
8 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 10th

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1100 (92 pts)	#1218 (77 pts)	#1175 (97 pts)	#1138 (92 pts)	#1120 (92 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1887 (70 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1901 (85 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1951 (105 pts)	#1161 (285 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1623 (155 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2060 (95 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#1655 (155 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2085 (70 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1937 (110 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#1950 (110 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1970 (95 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2040 (100 pts)	#1466 (190 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#2030 (80 pts)	#1367 (200 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#1663 (135 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PENNY STREET PORKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

The Burnt Crow

#2,431 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1523

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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LETHAL INJECTORS

#2,426 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1523

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before PENNY STREET PORKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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Simon's BBQ

#2,437 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1535

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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Smokeritaville

#2,443 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1522

They turned up 8 years after PENNY STREET PORKERS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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Outagas bbq

#2,442 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1535

Level with PENNY STREET PORKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Nov 26, 2022

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Evans Family Ranch

#2,438 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1530

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rockin Rotary Roasters	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
Good Grief BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
PINE HILLS BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Marmic Flaming Pits	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Papa J's Flying Swine	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
GLAD TO MEAT YOU	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
QUE-N-BREW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
First State Community Bank	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	1	176	152.5372	159.42	top 61%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	0	173.7256	153.0972	163.04	top 47%
Pork	8	0	0	0	164	154.2628	161.18	top 56%
Brisket	8	3	0	0	171.4056	146.7772	163.39	top 38%

“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)	1	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 42%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	5	10	0	top 41%	Aug 17, 2018
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2	17	0	top 57%	Aug 20, 2021

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 208 finished ahead 216 times, behind 152

Longest layoff 2 yrs Aug 16, 2019 → Aug 20, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Aug 20 Most recent contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

20174 milestones

Aug 18 First category win (Chicken) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 18 Career-best overall score661.5884 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 18 Peak power rating (1530) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

20134 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First call Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1084 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 23, 2013
+5.7	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 19, 2016
+5.7	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 18, 2017
+4	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 21, 2015
+3.9	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 22, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.7	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 17, 2018
-2.6	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 20, 2021

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)
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 63%	90%	90%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 51%	90.5%	90.5%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 73%	86.1%	86.1%
2017	1	0	1	100%	top 37%	91.9%	91.9%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 35%	89.9%	89.9%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 40%	89.2%	89.2%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 40%	90.1%	90.1%
2013	1	1	0	100%	top 18%	91.3%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 20, 2021	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 🏅 Cape Girardeau, MO	17 / 27 (647.8968)	20 (156.5944)	16 (164.5372)	17 (162.8112)	17 (163.9540)
Aug 16, 2019	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 🏅 Cape Girardeau, MO	23 / 45 (651.8628)	39 (155.9772)	13 (171.4516)	27 (163.9428)	25 (160.4912)
Aug 17, 2018	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	32 / 44 (619.8744)	37 (156.5944)	32 (153.0972)	20 (163.4056)	39 (146.7772)
Aug 18, 2017	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	16 / 43 (661.5884)	1 (176)	27 (158.8344)	29 (161.0856)	8 (165.6684)
Aug 19, 2016	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	18 / 51 (647.3484)	34 (155.4172)	27 (162.2284)	25 (161.0972)	8 (168.6056)
Aug 21, 2015	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	23 / 58 (642.1368)	39 (152.5372)	15 (165.6800)	29 (158.8456)	15 (165.0740)
Aug 22, 2014	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	21 / 52 (648.5028)	33 (158.2972)	33 (154.8000)	20 (164)	6 (171.4056)
Aug 23, 2013	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	10 / 56 (657.1084)	24 (163.9772)	5 (173.7256)	43 (154.2628)	13 (165.1428)

PENNY STREET PORKERS

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

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)