High-water mark
674.1828
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.1828 at PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-05-18
BIGED'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1517 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2018-05-18
Best ToY finish
#1517
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.74 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 656.61 (-0.87)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.43)
Road miles
1,186
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 571 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.61 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 30%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
QUAU ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUAU has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at PigMania Lima (2015-05-29).
- last seen 2013-10-03
- back 2015-05-29
The metronome
±2.33%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
107 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1549
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIGED'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIGED'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 58
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 28%
- Peak
- 1629
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BIGED'S BBQ)
They've been 1629 at their best, 118 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BIGED'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIGED'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, 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 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 159.3600 | 164.54 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 151.3716 | 162.43 | top 54% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 157.6340 | 164.37 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 151.3372 | 165.28 | top 43% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 165.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.43)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
656.61
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
660
560–300 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,186
8 mapped stops · furthest 571 mi
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-05-29
Power rating
1511
peak 1517 · #2786 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- First call Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- First overall top-10 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.1084 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2856 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Peak power rating (1517) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2018
- Career-best overall score674.1828 PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) | 2013-07-26 |
| +7.4 | PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival | 2018-05-18 |
| +7.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +1.1 | PigMaina Lima | 2016-05-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Pig Mania Marion | 2016-10-07 |
| -4.5 | PigMania Lima | 2015-05-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 92.5% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 30% | 92.6% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lima, OH | 12 / 32 (674.1828) | 2 (173.1200) | 8 (172.0116) | 31 (157.6456) | 6 (171.4056) |
| 2016-10-07 | Pig Mania Marion Marion, OH | 24 / 26 (619.7028) | 23 (159.3600) | 24 (151.3716) | 23 (157.6340) | 24 (151.3372) |
| 2016-05-27 | PigMaina Lima Lima, OH | 15 / 29 (666.1484) | 17 (167.4172) | 5 (171.4056) | 16 (165.0856) | 20 (162.2400) |
| 2015-10-09 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-29 | PigMania Lima Lima, OH | 19 / 27 (651.8976) | 20 (161.1200) | 21 (162.2744) | 19 (163.3944) | 17 (165.1088) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 158 / 535 (652.4688) | 107 (168.5256) | 370 (154.2860) | 131 (166.8344) | 181 (162.8228) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 69 / 174 (666.7656) | 154 (159.3828) | 99 (162.8228) | 43 (170.2744) | 17 (174.2856) |
| 2013-07-26 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL | 10 / 45 (665.1084) | 21 (162.8228) | 18 (162.8228) | 9 (169.7256) | 6 (169.7372) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1517 (122 pts) | #1113 (257 pts) | #1480 (152 pts) | #2520 (57 pts) | #1400 (172 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1585 (160 pts) | #1693 (155 pts) | #1330 (235 pts) | #1697 (160 pts) | #1749 (135 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1564 (145 pts) | #1974 (90 pts) | #1885 (105 pts) | #1534 (155 pts) | #1373 (185 pts) |