High-water mark
676.4800
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4800 at Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-10-24
RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1504 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2023-07-14
latest 2026-07-11
Best ToY finish
#504
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.68 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.51 (+10.17)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.33 · weakest Chicken (163.16)
Road miles
952
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$72K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.51 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Nice Racks has finished one call ahead of RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BOGGS HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sons of Hamarchy in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
7 of 9
shared pork ribs entries lost
BOGGS HOG BBQ ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BOGGS HOG BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.
A July team
Top 39%
average finish in July
Something about July: average finish in the top 39% across 4 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
- 4 July contests
- top 58% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.80%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.80% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.5% of a perfect score
- 10 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 19th
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.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3544 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before RUMPLEPIGSKIN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPPA Q-BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Butts BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKS N HOOKS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| UP IN SMOKERS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Grandpa Val's BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Candy Barbeque Co. | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 151.9312 | 163.16 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 157.6916 | 166.33 | top 50% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 153.0856 | 163.39 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 157.0628 | 165.63 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | 9 | 0 | top 55% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 48% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 4 | 19 | 0 | top 39% | 2026-07-11 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 69% | 2026-04-17 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 55% | 2025-10-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-07-14 → 2026-07-11
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
9 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.33 · weakest Chicken (163.16)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 10 contests
Master average
658.51
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
225
217–322 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
952
10 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$72,400
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 10 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1504 · #3548 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0628 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1504) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- 2025
- Career-best overall score676.4800 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- 2026
- First category win (Pork) New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- 10th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2026-07-11 |
| +6.6 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2025-07-12 |
| +4.3 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2023-07-14 |
| +3.4 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2026-04-17 |
| +1.9 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 2024-07-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2024-04-19 |
| -10 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2024-10-18 |
| -6.5 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-05-02 |
| -5.1 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | 2023-10-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | top 52% | 94% | 92.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 94% | 92.9% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.4% | 89.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 91.6% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 19 / 62 (676.4684) | 18 (170.8228) | 21 (169.7028) | 30 (166.8228) | 22 (169.1200) |
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 49 / 59 (658.6624) | 45 (169.1084) | 51 (165.6800) | 54 (160.4912) | 45 (163.3828) |
| 2026-04-17 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 11 / 26 (670.7660) | 19 (163.9428) | 20 (157.6916) | 1 (174.8572) | 2 (174.2744) |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 15 / 31 (676.4800) | 25 (164.5372) | 14 (168.0000) | 12 (171.9656) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 23 / 63 (661.0288) | 35 (163.9544) | 9 (171.4288) | 26 (164.5600) | 26 (161.0856) |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 24 / 28 (644.4344) | 23 (160.5372) | 14 (166.8800) | 23 (157.6572) | 22 (159.3600) |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 31 / 62 (650.7088) | 26 (166.8344) | 23 (165.0972) | 50 (153.0856) | 23 (165.6916) |
| 2024-04-19 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 28 / 29 (634.1256) | 29 (152.5256) | 19 (167.4172) | 26 (157.1200) | 26 (157.0628) |
| 2023-10-20 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 21 / 34 (659.3368) | 18 (167.4400) | 22 (163.3828) | 23 (165.1312) | 17 (163.3828) |
| 2023-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 26 / 64 (653.0628) | 56 (151.9312) | 19 (167.9772) | 37 (162.2400) | 6 (170.9144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #504 (271 pts) | #620 (236 pts) | #674 (216 pts) | #417 (396 pts) | #422 (386 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #740 (176 pts) | #1002 (116 pts) | #714 (256 pts) | #772 (181 pts) | #750 (191 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #784 (172 pts) | #824 (177 pts) | #701 (262 pts) | #810 (177 pts) | #779 (192 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #880 (139 pts) | #918 (154 pts) | #965 (164 pts) | #957 (129 pts) | #634 (274 pts) |