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A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE

A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 35 at the BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest (2015). They are ranked #1874 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,874
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1545
peak 1554 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

13
in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013
latest Apr 21, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#865
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
23% of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 42%
overall standings

Best overall

684.4800 / 720
Master · BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

659.87 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 656.75 (+3.11)

Walk rate

69%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972
Chicken · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Consistency

±13.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.61 · weakest Pork (159.48)

Road miles

1,185
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength

33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

656.75 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 8th
  • average top 19%

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.4800 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4800 at BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 24, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

4 SMOKIN' BUTTS has finished one call ahead of A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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 32%.

  • 3 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 32%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.13 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 62%.

  • Pork avg 159.48
  • Chicken avg 170.61
  • 2 calls in 13 entries
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A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

An August team

Top 17% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 17% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

  • 3 August contests
  • top 42% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% 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
  • 13 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #1736 (145 pts) #2349 (60 pts) #2090 (105 pts) #2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #2158 (60 pts) #1690 (135 pts) #2209 (60 pts) #2037 (95 pts) #2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #865 (386 pts) #917 (391 pts) #986 (351 pts) #1015 (336 pts) #1112 (286 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1732 (120 pts) #1237 (225 pts) #2017 (80 pts) #2080 (75 pts) #1833 (110 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE, each with one reason worth a look.

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F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS
#1,875 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1545
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Sep 23, 2016
⚔ Head-to-head
Sugar 'n Spice BBQ
#1,876 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1545

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jun 6, 2025
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THE SMOKES ON U
#1,866 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1555

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Oct 5, 2018
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HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ
#1,871 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1550

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 12 contests
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CYGNETURE BARBEQUE
#1,884 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1545

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

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 12, 2014
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STP BBQ
#1,869 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1555

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 13% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Oct 14, 2016
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BOSS HAWG BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
MOKAN MEATHEADS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
Double D's BBQ 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
SEXY Q 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
4 SMOKIN' BUTTS 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 13 8 1 1 178.2972 166.2284 170.61 top 24%
Pork Ribs 13 2 0 0 174.2972 149.6572 162.65 top 50%
Pork 13 2 0 0 170.8228 144.5028 159.48 top 60%
Brisket 13 2 0 1 176.5600 153.6344 164.01 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 17%
Large (40+)120top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO80top 40%
IL40top 51%
TN10top 17%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 2 8 0 top 19% Aug 19, 2016
Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest 2 16 0 top 42% Apr 15, 2016
Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off 2 19 0 top 41% Sep 18, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests
Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 8 of 13 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 10 3 of them more than once
Opponents faced 370 finished ahead 394 times, behind 266

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

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
20164 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
  2. First category win (Chicken) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
  3. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
  4. Peak power rating (1554) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
20151 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score684.4800 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
  2. First call Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
  3. First overall top-10 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7424 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+12.122nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ FestAug 22, 2014
+11.8Cape Jaycees BBQ FestAug 23, 2013
+11.2BBQ-Fest Cooking ContestJul 24, 2015
+8.4Cape Jaycees BBQ FestAug 19, 2016
+6.4Main Street BBQ & BluesfestApr 19, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.8Main Street BBQ & Blues FestApr 21, 2017
-6.5Casino Queen BBQ CompetitionOct 17, 2014
-3.17th Annual Main Street BBQ & BluesfestApr 17, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20171000 0% top 83% 88.4% 88.4%
20163001 67% top 42% 92.7% 91.6%
20152010 100% top 39% 95.1% 91.8%
20144010 75% top 41% 93.4% 91.9%
20133010 67% top 32% 91.5% 90.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Apr 21, 2017 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO 33 / 40 (636.3656) 21 (166.2284) 22 (164.5372) 39 (144.5028) 26 (161.0972)
Sep 23, 2016 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL 31 / 64 (667.3144) 24 (170.2628) 41 (163.4288) 30 (168.5372) 34 (165.0856)
Aug 19, 2016 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO 12 / 51 (659.2800) 1 (178.2972) 38 (155.3484) 31 (159.3944) 14 (166.2400)
Apr 15, 2016 Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO 28 / 53 (651.8860) 9 (171.9772) 41 (154.8344) 16 (167.9772) 35 (157.0972)
Jul 24, 2015 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN 6 / 35 (684.4800) 6 (173.1200) 20 (163.9772) 10 (170.8228) 3 (176.5600)
Apr 17, 2015 7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO 30 / 49 (636.9600) 10 (169.1200) 42 (149.6572) 18 (164.5484) 37 (153.6344)
Oct 17, 2014 Casino Queen BBQ Competition Greater St. Louis, IL 33 / 44 (647.9084) 6 (172.5484) 4 (174.2972) 44 (146.8228) 33 (154.2400)
Sep 18, 2014 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL 19 / 57 (672.4112) 30 (167.3828) 14 (169.6800) 26 (166.2284) 21 (169.1200)
Aug 22, 2014 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO 7 / 52 (668.4456) 14 (166.8228) 11 (169.1200) 6 (169.7028) 20 (162.8000)
Apr 11, 2014 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO 19 / 46 (659.2916) 6 (173.1200) 24 (161.6572) 35 (158.2628) 21 (166.2516)
Sep 19, 2013 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL 37 / 76 (654.6856) 26 (167.9656) 48 (160.5372) 56 (157.6572) 21 (168.5256)
Aug 23, 2013 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO 8 / 56 (658.7424) 9 (169.6684) 10 (168.5256) 52 (149.1312) 4 (171.4172)
Apr 19, 2013 Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO 16 / 50 (639.9992) 4 (171.4286) 24 (158.8568) 40 (149.7140) 18 (159.9998)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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