A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1856

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1554 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2017-04-21

Best ToY finish

#865

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4800 / 720

Master · BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest

Perfect 180s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.61 · weakest Pork (159.48)

Road miles

1,185

mi 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

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Storylines (10 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.

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
2015-07-24

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-10s
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

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

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.

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

F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS

#1858 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1544

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 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Cool Beans BBQ

#1860 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1561

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

CARTER-QUE-ING

#1865 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 46% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Sugar 'n Spice BBQ

#1848 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-06-06

⚔ Head-to-head

THE SMOKES ON U

#1861 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

Level with A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

⚔ Head-to-head

HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ

#1859 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

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

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win 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

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg 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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	8	top 40%
IL	4	top 51%
TN	1	top 17%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 17%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 44%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2	8	top 19%	2016-08-19
Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2	16	top 42%	2016-04-15
Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2	19	top 41%	2014-09-18

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2017-04-21

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 8 of 13 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 1 win · 8 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.61 · weakest Pork (159.48)

Walk rate 69% a top-10 call in 9 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 23% 3 of 13 contests

Master average 656.75 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 372 394–266 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,185 13 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength 1544 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Power rating 1544 peak 1554 · #1856 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 First call Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7424 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
2015
Jul 24 Career-best overall score684.4800 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
2016
Apr 15 10th tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Aug 19 First category win (Chicken) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Sep 23 Peak power rating (1554) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
2017
Apr 21 Most recent contest Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2014-08-22
+11.8	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2013-08-23
+11.2	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	2015-07-24
+8.4	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2016-08-19
+6.4	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2013-04-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2017-04-21
-6.5	Casino Queen BBQ Competition	2014-10-17
-3.1	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2015-04-17

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 83%	88.4%	88.4%
2016	3	0	1	67%	top 42%	92.7%	91.6%
2015	2	1	0	100%	top 39%	95.1%	91.8%
2014	4	1	0	75%	top 41%	93.4%	91.9%
2013	3	1	0	67%	top 32%	91.5%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-04-21	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	33 / 40 (636.3656)	21 (166.2284)	22 (164.5372)	39 (144.5028)	26 (161.0972)
2016-09-23	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	31 / 64 (667.3144)	24 (170.2628)	41 (163.4288)	30 (168.5372)	34 (165.0856)
2016-08-19	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	12 / 51 (659.2800)	1 (178.2972)	38 (155.3484)	31 (159.3944)	14 (166.2400)
2016-04-15	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	28 / 53 (651.8860)	9 (171.9772)	41 (154.8344)	16 (167.9772)	35 (157.0972)
2015-07-24	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	6 / 35 (684.4800)	6 (173.1200)	20 (163.9772)	10 (170.8228)	3 (176.5600)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	30 / 49 (636.9600)	10 (169.1200)	42 (149.6572)	18 (164.5484)	37 (153.6344)
2014-10-17	Casino Queen BBQ Competition Greater St. Louis, IL	33 / 44 (647.9084)	6 (172.5484)	4 (174.2972)	44 (146.8228)	33 (154.2400)
2014-09-18	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	19 / 57 (672.4112)	30 (167.3828)	14 (169.6800)	26 (166.2284)	21 (169.1200)
2014-08-22	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)
2014-04-11	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	19 / 46 (659.2916)	6 (173.1200)	24 (161.6572)	35 (158.2628)	21 (166.2516)
2013-09-19	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL	37 / 76 (654.6856)	26 (167.9656)	48 (160.5372)	56 (157.6572)	21 (168.5256)
2013-08-23	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	8 / 56 (658.7424)	9 (169.6684)	10 (168.5256)	52 (149.1312)	4 (171.4172)
2013-04-19	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)

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
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)