A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-12
latest 2018-05-25
Best ToY finish
#1762
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.54
last 3 Master vs avg 605.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.79 · weakest Brisket (146.98)
Road miles
54
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
605.54 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
4.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.7 years, then back at *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2018-05-25).
- last seen 2013-09-06
- back 2018-05-25
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.
ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 147 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with ZIG'S PIG BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7488 | 152.5028 | 159.79 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 138.2056 | 151.37 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8116 | 145.1316 | 147.40 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3484 | 142.8000 | 146.98 | top 84% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2013-07-12 → 2018-05-25
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.79 · weakest Brisket (146.98)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.54
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
15–76 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.7 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2018-05-25
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South
- First call The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South
- Peak power rating (1491) The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South
- 2018
- Career-best overall score625.5544 *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff | 2013-09-06 |
| -9.5 | The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South | 2013-07-12 |
| -5.8 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-05-25 |
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 83% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 82.8% | 82.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-25 | *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA | 29 / 35 (625.5544) | 25 (161.1200) | 7 (170.8228) | 32 (150.8116) | 34 (142.8000) |
| 2013-09-06 | 5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA | 27 / 31 (595.1768) | 25 (152.5028) | 26 (145.0744) | 28 (146.2512) | 23 (151.3484) |
| 2013-07-12 | The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South Gettysburg, PA | 24 / 29 (595.8748) | 8 (165.7488) | 26 (138.2056) | 25 (145.1316) | 23 (146.7888) |
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1433 (165 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1762 (115 pts) | #1310 (205 pts) | #1863 (110 pts) | #1888 (110 pts) | #1700 (130 pts) |