A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
APORKALYPSE NOW ahead in 100% of their meetings
APORKALYPSE NOW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
LAVA PIGS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-29
Best ToY finish
#1867
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.22
last 3 Master vs avg 613.22 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.91)
Road miles
32
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
613.22 / 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
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival (2015-05-01).
- last seen 2013-05-03
- back 2015-05-01
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.
LAVA PIGS BBQ 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 142 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.
#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LAVA PIGS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LAVA PIGS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after LAVA PIGS BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with LAVA PIGS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8574 | 160.0112 | 163.24 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 127.7944 | 143.91 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 156.5372 | 156.74 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8688 | 140.5256 | 149.32 | top 68% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-29
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.91)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.22
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
55–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
32
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-01
Power rating
1492
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score626.8572 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8574 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1504) Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | 2015-05-01 |
| -1.6 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 84.7% | 84.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD | 24 / 39 (609.5772) | 15 (162.8572) | 26 (149.6572) | 20 (156.5372) | 31 (140.5256) |
| 2015-05-01 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 56 / 64 (603.2116) | 37 (160.0112) | 64 (127.7944) | 43 (156.5372) | 36 (158.8688) |
| 2013-05-03 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 21 / 55 (626.8572) | 12 (166.8574) | 30 (154.2856) | 23 (157.1428) | 37 (148.5714) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1867 (95 pts) | #1650 (140 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2029 (85 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |