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.
THE PAMPERED PIG has 2 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 135 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE PAMPERED PIG has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head13 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where THE PAMPERED PIG's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after THE PAMPERED PIG did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with THE PAMPERED PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 161.6916 | 162.83 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 147.9200 | 157.95 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 165.7028 | 167.12 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5028 | 149.6688 | 151.09 | top 89% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 82 / 94 (624.9832) | 73 (161.6916) | 92 (147.9200) | 45 (165.7028) | 84 (149.6688) |
| 2013-10-11 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA | 16 / 25 (652.9828) | 14 (163.9656) | 8 (167.9772) | 12 (168.5372) | 22 (152.5028) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1867 (95 pts) | #1885 (105 pts) | #1651 (145 pts) | #1848 (115 pts) | #2535 (65 pts) |