WILD BOAR SMOKERS

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

Power ranking

#2587

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1542 · rated over 52 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2016-07-22

Best ToY finish

#266

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 52 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6228 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

663.42 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.77 (+4.64)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Hog Wild BBQ Festival

Consistency

±28.61

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.05)

Road miles

10,412

mi across 52 mapped stops · furthest 428 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

658.77 / 720

52 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

693.6228 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6228 at Smokin' At The Market — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

KINNEY'S KOUNTRY KOOKERS has finished one call ahead of WILD BOAR SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

29–1 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 97% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 29 of their 30 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.08 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 162.05
Chicken avg 166.13
8 calls in 52 entries

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG G BBQ in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

25 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 25 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BBQR'S DELIGHT has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 44% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 44% across 7 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

7 July contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,412 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,412 miles across 52 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 428 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

52 mapped stops
furthest 428 mi

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.

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

CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM

#2581 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1532

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to WILD BOAR SMOKERS)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2014-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Sho Nuff Smokin

#2589 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1524

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WILD BOAR SMOKERS)

Fewer contests behind them than WILD BOAR SMOKERS has cooked, 6 to 52, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2014-05-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Pine Tar BBQ

#2593 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 56
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1541

No shared contest yet.

56 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 54 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

C&M BBQ

#2595 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after WILD BOAR SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

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Scratch that Itch BBQ

#2596 of the rated field

1517 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

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SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)

#2574 of the rated field

1517 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Level with WILD BOAR SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2022-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	30	1	29	3%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Hawg Feathers	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	52	7	0	0	175.4172	147.4172	166.13	top 57%
Pork Ribs	52	13	2	6	180.0000 🔥	131.2344	165.75	top 49%
Pork	52	8	0	2	177.7144	147.3600	164.84	top 57%
Brisket	52	8	0	1	176.5600	40.0000	162.05	top 54%

“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
TN	24	top 57%
MS	9	top 57%
AR	6	top 42%
MO	4	top 61%
IL	4	top 66%
KY	2	top 71%
AL	1	top 60%
GA	1	top 82%
LA	1	top 65%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 83%
Medium (20–39)	23	top 57%
Large (40+)	28	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	10	top 71%	2016-06-17
MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (POW/MIA Tribute)	2	15	top 80%	2015-11-07
Mid-South Barbecue Festival	2	23	top 73%	2015-10-16
Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2	27	top 59%	2015-09-25
Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff	2	17	top 58%	2015-09-11
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2	7	top 49%	2015-05-22
High on the Hog Festival	2	29	top 59%	2015-04-17

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2016-07-22

Busiest season 2014 28 contests

Contests a season 13 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 24 of 52 contests · 9 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 44 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 52 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.05)

Walk rate 46% a top-10 call in 24 of 52 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 7 of 52 contests

Master average 658.77 out of 720 · 52 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 967 945–1,274 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 10,412 52 mapped stops · furthest 428 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Power rating 1517 peak 1542 · #2587 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
2014
Mar 7 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5540 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 23 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 18 First overall top-10 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
Sep 12 25th tracked contest International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
Oct 3 Career-best overall score693.6228 Smokin' At The Market
2015
Sep 11 First category win (Pork Ribs) Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff
Oct 1 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Hog Wild BBQ Festival
Oct 1 Peak power rating (1542) Hog Wild BBQ Festival
2016
Mar 19 50th tracked contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2
Jul 22 Most recent contest BBQ Fest Cooking Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Stand By Your Grill	2014-08-15
+12.8	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ	2014-07-18
+11.3	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	2014-07-11
+10.6	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2015-05-22
+10.3	Fifth Annual Bull Moose	2015-04-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	Music City Festival & BBQ Championship	2013-08-23
-13.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-05-29
-8.8	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	2015-10-16
-8.6	Smoke on the Shores	2016-03-11
-8.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14

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)
2016	5	1	0	40%	top 63%	95.8%	92.1%
2015	17	3	2	53%	top 53%	95.9%	92.6%
2014	28	3	0	46%	top 57%	96.3%	91.7%
2013	2	0	0	0%	top 84%	89%	78.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-22	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	22 / 47 (667.9316)	33 (164.5256)	7 (172.5716)	29 (164.5600)	26 (166.2744)
2016-06-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	10 / 29 (689.6688)	19 (171.4172)	10 (173.1200)	2 (177.7144)	20 (167.4172)
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	47 / 61 (659.8172)	48 (165.0972)	33 (166.8344)	34 (165.0856)	45 (162.8000)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	67 / 95 (646.6396)	82 (158.8112)	34 (167.9772)	66 (161.6456)	68 (158.2056)
2016-03-11	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	42 / 49 (653.0396)	39 (165.7028)	12 (170.8800)	35 (163.3712)	47 (153.0856)
2015-11-07	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (POW/MIA Tribute) St. James, MO	15 / 18 (667.8628)	11 (170.2512)	13 (169.1316)	14 (163.9428)	10 (164.5372)
2015-11-06	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) St. James, MO	20 / 26 (649.6116)	16 (167.4400)	18 (162.8000)	14 (165.7144)	23 (153.6572)
2015-10-16	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	25 / 31 (659.8288)	11 (169.6916)	4 (176.5600)	28 (161.0972)	29 (152.4800)
2015-10-08	BBQ and Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	16 / 25 (636.9256)	16 (162.8000)	20 (153.6572)	14 (158.2284)	13 (162.2400)
2015-10-01	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	6 / 25 (685.6572)	14 (167.3828)	1 (180.0000)	11 (168.0116)	4 (170.2628)
2015-09-25	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	27 / 55 (661.0056)	29 (165.6800)	2 (176.5828)	48 (155.3600)	29 (163.3828)
2015-09-11	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	17 / 31 (678.7428)	24 (163.3828)	1 (178.8572)	19 (166.8344)	20 (169.6684)
2015-08-21	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	14 / 58 (658.7200)	28 (158.8000)	23 (162.8228)	13 (168.5372)	11 (168.5600)
2015-07-24	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	15 / 35 (668.9712)	11 (170.8228)	13 (167.9656)	27 (161.6456)	17 (168.5372)
2015-07-03	Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival Jackson, TN	23 / 51 (670.1600)	33 (165.6800)	21 (168.5372)	25 (166.2628)	16 (169.6800)
2015-06-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	20 / 29 (661.5652)	27 (161.0740)	4 (172.5600)	11 (170.2628)	22 (157.6684)
2015-06-05	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	13 / 27 (672.4456)	14 (168.0000)	13 (166.2400)	9 (171.9656)	15 (166.2400)
2015-05-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	28 / 29 (658.6740)	20 (169.1200)	29 (152.5028)	19 (167.3828)	13 (169.6684)
2015-05-22	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	7 / 28 (690.7540)	10 (174.2628)	4 (174.8456)	8 (173.1200)	15 (168.5256)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	29 / 59 (675.8856)	20 (172.0000)	15 (173.1200)	55 (156.5028)	12 (174.2628)
2015-04-03	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	10 / 41 (677.0284)	14 (168.5484)	15 (170.2628)	6 (173.1200)	20 (165.0972)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	48 / 94 (659.2796)	48 (165.7028)	48 (162.2400)	28 (169.1084)	49 (162.2284)
2014-10-17	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	23 / 35 (662.7200)	26 (163.9312)	13 (169.6916)	24 (166.2400)	23 (162.8572)
2014-10-10	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	15 / 25 (670.6740)	8 (174.2628)	14 (167.3828)	17 (165.0856)	17 (163.9428)
2014-10-03	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	12 / 29 (693.6228)	23 (169.6800)	21 (169.6800)	7 (177.7028)	5 (176.5600)
2014-09-26	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	16 / 48 (657.5880)	14 (166.8228)	20 (163.4284)	26 (164.5256)	19 (162.8112)
2014-09-18	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	39 / 57 (651.2800)	25 (168.5256)	52 (155.9200)	3 (174.8572)	52 (151.9772)
2014-09-12	International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN	10 / 25 (667.8856)	7 (169.6684)	10 (165.1200)	10 (168.5600)	14 (164.5372)
2014-09-05	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	25 / 41 (665.5312)	28 (167.3828)	21 (167.3944)	30 (165.6684)	30 (165.0856)
2014-08-30	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	32 / 39 (643.2568)	37 (156.5600)	29 (161.6568)	35 (157.6572)	16 (167.3828)
2014-08-22	Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN	14 / 41 (673.0168)	10 (171.9772)	13 (170.2628)	35 (158.2284)	7 (172.5484)
2014-08-15	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	7 / 65 (686.2172)	12 (175.4172)	23 (168.5600)	26 (169.6800)	17 (172.5600)
2014-08-08	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	16 / 40 (675.9084)	28 (166.2628)	2 (178.2972)	18 (169.7028)	29 (161.6456)
2014-08-01	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	28 / 47 (651.3480)	39 (157.6568)	26 (165.1772)	31 (162.2512)	18 (166.2628)
2014-07-25	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	25 / 44 (665.6000)	40 (157.6800)	24 (165.6916)	9 (170.2512)	9 (171.9772)
2014-07-18	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	7 / 26 (691.3600)	11 (173.7028)	9 (172.5600)	16 (168.5372)	2 (176.5600)
2014-07-11	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	11 / 35 (669.5428)	8 (173.1200)	15 (166.2400)	21 (160.5028)	5 (169.6800)
2014-07-04	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	20 / 33 (650.1368)	22 (164.0000)	2 (176.5828)	30 (154.7656)	25 (154.7884)
2014-06-27	Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL	21 / 33 (651.2340)	26 (159.3484)	27 (154.7656)	12 (168.5600)	12 (168.5600)
2014-06-20	The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS	39 / 49 (653.5196)	16 (171.9656)	37 (161.6456)	49 (147.3600)	18 (172.5484)
2014-06-13	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	18 / 49 (674.7424)	14 (171.4056)	27 (167.9656)	17 (170.2744)	29 (165.0968)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	30 / 41 (662.1488)	34 (162.8116)	33 (162.2400)	24 (167.9772)	19 (169.1200)
2014-05-23	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	25 / 30 (652.4228)	28 (157.6800)	20 (164.5372)	14 (166.8228)	22 (163.3828)
2014-05-02	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS	19 / 40 (669.0172)	35 (162.8000)	2 (174.8572)	30 (159.9428)	7 (171.4172)
2014-04-25	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL	41 / 50 (624.4572)	31 (160.5372)	32 (158.8000)	36 (159.4056)	44 (145.7144)
2014-04-18	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	43 / 62 (658.6744)	29 (170.2628)	52 (157.0744)	36 (166.2400)	39 (165.0972)
2014-04-04	Fourth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	23 / 31 (641.5656)	24 (158.8000)	27 (158.2972)	11 (169.6684)	24 (154.8000)
2014-03-28	Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival London, KY	31 / 42 (638.1260)	8 (171.4288)	38 (145.6800)	35 (158.2172)	23 (162.8000)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	78 / 95 (626.5832)	75 (157.6572)	45 (161.6572)	83 (155.9200)	77 (151.3488)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	15 / 23 (649.5540)	4 (173.1084)	16 (162.2628)	21 (152.5028)	15 (161.6800)
2013-08-23	Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	55 / 55 (487.7716)	52 (147.4172)	53 (131.2344)	18 (169.1200)	55 (40.0000)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	67 / 100 (640.5710)	16 (170.8574)	83 (154.2856)	78 (155.9996)	65 (159.4284)

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	#894 (384 pts)	#1074 (324 pts)	#744 (539 pts)	#794 (494 pts)	#1066 (319 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#312 (1158 pts)	#329 (1100 pts)	#89 (1881 pts)	#255 (1219 pts)	#280 (1207 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#266 (1268 pts)	#185 (1474 pts)	#160 (1608 pts)	#214 (1357 pts)	#176 (1566 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#1800 (120 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)