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Skinny Pig BBQ

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

Power ranking

#516
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1673
peak 1673 · rated over 39 contests

Best runs

5
straight top-10s

Contests

50
in the data

First seen

2022-06-24
latest 2026-08-28

Best ToY finish

#25
Backyard 2026

Grand champs

0
3 reserve

Category wins

4
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

23
of 50 contests

Avg finish

top 39%
overall standings

Best overall

647.8288 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

343.50 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 336.25 (+7.25)

Walk rate

58%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

5
and counting

Consistency

±28.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.55 · weakest Brisket (151.76)

Road miles

6,395
mi across 50 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi

Schedule strength

66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$215K
listed at 43 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

627.65 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

336.25 / 360
37 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (14 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.

Riding a hot streak

5 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.

  • career best 5

Among the elite

#516 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 8% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1673 puts them #516 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 8% of the field.

  • rating 1673
  • peak 1673
  • 39 rated contests

On the rise

+86 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 86 points across 16 contests since 2025-09-19 — from 1587 up to 1673.

  • 16 contests since 2025-09-19
  • now 1673

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 4th
  • average top 14%

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

Rudes BBQ has finished one call ahead of Skinny Pig BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 19 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 28%.

  • 19 contests
  • 10 overall top-10s
  • 1 category wins
  • average top 28%

Chicken nemesis

18 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

Rudes BBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Rudes BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

  • 0 Grand Championships
  • 50 contests

Built for the big stage

Top 31% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 31% finish in large fields against top 50% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 31% (8)
  • Small (<20 teams): top 50% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

one call behind them

Wapatui Smokers has landed one call behind them 5 times.

Boom or bust

±7.86% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.86% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 92.9% of a perfect score
  • best 97.1%

A May team

Top 22% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

  • 3 May contests
  • top 39% the rest of the year

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.

WHO DAT BBQ
#518 of the rated field
1672 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
1
Top-10s
47%
Peak
1696
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 45 contests to 50, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 43 contests
  • last seen 2025-06-06
⚔ Head-to-head
TWISTED PAIR BBQ
#517 of the rated field
1673 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
93
GCs
2
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1673
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 90 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 90 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-17
⚔ Head-to-head
SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC
#520 of the rated field
1671 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
0
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1687
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Skinny Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 38 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
Outsiders BBQ
#514 of the rated field
1674 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
4
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1693
No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 34 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen 2023-09-08
⚔ Head-to-head
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ
#519 of the rated field
1672 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
51
GCs
0
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1700
No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Skinny Pig BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen 2019-07-12
⚔ Head-to-head
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q
#513 of the rated field
1674 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
162
GCs
5
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1788
No shared contest yet.

Level with Skinny Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 146 contests
  • last seen 2025-11-05
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Rudes BBQ 29 7 22 24% ⚔ compare
All Smoked Up BBQ 23 15 8 65% ⚔ compare
Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 23 14 9 61% ⚔ compare
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 21 3 18 14% ⚔ compare
Wapatui Smokers 20 15 5 75% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY GQ 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
Can Country Outlaw BBQ 17 6 10 35% ⚔ compare
DAWGS BBQ 17 6 11 35% ⚔ compare
FENDER BENDER BBQ 16 7 9 44% ⚔ compare
BBQ MIKE 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
Bramble BBQ 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
Shmack Q 13 10 3 77% ⚔ compare
SmoQued On Main St 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
T Daddys BBQ 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
DB BBQ 13 6 6 46% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 42 22 1 5 178.8572 150.2288 170.55 top 37%
Pork Ribs 45 20 3 5 178.2972 155.3600 168.88 top 43%
Pork 6 1 0 1 175.4172 147.9656 162.15 top 59%
Brisket 3 0 0 0 153.0740 150.8116 151.76 top 94%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IL140top 31%
WI130top 54%
IA80top 39%
TN20top 26%
MI20top 22%
MN10top 20%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)50top 50%
Medium (20–39)270top 40%
Large (40+)80top 31%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) 5 5 0 top 53% 2026-07-18
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 5 0 top 40% 2026-06-13
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 7 0 top 39% 2026-06-12
Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) 2 7 0 top 35% 2026-08-28
Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 2 4 0 top 14% 2026-08-15
Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 9 0 top 31% 2026-06-19
Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 5 0 top 40% 2026-04-24
Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 8 0 top 21% 2026-04-03
Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 8 0 top 37% 2025-08-16
Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 2 0 top 22% 2025-07-19
Puckaway Pigfest 2 23 0 top 78% 2024-09-06
Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) 2 22 0 top 110% 2023-10-15
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 2 11 0 top 65% 2022-06-25

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2022-06-24 → 2026-08-28
Busiest season 2026 19 contests
Contests a season 10 across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in WI 16 of 50 contests · 6 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 22 13 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 45 entries · 3 wins · 20 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.55 · weakest Brisket (151.76)
Walk rate 58% a top-10 call in 29 of 50 contests
Overall top-10 rate 46% 23 of 50 contests
Best top-10 run 5 straight contests — and still running
Master average 627.65 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average 336.25 out of 360 · 37 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 634 1,103–619 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 6,395 50 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Schedule strength 1584 average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for $214,675 listed at 43 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 18 state-championship entries
Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2022-06-25 → 2023-09-08
Power rating 1673 peak 1673 · #516 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2022
  2. First tracked contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One)
  3. First call Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One)
  4. 2023
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.4800 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD)
  6. 2024
  7. First overall top-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
  8. 10th tracked contest Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  9. First category win (Pork Ribs) Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  10. First overall podium Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  11. First Reserve Championship Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  12. Career-best overall score647.8288 Puckaway Pigfest
  13. 2025
  14. 25th tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
  15. 2026
  16. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
  17. 50th tracked contest Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2)
  18. Peak power rating (1673) Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1)
  19. Most recent contest Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.5Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2024-06-08
+14.7Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)2024-07-20
+12.6Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)2025-08-22
+12.4Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-13
+12.4Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)2025-04-25

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.6Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)2025-07-12
-11.5Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-14
-10.5Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)2023-10-13
-9.8Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two)2022-06-25
-9.6Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD)2023-10-15

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026190101 68% top 28% 96.5% 95.2%
202518082 56% top 38% 96.8% 91.6%
20248051 63% top 33% 97.1% 94.3%
20233000 0% top 101% 91.2% 88.5%
20222000 50% top 65% 89% 86.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-28 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) Cherry Valley, IL 10 / 25 (345.1200) 8 (173.1200) 10 (172.0000)
2026-08-28 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) Cherry Valley, IL 7 / 24 (345.6800) 12 (170.2628) 5 (175.4172)
2026-08-28 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cherry Valley, IL 11 (166.2744)
2026-08-15 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL 4 / 32 (343.3944) 3 (173.1200) 6 (170.2744)
2026-08-14 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL 4 / 26 (335.9200) 16 (161.6572) 3 (174.2628)
2026-07-31 Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA 2 / 26 (347.3828) 2 (175.4172) 6 (171.9656)
2026-07-18 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 11 / 28 (345.1088) 14 (169.6916) 5 (175.4172)
2026-07-17 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 5 / 27 (347.4172) 4 (176.0000) 12 (171.4172)
2026-06-19 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 15 / 41 (342.8572) 15 (172.0000) 18 (170.8572)
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 8 / 37 (341.6456) 12 (170.8112) 8 (170.8344)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 25 / 40 (337.6684) 25 (166.8228) 14 (170.8456)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 9 (173.1316)
2026-05-29 Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN 5 / 25 (344.5716) 9 (172.0000) 6 (172.5716)
2026-05-15 BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) Chippewa Falls, WI 3 / 21 (346.2628) 1 (176.5600) 7 (169.7028)
2026-04-24 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 14 / 24 (333.0512) 12 (169.6800) 19 (163.3712)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 8 / 42 (345.0856) 6 (176.5600) 20 (168.5256)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN 7 (178.8572)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN 23 / 125 (340.5028) 22 (171.9772) 29 (168.5256) 30 (167.3828)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 12 (176.0116)
2025-09-19 Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) Loves Park, IL 2 / 17 (345.0972) 3 (171.9656) 1 (173.1316)
2025-08-22 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL 5 / 31 (348.5372) 9 (175.4056) 9 (173.1316)
2025-08-16 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 8 / 20 (334.9144) 8 (168.0000) 10 (166.9144)
2025-07-19 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI 6 / 17 (345.0856) 9 (168.5256) 2 (176.5600)
2025-07-12 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 14 / 16 (334.7772) 12 (169.6800) 12 (165.0972)
2025-07-11 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 13 / 18 (337.6572) 9 (170.8112) 12 (166.8460) 12 (159.3828)
2025-06-27 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL 7 / 26 (343.9428) 6 (173.1200) 9 (170.8228)
2025-06-20 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 9 / 36 (346.8112) 16 (169.6684) 1 (177.1428)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 31 / 36 (169.6800) 12 (169.6800)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 26 (164.5256)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 7 / 36 (346.8572) 5 (176.5828) 11 (170.2744)
2025-05-25 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 23 / 70 (342.8232) 12 (174.2744) 33 (168.5488)
2025-05-24 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 21 (172.5484)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 33 (169.6800)
2025-04-25 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 5 / 24 (343.9656) 2 (177.1428) 13 (166.8228)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 11 / 49 (344.5372) 5 (175.4172) 18 (169.1200)
2024-09-06 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 27 / 37 (647.8288) 13 (171.9772) 30 (159.3716) 23 (165.6684) 35 (150.8116)
2024-08-17 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 9 / 26 (340.5144) 5 (173.1200) 13 (167.3944)
2024-07-20 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI 2 / 23 (349.7028) 11 (171.4056) 1 (178.2972)
2024-07-12 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Miles, IA 5 / 11 (343.9660) 5 (171.9772) 5 (171.9888) 3 (175.4172)
2024-06-14 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 8 / 40 (338.2628) 5 (171.4172) 15 (166.8456)
2024-06-08 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 5 / 37 (342.2284) 5 (173.1084) 8 (169.1200)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 14 / 41 (336.5144) 13 (170.2628) 13 (166.2516)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 19 (163.4288)
2023-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 22 / 24 (328.4800) 15 (167.9772) 19 (160.5028)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 27 / 21 (314.7428) 25 (159.3828) 27 (155.3600)
2023-09-08 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 23 / 28 (624.4112) 24 (155.9200) 21 (158.3204) 22 (157.0968) 25 (153.0740)
2022-06-25 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL 32 / 32 (610.6976) 32 (150.2288) 29 (161.0972) 31 (147.9656) 31 (151.4060)
2022-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) 🏅 Belvidere, IL 11 / 36 (320.5264) 10 (158.8576) 8 (161.6688)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #25 (1030 pts) #15 (1107 pts) #43 (899 pts)
2026 ↗ Master #729 (165 pts) #482 (372 pts)
2025 ↗ Backyard #54 (919 pts) #47 (998 pts) #32 (1067 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #1147 (80 pts) #1020 (120 pts)
2024 ↗ Backyard #57 (874 pts) #68 (814 pts) #70 (803 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1182 (60 pts) #977 (120 pts) #943 (141 pts) #1189 (70 pts) #1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗ Backyard #236 (154 pts) #259 (134 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1240 (63 pts) #1584 (58 pts) #1379 (73 pts) #1257 (68 pts) #1601 (53 pts)

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