Skinny Pig BBQ WI
Rating
1623
peak 1623
Contests
42
in the data
First seen
2022-06-24
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#35
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
4
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
17
of 42 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
342.60 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 361.04 (-18.44)
Walk rate
52%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±89.63
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.39 · weakest Brisket (151.76)
Road miles
5555
mi across 42 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Wapatui Smokers has finished one call ahead of Skinny Pig BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Wapatui Smokers has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Rudes BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 23 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.8456 points of the Grand Championship at Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-07-20).
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 150.2288 | 170.39 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 178.2972 | 155.3600 | 168.18 | top 45% |
| 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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 13 | 0 | top 54% |
| IL | 10 | 0 | top 34% |
| IA | 5 | 0 | top 49% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| MI | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 20 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 31% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WI (16 of 42 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (37 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 361.04
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 346.2628 | 341.46 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 348.5372 | 329.59 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 647.8288 | 385.57 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 624.4112 | 422.54 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 610.6976 | 465.61 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) Lebanon, TN | 23 / 70 (342.8232) | 12 (174.2744) | 33 (168.5488) | — | — |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | 21 (172.5484) | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) 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) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #35 (809 pts) | #24 (864 pts) | #45 (729 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #617 (165 pts) | #480 (265 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) |