THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA

THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 8th of 20 at the Char-Broil Challenge (2014). They finished #821 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1517

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 6, 2014

latest Oct 2, 2015 · 1.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#821

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7656 / 720

Master · Char-Broil Challenge

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Char-Broil Challenge

Consistency

±11.06

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.41 · weakest Chicken (165.67)

Road miles

301

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

676.03 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

686.7656 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7656 at Char-Broil Challenge — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 14, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD PLANTATION BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD PLANTATION BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2175 (65 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#821 (413 pts)	#1071 (313 pts)	#1061 (313 pts)	#753 (498 pts)	#734 (503 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	172.5600	159.9544	165.67	top 68%
Pork Ribs	4	0	169.7144	165.0856	167.69	top 54%
Pork	4	3	176.5600	166.2400	171.41	top 30%
Brisket	4	3	176.5600	163.3944	171.26	top 35%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 35%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 73%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 93 finished ahead 65 times, behind 61

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

20151 milestone

Oct 2 Most recent contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)

20147 milestones

Jun 6 First tracked contest Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Jun 6 First call Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.8512 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 18 First overall top-10 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA)
Nov 14 Career-best overall score686.7656 Char-Broil Challenge
Nov 14 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Char-Broil Challenge
Nov 14 Peak power rating (1521) Char-Broil Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA)	Oct 18, 2014
+6.9	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)	Jun 6, 2014
+4	Char-Broil Challenge	Nov 14, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.7	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)	Oct 2, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

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 73%	91.4%	91.4%
2014	3	0	2	0	100%	top 35%	95.4%	94.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 2, 2015	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA	38 / 52 (658.1260)	48 (159.9544)	24 (168.5372)	26 (166.2400)	35 (163.3944)
Nov 14, 2014	Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	8 / 20 (686.7656)	18 (163.9312)	12 (169.7144)	5 (176.5600)	4 (176.5600)
Oct 18, 2014	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) Rome, GA	8 / 27 (683.3600)	9 (172.5600)	17 (167.4172)	6 (172.5600)	8 (170.8228)
Jun 6, 2014	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Eurharlee, GA	11 / 31 (675.8512)	17 (166.2400)	14 (165.0856)	7 (170.2628)	7 (174.2628)