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
- 2014-11-14
THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1521 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2015-10-02
Best ToY finish
#821
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
676.03
last 4 Master vs avg 676.03 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.41 · weakest Chicken (165.67)
Road miles
301
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
676.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
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.
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.
THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA has 4 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 94 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.
#2582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE GRATEFUL PIG COLUMBUS GA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 159.9544 | 165.67 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 165.0856 | 167.69 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 166.2400 | 171.41 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2015-10-02
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.41 · weakest Chicken (165.67)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
676.03
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
65–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
301
4 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1517
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.8512 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall top-10 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA)
- Career-best overall score686.7656 Char-Broil Challenge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Char-Broil Challenge
- Peak power rating (1521) Char-Broil Challenge
- 2015
- Most recent contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) | 2014-10-18 |
| +6.9 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) | 2014-06-06 |
| +4.1 | Char-Broil Challenge | 2014-11-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.7 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-10-02 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-02 | 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) |
| 2014-11-14 | Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA | 8 / 20 (686.7656) | 18 (163.9312) | 12 (169.7144) | 5 (176.5600) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2014-10-18 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) Rome, GA | 8 / 27 (683.3600) | 9 (172.5600) | 17 (167.4172) | 6 (172.5600) | 8 (170.8228) |
| 2014-06-06 | Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Eurharlee, GA | 11 / 31 (675.8512) | 17 (166.2400) | 14 (165.0856) | 7 (170.2628) | 7 (174.2628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |