RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4562

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1471 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2015-08-28

Best ToY finish

#837

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

662.2512 / 720

Master · Grill Games

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 624.49 (+1.00)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Brisket · Grill Games

Consistency

±21.55

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.61)

Road miles

681

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)

Master avg

624.49 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WOBBLY HOGS BBQ has finished one call ahead of RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

Risky Brisket ahead in 86% of their meetings

Risky Brisket has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.96 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Pork Ribs avg 151.61
Chicken avg 160.56
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JC'S RIB-RIPPIN GOOD BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

BRINGIN' THE HEAT ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BRINGIN' THE HEAT has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

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.

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

SMOKIN ELVIS BBQ

#4546 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

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TOPPGATOR BBQ

#4572 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1536

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ)

They've been 1536 at their best, 65 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2021-10-22

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PIGLET ENEMY

#4540 of the rated field

1472 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1472

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

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WNW BBQ

#4570 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-07-29

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DBQ

#4557 of the rated field

1471 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-05-27

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Smokin Critters

#4567 of the rated field

1471 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1471

No shared contest yet.

Level with RODEO JOE'S PIGNACIOUS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-03-31

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Risky Brisket	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BRINGIN' THE HEAT	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
A BOY NAMED QUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
JH OLD SCHOOL	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
KEN'S BURNT ENDS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKE 2 PULL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WISCO_BRISCO	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKE HUNTERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KAVE DWELLERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Hill Billy BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	167.4400	152.5256	160.56	top 59%
Pork Ribs	9	0	159.9772	137.1432	151.61	top 74%
Pork	9	0	165.7028	141.7028	154.96	top 65%
Brisket	9	2	174.2628	143.9656	157.37	top 57%

“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	7	0	top 69%
IL	2	0	top 54%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 69%
Large (40+)	6	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Grill Games	3	11	0	top 61%	2015-08-28

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2015-08-28

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 7 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.61)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 624.49 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 180 130–220 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 681 9 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi

Schedule strength 1524 average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests

Power rating 1471 peak 1471 · #4562 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Grill Games
Aug 23 First call Grill Games
2014
Aug 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2512 Grill Games
Aug 22 Career-best overall score662.2512 Grill Games
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Grill Games
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1496) Grill Games
2015
Aug 28 Most recent contest Grill Games

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	Grill Games	2014-08-22
+5.6	9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q	2014-10-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Grill Games	2013-08-23
-8.2	Puckaway Pigfest	2014-09-05
-7.7	Grill Games	2015-08-28
-7.1	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival	2015-05-16
-7.1	3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival	2015-06-12

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	3	0%	top 82%	88.5%	85.9%
2014	4	50%	top 49%	92%	89%
2013	2	50%	top 75%	83.6%	83.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-28	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	39 / 49 (615.3144)	21 (163.4172)	46 (137.6456)	20 (160.5716)	34 (153.6800)
2015-06-12	3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival Oconomowoc, WI	14 / 17 (637.1088)	15 (159.4516)	14 (157.7372)	14 (159.3828)	14 (160.5372)
2015-05-16	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Madison, WI	24 / 29 (603.2344)	24 (152.5372)	24 (147.3828)	26 (146.8000)	18 (156.5144)
2014-10-17	9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL	16 / 42 (654.8000)	22 (164.0000)	31 (156.5716)	14 (165.7028)	8 (168.5256)
2014-09-05	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	32 / 40 (616.9948)	30 (158.3088)	24 (157.7260)	33 (151.9200)	33 (149.0400)
2014-08-22	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	11 / 47 (662.2512)	16 (167.4400)	24 (159.4400)	21 (161.1084)	4 (174.2628)
2014-06-06	Poor Que Montello, WI	21 / 38 (627.9660)	22 (159.9656)	34 (150.8232)	13 (161.7256)	18 (155.4516)
2013-10-18	8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) Libertyville, IL	38 / 54 (602.1828)	41 (152.5256)	19 (159.9772)	44 (145.7144)	44 (143.9656)
2013-08-23	Grill Games Kenosha, WI	34 / 43 (600.5716)	9 (167.4172)	42 (137.1432)	42 (141.7028)	25 (154.3084)

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	#1501 (156 pts)	#1625 (151 pts)	#1607 (156 pts)	#1627 (151 pts)	#1412 (186 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#837 (402 pts)	#1011 (342 pts)	#1149 (277 pts)	#906 (402 pts)	#677 (547 pts)