DAY OF THE PIG BBQ

DAY OF THE PIG BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 6th of 37 at the Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival (2019). They are ranked #910 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#910

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1615

peak 1615 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 6, 2014

latest Feb 21, 2020 · 5.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#525

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

18% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0744 / 720

Master · Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

675.59 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.55 (+2.04)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Horse Town Brew B Que Festival

Consistency

±10.27

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.60 · weakest Brisket (165.79)

Road miles

772

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.55 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.0744 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0744 at Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 1, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Smokin it Up BBQ has finished one call ahead of DAY OF THE PIG BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–4 behind in the head-to-head

LADY OF Q ahead in 78% of their meetings

LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 14 of their 18 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 79% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Meat Candy Q in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 16 shared chicken entries lost

SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead 81% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 16 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SMOKIN' HART'S has landed one call behind them 3 times.

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A February team

Top 29% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 29% across 4 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

4 February contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.43% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.43% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.5% of a perfect score
22 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
2020 ↗	Master	#555 (175 pts)	#441 (260 pts)	#644 (145 pts)	#542 (185 pts)	#628 (145 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1279 (175 pts)	#1041 (260 pts)	#1076 (260 pts)	#1283 (185 pts)	#1745 (100 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#525 (680 pts)	#430 (840 pts)	#576 (650 pts)	#630 (595 pts)	#524 (705 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1499 (170 pts)	#1435 (195 pts)	#1233 (260 pts)	#1267 (245 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1497 (178 pts)	#2004 (118 pts)	#1217 (268 pts)	#1240 (263 pts)	#1629 (163 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#967 (323 pts)	#1015 (328 pts)	#850 (423 pts)	#1162 (283 pts)	#1062 (298 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1044 (297 pts)	#1043 (327 pts)	#741 (502 pts)	#1273 (247 pts)	#1298 (227 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DAY OF THE PIG BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

SMOKIN VAN NORMAN

#908 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1615

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Mar 19, 2021

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STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM

#911 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 81%
Peak: 1615

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2021
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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ALQUEMY - VA

#912 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1615

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2018

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ALL HOGS GO TO HEAVEN

#913 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1615

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before DAY OF THE PIG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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NEW REVOLUTION Q

#907 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1620

Level with DAY OF THE PIG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 39 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2018

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TEAM BREW & QUE

#909 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1617

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 46 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 46 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Smokin it Up BBQ	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
RAD FONDO BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
Sharpe's Woodshed	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
SMOKE HOUND BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
COOL GRILLING	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	7	0	3	176.5600	158.8456	169.60	top 45%
Pork Ribs	22	9	1	2	177.7372	160.5144	169.37	top 37%
Pork	22	6	0	1	177.7144	154.3084	168.79	top 42%
Brisket	22	4	0	1	179.4400	153.0744	165.79	top 50%

“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)	9	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 33%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	2	6	0	top 27%	Nov 1, 2019
Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	2	9	0	top 34%	Jun 1, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 8 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 22 of 22 contests

Contests visited 20 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 297 finished ahead 603 times, behind 340

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

20202 milestones

Feb 21 Peak power rating (1615) The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial
Feb 21 Most recent contest The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial

20191 milestone

Nov 1 Career-best overall score689.0744 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival

20181 milestone

Jun 1 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Horse Town Brew B Que Festival

20171 milestone

Jun 2 10th tracked contest Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full)

20152 milestones

Jun 26 First category win (Pork Ribs) Newport Beach Barbecue Contest
Jun 26 First overall top-10 Newport Beach Barbecue Contest

20143 milestones

Jun 6 First tracked contest 3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
Jun 6 First call 3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.0112 3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	Nov 1, 2019
+11.5	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	Jun 1, 2018
+11	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL)	Feb 23, 2018
+10.5	The Smithfield Guinea Pig	Feb 17, 2017
+10.4	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Feb 15, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.7	Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship	Jun 19, 2015
-1	3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ	Jun 6, 2014
-0.7	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL)	Nov 2, 2018
-0.4	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full)	Jun 2, 2017

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 38%	92.7%	92.7%
2019	2	2	0	100%	top 18%	95.7%	95%
2018	8	1	0	88%	top 40%	95.5%	93.8%
2017	3	0	0	67%	top 40%	94.4%	93.9%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 50%	93.7%	92.9%
2015	3	1	1	67%	top 46%	95.5%	93.7%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 41%	93.7%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 21, 2020	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA	19 / 50 (667.3372)	27 (166.8228)	15 (169.7144)	43 (160.5372)	9 (170.2628)
Nov 1, 2019	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	6 / 37 (689.0744)	2 (176.5600)	9 (170.8572)	5 (174.2744)	17 (167.3828)
Feb 15, 2019	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA	10 / 49 (679.3604)	26 (166.2744)	2 (177.7144)	18 (170.2628)	36 (165.1088)
Nov 3, 2018	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA	20 / 33 (671.9544)	32 (158.8456)	26 (162.2744)	4 (177.7144)	9 (173.1200)
Nov 2, 2018	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA	21 / 33 (670.2172)	9 (173.7256)	24 (164.5488)	23 (166.2628)	21 (165.6800)
Oct 12, 2018	Temecula State BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	13 / 46 (680.5028)	14 (170.8228)	30 (166.2856)	12 (171.9772)	12 (171.4172)
Sep 14, 2018	America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA	16 / 40 (669.6572)	3 (175.4400)	12 (169.1200)	26 (163.3944)	22 (161.7028)
Aug 17, 2018	Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA	23 / 51 (658.7772)	3 (176)	30 (161.1428)	29 (162.2516)	30 (159.3828)
Jul 13, 2018	9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA	14 / 37 (677.6116)	10 (170.8112)	9 (171.9888)	14 (169.6916)	21 (165.1200)
Jun 1, 2018	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA	9 / 57 (687.9312)	40 (165.6684)	6 (175.4172)	35 (167.4056)	2 (179.4400)
Feb 23, 2018	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA	12 / 47 (685.1548)	36 (168.0344)	20 (170.8688)	6 (175.4172)	16 (170.8344)
Nov 3, 2017	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA	13 / 35 (679.3832)	22 (166.2744)	28 (160.5144)	3 (177.1772)	5 (175.4172)
Jun 2, 2017	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) Norco, CA	30 / 57 (673.0976)	30 (170.2972)	20 (170.8572)	15 (173.1200)	40 (158.8232)
Feb 17, 2017	The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA	15 / 49 (675.8972)	10 (173.7028)	6 (175.4172)	10 (173.7028)	46 (153.0744)
Jul 29, 2016	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA	23 / 42 (662.7428)	25 (166.2628)	29 (160.5372)	17 (169.1200)	16 (166.8228)
Jun 24, 2016	Newport Beach Barbecue Competition Newport, CA	15 / 33 (674.7768)	25 (165.6912)	4 (174.2856)	7 (172.5600)	26 (162.2400)
Jul 24, 2015	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA	13 / 54 (687.3368)	7 (176)	25 (168.5256)	16 (171.4056)	11 (171.4056)
Jun 26, 2015	Newport Beach Barbecue Contest Newport Beach, CA	8 / 29 (679.3256)	15 (170.2628)	1 (177.7372)	18 (162.8000)	13 (168.5256)
Jun 19, 2015	Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship Banning, CA	25 / 29 (656.4000)	24 (167.9884)	19 (162.8000)	18 (167.3944)	28 (158.2172)
Jul 25, 2014	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	18 / 60 (674.8456)	30 (168)	7 (173.1544)	35 (164.5828)	21 (169.1084)
Jun 20, 2014	3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	19 / 65 (668.6400)	15 (170.8800)	12 (170.3084)	17 (168.0344)	36 (159.4172)
Jun 6, 2014	3rd Annual VC Music Fest & BBQ Valley Center, CA	20 / 32 (648.0112)	11 (166.8228)	5 (172.0228)	27 (154.3084)	26 (154.8572)

DAY OF THE PIG BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A February team

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)