ROWDY PIG BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1945

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1540

peak 1545 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-10-03

latest 2016-08-12

Best ToY finish

#604

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1088 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

672.71 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 678.62 (-5.92)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · High on the Hog Festival

Consistency

±10.51

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.63 · weakest Brisket (167.68)

Road miles

813

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Master avg

678.62 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

High-water mark

697.1088 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1088 at Smokin' At The Market — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-03

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 80% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG G BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

3 of 5 shared pork entries lost

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.3% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN SMOKERS

#1952 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1540

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROWDY PIG BBQ)

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-04-07

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GOVERNMENT PORK

#1942 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-05-02

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CRAWFORD'S BBQ

#1939 of the rated field

1540 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

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BLUE ISLAND BBQ

#1946 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

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PIG CITY BBQ

#1947 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-09-18

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FARM TO FIRE

#1953 of the rated field

1540 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2020-09-26

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
G-QUE KY	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	1	180.0000 🔥	160.5600	168.48	top 58%
Pork Ribs	8	3	0	1	175.4288	161.6572	170.84	top 36%
Pork	8	4	0	1	176.5600	162.2512	171.63	top 32%
Brisket	8	2	0	0	173.7028	161.0972	167.68	top 53%

“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	Avg finish
TN	5	top 42%
GA	1	top 56%
KY	1	top 24%
AL	1	top 27%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 27%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	2	6	0	top 27%	2016-04-15

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.9 yrs 2014-10-03 → 2016-08-12

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 5 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.63 · weakest Brisket (167.68)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 38% 3 of 8 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 678.62 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 197 213–115 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 813 8 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength 1558 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Power rating 1540 peak 1545 · #1945 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Oct 3 First tracked contest Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First call Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First overall top-10 Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score697.1088 Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 Career-best overall score697.1088 Smokin' At The Market
2015
Apr 17 First category win (Chicken) High on the Hog Festival
Apr 17 First perfect 180 (Chicken) High on the Hog Festival
2016
Apr 15 Peak power rating (1545) High on the Hog Festival
Aug 12 Most recent contest Smokin' In McMinnville

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	High on the Hog Festival	2015-04-17
+9.7	Smokin' At The Market	2014-10-03
+9.5	Grillin N Chillin BBQ	2015-09-25
+8.1	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	2015-09-11
+3.8	High on the Hog Festival	2016-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5	Smokin' In McMinnville	2016-08-12
-0.4	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2015-05-22
-0.2	Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier)	2015-12-04

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 59%	93.7%	93%
2015	5	2	1	60%	top 35%	96.2%	94.3%
2014	1	1	0	100%	top 24%	96.8%	96.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-12	Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN	24 / 32 (663.8860)	30 (160.5600)	28 (161.6572)	11 (173.1200)	18 (168.5488)
2016-04-15	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	24 / 56 (674.7428)	47 (163.3828)	12 (173.1200)	17 (172.0000)	35 (166.2400)
2015-12-04	Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	22 / 39 (668.4800)	24 (166.8228)	13 (169.6916)	30 (162.2512)	15 (169.7144)
2015-09-25	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	9 / 38 (679.9432)	26 (165.1200)	3 (173.1316)	7 (169.7144)	7 (171.9772)
2015-09-11	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	15 / 55 (676.4800)	28 (167.3828)	7 (174.2972)	8 (173.7028)	42 (161.0972)
2015-05-22	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	16 / 28 (675.8512)	14 (172.5600)	17 (168.5372)	13 (169.6684)	19 (165.0856)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	6 / 59 (692.4916)	1 (180.0000)	22 (170.8344)	2 (176.5600)	40 (165.0972)
2014-10-03	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	7 / 29 (697.1088)	16 (171.9772)	9 (175.4288)	10 (176.0000)	10 (173.7028)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1732 (127 pts)	#2010 (117 pts)	#1535 (182 pts)	#1390 (227 pts)	#1679 (152 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#604 (603 pts)	#662 (578 pts)	#561 (688 pts)	#514 (753 pts)	#767 (478 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1541 (159 pts)	#2039 (99 pts)	#1781 (139 pts)	#1872 (129 pts)	#1852 (129 pts)