A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Piggin-A-Pit
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1500 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-25
latest 2015-10-23
Best ToY finish
#1734
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.42
last 4 Master vs avg 624.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.14 · weakest Brisket (148.24)
Road miles
397
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
624.42 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Kickin' Back BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
Piggin-A-Pit 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 133 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.
#4603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1531
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Piggin-A-Pit)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Piggin-A-Pit has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Piggin-A-Pit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 146.1828 | 156.23 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 149.0628 | 157.81 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 154.2744 | 162.14 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 143.3372 | 148.24 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border War BBQ | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 90% | 2015-10-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-25 → 2015-10-23
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.14 · weakest Brisket (148.24)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.42
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
25–121 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
397
4 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Border War Barbecue
- First call Border War Barbecue
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3944 Border War Barbecue
- Career-best overall score655.3944 Border War Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5944 Border War Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1500) Border War Barbecue
- 2015
- Most recent contest Border War BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | Border War Barbecue | 2013-10-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Border War BBQ | 2014-10-24 |
| -10.7 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | 2014-09-26 |
| -7.2 | Border War BBQ | 2015-10-23 |
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 86% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.7% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-23 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 30 / 35 (623.7828) | 31 (159.9656) | 28 (159.9428) | 28 (160.5372) | 33 (143.3372) |
| 2014-10-24 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 39 / 41 (608.9372) | 41 (146.1828) | 26 (161.6572) | 34 (154.2744) | 37 (146.8228) |
| 2014-09-26 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 41 / 47 (609.5544) | 40 (150.7772) | 43 (149.0628) | 18 (165.1428) | 44 (144.5716) |
| 2013-10-25 | Border War Barbecue Osawatomie, KS | 15 / 27 (655.3944) | 11 (167.9772) | 19 (160.5828) | 8 (168.5944) | 17 (158.2400) |
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) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1734 (138 pts) | #1807 (138 pts) | #1791 (138 pts) | #1571 (173 pts) | #1787 (138 pts) |