High-water mark
675.9200
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9200 at High on the Hog Festival — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-04-17
Pig Boss Man
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1444
peak 1444 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-03-08
latest 2022-05-20
Best ToY finish
#1454
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.91 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 649.99 (-4.08)
Walk rate
18%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.46 · weakest Brisket (160.19)
Road miles
2,650
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 349 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.99 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
310.13 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKER ON WHEELS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-05-20).
- last seen 2018-04-20
- back 2022-05-20
Pork nemesis
6 of 9
shared pork entries lost
E.T.'S BBQ ahead 67% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, E.T.'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.
An April team
Top 71%
average finish in April
Something about April: average finish in the top 71% across 4 contests, versus top 79% the rest of the year.
- 4 April contests
- top 79% the rest of the year
The metronome
±2.09%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.9% of a perfect score
- 11 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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5727 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5718 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pig Boss Man on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.T.'S BBQ | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SWIGGIN PIG | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JIGGY PIGGY | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BOOTYQUE | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BEAN BANDITS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGGIN' OUT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Specialists | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 153.6456 | 161.93 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.4286 | 162.93 | top 67% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.0628 | 163.46 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 150.8116 | 160.19 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 6 | 0 | top 75% |
| FL | 4 | 0 | top 86% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 77% |
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 | 4 | 28 | 0 | top 71% | 2018-04-20 |
| Smokin In the Square | 4 | 34 | 0 | top 86% | 2018-03-16 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.2 yrs
2013-03-08 → 2022-05-20
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
6 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.46 · weakest Brisket (160.19)
Walk rate
18%
a top-10 call in 2 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
649.99
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
310.13
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
301
125–399 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,650
11 mapped stops · furthest 349 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,900
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2018-04-20 → 2022-05-20
Power rating
1444
peak 1444 · #5725 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- Peak power rating (1495) BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival
- 2014
- First call Smokin in the Square
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4228 Smokin in the Square
- 2015
- Career-best overall score675.9200 High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 High on the Hog Festival
- 2018
- 10th tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
- 2022
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | High on the Hog Festival | 2015-04-17 |
| +1.7 | High on the Hog Festival | 2014-04-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | High on the Hog Festival | 2016-04-15 |
| -9.5 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-05-20 |
| -8.2 | Smokin In The Square | 2016-03-18 |
| -7.7 | Smokin In The Square | 2015-03-06 |
| -6.5 | Smokin In the Square | 2018-03-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 90.2% | 89.8% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 91.3% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 93.9% | 91.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 93% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-20 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 27 / 29 (310.1252) | 27 (153.6456) | 26 (156.4796) | — | — |
| 2018-04-20 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 36 / 42 (649.5656) | 41 (155.3600) | 22 (169.1316) | 28 (165.1084) | 38 (159.9656) |
| 2018-03-16 | Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL | 46 / 49 (643.2456) | 42 (165.6800) | 41 (162.2284) | 43 (161.6800) | 47 (153.6572) |
| 2016-05-20 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 34 / 46 (657.0744) | 26 (168.5600) | 40 (161.1316) | 43 (160.5600) | 26 (166.8228) |
| 2016-04-15 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 55 / 56 (643.8972) | 54 (157.0972) | 42 (162.2744) | 45 (161.7028) | 44 (162.8228) |
| 2016-03-18 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | 39 / 43 (635.7596) | 37 (162.7884) | 18 (168.5484) | 42 (145.0628) | 34 (159.3600) |
| 2015-04-17 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 28 / 59 (675.9200) | 14 (173.7144) | 46 (161.0972) | 15 (172.5600) | 29 (168.5484) |
| 2015-03-06 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | 42 / 48 (636.9488) | 36 (163.3944) | 42 (158.2056) | 34 (164.5372) | 46 (150.8116) |
| 2014-04-18 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | 32 / 62 (669.6000) | 47 (163.9544) | 10 (173.1200) | 43 (164.5256) | 28 (168.0000) |
| 2014-03-07 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | 34 / 46 (648.4228) | 37 (157.6456) | 25 (164.5600) | 8 (173.7028) | 41 (152.5144) |
| 2013-03-08 | BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL | 38 / 56 (639.4286) | 41 (159.4286) | 43 (155.4286) | 24 (165.1428) | 35 (159.4286) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #353 (54 pts) | #360 (54 pts) | — | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1454 (180 pts) | #1547 (180 pts) | #1399 (215 pts) | #1564 (180 pts) | #1503 (180 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1520 (175 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #1557 (170 pts) | #1763 (120 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |