PIT PIGS

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

Power ranking

#4922

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1464

peak 1464 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#1470

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

660.5140 / 720

Master · Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.26 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 630.06 (+21.20)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Brisket · Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships

Consistency

±36.64

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 160.89 · weakest Pork (155.49)

Road miles

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Master avg

630.06 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.40 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 155.49
Pork Ribs avg 160.89
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN JERKS in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 16th

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.

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

TEAM FAITH-HOLY SMOKERS

#4941 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1464

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIT PIGS)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-06-24

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ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD

#4916 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1619

1–5 in 6 shared contests (17% to PIT PIGS)

They've been 1619 at their best, 155 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 66 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

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Not Bad BBQ

#4930 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

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Jay Miller and the Experience

#4925 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after PIT PIGS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

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TEMPLE OF THE HOG

#4927 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Level with PIT PIGS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2023-04-21

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BBQ SHOGUN

#4921 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PAPA'S PIT CREW	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN JERKS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	170.8800	129.1088	157.38	top 73%
Pork Ribs	7	1	1	173.1428	150.2404	160.89	top 62%
Pork	7	0	0	170.2628	142.2400	155.49	top 79%
Brisket	7	2	1	176.0000	133.1428	156.30	top 60%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	5	16	0	top 76%	2018-08-24

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

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SD 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 160.89 · weakest Pork (155.49)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 630.06 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 83 41–133 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 82 7 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Power rating 1464 peak 1464 · #4922 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1486) 1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
2015
Sep 18 First call Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
Sep 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5140 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
Sep 18 Career-best overall score660.5140 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
Sep 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
2018
Aug 24 Most recent contest Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.6	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2015-08-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.5	1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2013-08-23
-10.4	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	2014-08-22
-7.6	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	2018-08-24
-3.6	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	2015-09-18
-0.4	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	2016-08-26

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)
2018	1	100%	top 93%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	1	0%	top 65%	91.5%	91.5%
2016	1	100%	top 68%	91.5%	91.5%
2015	2	50%	top 67%	91.7%	90.6%
2014	1	0%	top 92%	83.2%	83.2%
2013	1	0%	top 100%	77%	77%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-24	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	25 / 27 (634.7776)	24 (156.0004)	19 (162.2284)	26 (146.8344)	9 (169.7144)
2017-08-25	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	17 / 26 (658.8000)	17 (165.1084)	23 (160.0000)	15 (165.7144)	12 (167.9772)
2016-08-26	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	21 / 31 (658.7884)	10 (170.8800)	2 (173.1428)	29 (155.9428)	25 (158.8228)
2015-09-18	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	22 / 30 (660.5140)	26 (159.9884)	27 (154.2628)	13 (170.2628)	2 (176.0000)
2015-08-21	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	16 / 26 (643.4284)	19 (159.9884)	14 (166.3544)	16 (163.4284)	19 (153.6572)
2014-08-22	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	23 / 25 (599.3716)	17 (160.5944)	13 (160.0000)	25 (143.9884)	23 (134.7888)
2013-08-23	1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	16 / 16 (554.7320)	16 (129.1088)	12 (150.2404)	16 (142.2400)	14 (133.1428)

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	#2169 (76 pts)	#1816 (131 pts)	#1253 (256 pts)	#2908 (56 pts)	#2904 (56 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1470 (166 pts)	#1688 (136 pts)	#1588 (161 pts)	#1402 (211 pts)	#990 (336 pts)