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OINK MASTER

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

Power ranking

#5544
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1449
peak 1449 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

2014-09-05
latest 2018-10-19

Best ToY finish

#1065
Master 2016

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 79%
overall standings

Best overall

635.8400 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

624.52 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 612.37 (+12.15)

Walk rate

44%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0000

Consistency

±19.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 154.68 · weakest Pork (151.52)

Road miles

639
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi

Schedule strength

37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

612.37 / 720
9 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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKEY & THE WOOD CHIPS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork ribs entries lost

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork ribs entries.

An October team

Top 64% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 64% across 3 contests, versus top 79% the rest of the year.

  • 3 October contests
  • top 79% the rest of the year

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.

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

TJ'S BBQ
#5558 of the rated field
1449 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1449
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen 2023-06-09
⚔ Head-to-head
CRUMMY BBQ
#5554 of the rated field
1449 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1449
No shared contest yet.

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

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen 2023-06-02
⚔ Head-to-head
MEAT SLINGERS
#5526 of the rated field
1450 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1450
No shared contest yet.

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

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen 2021-01-29
⚔ Head-to-head
Boar on the Floor
#5528 of the rated field
1450 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1450
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after OINK MASTER did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2025-10-17
⚔ Head-to-head
BRISKETBONE BBQ
#5537 of the rated field
1449 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1449
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.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2024-08-16
⚔ Head-to-head
WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ?
#5549 of the rated field
1449 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1449
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.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2023-05-27
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 0 0 0 168.5256 133.0740 154.45 top 76%
Pork Ribs 9 2 0 1 172.0000 133.5200 154.68 top 65%
Pork 9 1 0 0 164.0344 146.8344 151.52 top 83%
Brisket 9 1 0 0 169.6800 133.1200 151.71 top 73%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
WI80top 79%
IL10top 76%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 86%
Medium (20–39)30top 81%
Large (40+)40top 73%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
*Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off 3 29 0 top 64% 2018-10-19

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

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2014-09-05 → 2018-10-19
Busiest season 2016 4 contests
Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in WI 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 154.68 · weakest Pork (151.52)
Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests
Master average 612.37 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 180 76–241 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 639 9 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi
Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating 1449 peak 1449 · #5544 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2014
  2. First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
  3. Peak power rating (1485) Puckaway Pigfest
  4. 2016
  5. First call Madison Magazine BBQ Festival
  6. Career-best overall score635.8400 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off
  7. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0000 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off
  8. 2018
  9. Most recent contest *Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+1Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off2017-10-20

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.9Puckaway Pigfest2014-09-05
-11.84th Annual Deaths Door Barbecue2015-08-28
-6.7Madison Magazine BBQ Festival2016-05-13
-6.7Birdies Barnyard BBQ2016-07-29
-5.9Poor Que2015-06-05

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 69% 87.8% 87.8%
20171000 100% top 62% 87.9% 87.9%
20164000 75% top 78% 88.3% 85.6%
20152000 0% top 84% 84.9% 84%
20141000 0% top 100% 79.5% 79.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018-10-19 *Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI 29 / 42 (631.8172) 12 (168.5256) 27 (157.0972) 32 (155.9544) 34 (150.2400)
2017-10-20 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI 32 / 52 (632.9716) 25 (161.6916) 8 (170.2744) 39 (154.8000) 43 (146.2056)
2016-10-21 Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI 32 / 51 (635.8400) 37 (157.0744) 3 (172.0000) 48 (147.3712) 33 (159.3944)
2016-07-29 Birdies Barnyard BBQ Kohler, WI 15 / 17 (597.6004) 15 (158.8344) 14 (158.8116) 16 (146.8344) 17 (133.1200)
2016-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL 25 / 33 (624.3656) 32 (157.1200) 28 (147.9316) 30 (149.6340) 7 (169.6800)
2016-05-13 Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Sauk City, WI 16 / 19 (606.1256) 15 (156.0000) 19 (133.5200) 9 (164.0344) 14 (152.5712)
2015-08-28 4th Annual Deaths Door Barbecue Washington Island, WI 33 / 35 (598.7428) 32 (145.1316) 33 (149.6456) 31 (149.7028) 24 (154.2628)
2015-06-05 Poor Que Montello, WI 28 / 38 (611.4284) 30 (152.5600) 19 (157.1428) 33 (148.0228) 27 (153.7028)
2014-09-05 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 40 / 40 (572.3996) 40 (133.0740) 36 (145.7372) 37 (147.3484) 36 (146.2400)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #1566 (125 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #1641 (155 pts) #2260 (60 pts) #2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1065 (299 pts) #1116 (304 pts) #842 (464 pts) #1065 (334 pts) #893 (404 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1676 (120 pts) #1778 (120 pts) #1644 (150 pts) #1790 (120 pts) #1728 (125 pts)

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