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.
PURPLE PIGS BLAZIN BBQ
PURPLE PIGS BLAZIN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 20th of 26 at the Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2015). They finished #2158 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 17, 2015
latest Jul 15, 2016 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.22)
Road miles
339
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 147 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)
Master avg
627.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 154.2172 | 158.94 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 135.8744 | 152.22 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 154.8228 | 161.83 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 144.5832 | 154.40 | top 76% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 24 times, behind 117
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20162 milestones
- Career-best overall score639.8060 Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ
- Most recent contest Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Peak power rating (1490) 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2628 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Jul 17, 2015 |
| -5.7 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | Oct 16, 2015 |
| -5.2 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | Jul 15, 2016 |
| -3.5 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Oct 23, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.4% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2016 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS | 37 / 46 (639.8060) | 34 (163.3828) | 30 (165.0972) | 36 (161.0972) | 40 (150.2288) |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 20 / 26 (622.7664) | 24 (154.2172) | 22 (157.7032) | 12 (166.2628) | 24 (144.5832) |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 21 / 25 (628.9484) | 19 (161.6684) | 22 (150.2172) | 24 (154.8228) | 13 (162.2400) |
| Jul 17, 2015 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 43 / 48 (618.0688) | 41 (156.5028) | 47 (135.8744) | 26 (165.1316) | 34 (160.5600) |