High-water mark
670.2744
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2744 at Jack Town Throw Down — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 31, 2017
TCP/IPig
TCP/IPig is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 14th of 34 at the Jack Town Throw Down (2017). They finished #2127 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “TCP-I PIG”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 2, 2014
latest Apr 28, 2017 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.89
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.99 · weakest Brisket (161.83)
Road miles
459
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 224 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
659.89 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 154.7884 | 162.54 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 159.9656 | 166.54 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 166.8228 | 168.99 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 157.0856 | 161.83 | top 68% |
“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 57% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 58 times, behind 81
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Apr 3, 2015 → Mar 31, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score670.2744 Jack Town Throw Down
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- First call Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1940 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8456 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1506) Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.9 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | May 2, 2014 |
| +5.6 | Jack Town Throw Down | Mar 31, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | 'Que at the View | Apr 3, 2015 |
| -5.4 | Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off | Apr 28, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 93.1% | 92.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2017 | Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR | 21 / 29 (660.4456) | 22 (165.1428) | 18 (166.2400) | 12 (169.1084) | 24 (159.9544) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Jack Town Throw Down Jackson, MS | 14 / 34 (670.2744) | 9 (171.4400) | 18 (165.1084) | 9 (168.5716) | 17 (165.1544) |
| Apr 3, 2015 | 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS | 35 / 40 (638.6624) | 39 (154.7884) | 32 (159.9656) | 25 (166.8228) | 32 (157.0856) |
| May 2, 2014 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 15 / 40 (670.1940) | 36 (158.7884) | 3 (174.8456) | 6 (171.4400) | 23 (165.1200) |