THE PORKCHOP MAFIA

THE PORKCHOP MAFIA is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 12th of 35 at the BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest (2015). They are ranked #4675 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,675

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest May 4, 2018 · 5.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1362

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1944 / 720

Master · BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.27 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 648.17 (-1.90)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Chicken · BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest

Consistency

±12.35

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.88 · weakest Brisket (158.49)

Road miles

716

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

648.17 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

674.1944 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1944 at BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 24, 2015

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 158.49
Chicken avg 166.88
1 call in 13 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bubba's BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE DANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Snout Standing has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.72% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.72% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.0% of a perfect score
13 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#1362 (203 pts)	#1162 (288 pts)	#1411 (213 pts)	#1444 (213 pts)	#1241 (253 pts)

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The teams rated closest to THE PORKCHOP MAFIA, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BULLY BBQ

#4,700 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1514

They've been 1514 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2025

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All Smoked Up

#4,666 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1470

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ

#4,703 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1469

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jul 13, 2019

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SMOKE RIDER

#4,652 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1470

Level with THE PORKCHOP MAFIA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 14, 2021

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Stammtischgriller

#4,678 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1469

They turned up 7 years after THE PORKCHOP MAFIA did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 16 contests
last seen May 2, 2026

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HEAVY HITTERS BBQ

#4,690 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1505

They've been 1505 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 26, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WARDEN'S Q	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Through The Night	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
SWINE CRUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
QUE-N-BREW	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Redneck Grillers	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
RWQ/SKIP HIGHFILL	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	5	1	2	178.2972	146.2400	166.88	top 44%
Pork Ribs	13	1	0	1	174.2628	147.9544	159.26	top 70%
Pork	13	3	0	0	171.9772	152	163.54	top 60%
Brisket	13	1	0	0	171.9772	148.5714	158.49	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)	7	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	6	top 76%
TN	4	top 63%
AR	3	top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	2	15	0	top 43%	Sep 29, 2017
Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	2	14	0	top 78%	Apr 4, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 6 of 13 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 298 finished ahead 160 times, behind 324

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

20181 milestone

May 4 Most recent contest 37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's

20161 milestone

Sep 30 10th tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20153 milestones

Jul 24 First category win (Chicken) BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
Jul 24 Career-best overall score674.1944 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
Jul 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest

20142 milestones

Apr 4 First call Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2512 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

20132 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 Peak power rating (1486) Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.3	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	Jul 24, 2015
+5.6	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 30, 2016
+4.4	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2013
-8.2	36th Annual Kennett Jaycee's	May 5, 2017
-5.8	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 13, 2014
-4.7	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	May 31, 2013
-4.1	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	Apr 1, 2016

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	100%	top 76%	90.4%	90.4%
2017	2	0	50%	top 67%	89.3%	88.1%
2016	4	0	50%	top 64%	91.8%	90.6%
2015	2	1	50%	top 52%	93.6%	92%
2014	2	0	50%	top 70%	90.9%	90.6%
2013	2	0	0%	top 81%	89.4%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 4, 2018	37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Kennett, MO	19 / 25 (650.6972)	6 (172.5484)	19 (157.6688)	12 (169.7028)	23 (150.7772)
Sep 29, 2017	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	15 / 33 (642.6512)	8 (169.1084)	17 (162.2400)	22 (159.9428)	21 (151.3600)
May 5, 2017	36th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Kennett, MO	30 / 34 (626.1256)	22 (162.8000)	32 (151.3600)	23 (158.8456)	28 (153.1200)
Sep 30, 2016	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	18 / 44 (661.0516)	3 (171.9656)	23 (163.9888)	9 (170.8456)	32 (154.2516)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	33 / 47 (650.8112)	28 (165.7028)	36 (158.2400)	20 (166.8684)	36 (160)
May 27, 2016	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO	19 / 28 (650.2632)	6 (170.8572)	17 (162.8460)	22 (161.7028)	21 (154.8572)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	47 / 61 (646.1372)	26 (169.6800)	60 (147.9544)	54 (156.5256)	13 (171.9772)
Jul 24, 2015	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	12 / 35 (674.1944)	1 (178.2972)	24 (161.6572)	6 (171.9772)	22 (162.2628)
May 22, 2015	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO	22 / 32 (650.7544)	14 (168.5484)	30 (152.5260)	24 (162.2400)	14 (167.4400)
Jun 13, 2014	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	37 / 49 (650.6968)	36 (162.8228)	34 (163.3828)	34 (162.8112)	34 (161.6800)
Apr 4, 2014	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	14 / 22 (654.2512)	22 (146.2400)	2 (174.2628)	9 (166.8456)	10 (166.9028)
May 31, 2013	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	30 / 43 (643.4276)	23 (165.1426)	36 (155.4284)	30 (165.7140)	34 (157.1426)
Apr 5, 2013	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	41 / 44 (625.1432)	22 (165.7146)	36 (158.8572)	42 (152)	42 (148.5714)

THE PORKCHOP MAFIA

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)