A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIGHEADED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIGHEADED BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
TRIBAL SMOKERS
TRIBAL SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 11th of 23 at the Saltwater Brew 'N' Que (2016). They are ranked #5716 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1503 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
19
in the data
First seen
May 20, 2016
latest Oct 18, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 19 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.55 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 615.34 (+2.21)
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.12 · weakest Brisket (144.81)
Road miles
1,394
across 19 mapped stops · furthest 145 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$9,400
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
615.34 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
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)
The teams rated closest to TRIBAL SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.
96 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1445
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before TRIBAL SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Fewer contests behind them than TRIBAL SMOKERS has cooked, 11 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#5,702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Level with TRIBAL SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,707 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1446
They turned up 6 years after TRIBAL SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGHEADED BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCE THIS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GUZZY-Q | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| 302SMOKE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG STREET BULLIES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEKEND SMOKERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOWER LOWER BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JUST Q IT | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ BUDDHA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 154.7772 | 158.07 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 145.6460 | 153.33 | top 70% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 142.1944 | 159.12 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 125.0860 | 144.81 | top 86% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 76% | Jun 8, 2018 |
| Boo-B-Que | 2 | 49 | 0 | top 80% | Oct 20, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
5 contests
Contests a season
3.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
DE
9 of 19 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
237
finished ahead 95 times, behind 378
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Aug 17, 2018 → Oct 18, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que
20171 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7600 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
20164 milestones
- First call Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
- 10th tracked contest Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
- Career-best overall score639.3944 Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
- Peak power rating (1503) Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que | May 20, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! | Sep 23, 2016 |
| -10.3 | Boo-B-Que | Oct 21, 2016 |
| -7.9 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 19, 2017 |
| -6.9 | Boo-B-Que | Oct 18, 2019 |
| -6.8 | Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition | Jun 8, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.7% | 83.5% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 77% | 88.5% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 76% | 88.8% | 84.1% |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 | Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE | 49 / 63 (620.3548) | 47 (154.7772) | 39 (157.1316) | 30 (162.8344) | 52 (145.6116) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Smokin on The Dock of the Bay Crisfield, MD | 27 / 32 (591.7720) | 24 (155.4060) | 27 (145.6460) | 23 (154.8344) | 30 (135.8856) |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE | 37 / 42 (610.0684) | 35 (155.3944) | 32 (154.2056) | 40 (149.6456) | 35 (150.8228) |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | 49 / 69 (628.4344) | 43 (165.1200) | 48 (153.0628) | 38 (160) | 55 (150.2516) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE | 29 / 46 (637.0972) | 29 (159.3828) | 33 (149.6800) | 8 (169.7600) | 33 (158.2744) |
| May 19, 2017 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 46 / 53 (626.2284) | 51 (156.5256) | 29 (161.1428) | 18 (165.7028) | 53 (142.8572) |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Boss Frogs BBQ Hurlock, MD | 39 / 45 (623.9084) | 38 (155.9772) | 29 (157.7028) | 17 (165.1200) | 43 (145.1084) |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | 60 / 67 (577.4748) | 49 (156.5144) | 41 (153.6800) | 62 (142.1944) | 63 (125.0860) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! Cape Charles, VA | 20 / 22 (598.6172) | 14 (155.3600) | 19 (148.5144) | 19 (157.0856) | 21 (137.6572) |
| May 20, 2016 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA | 11 / 23 (639.3944) | 6 (166.2856) | 16 (152.5488) | 7 (164) | 14 (156.5600) |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 29, 2015 | Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2014 | VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | — | — | — | — | — |