High-water mark
681.1316
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1316 at Barber Q Battle — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 20, 2016
BLUE PIG CLUB
BLUE PIG CLUB is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 14th of 26 at the Bacon Brew & Que (2016). They finished #2083 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Dec 4, 2015
latest Oct 7, 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.97 · weakest Pork (164.54)
Road miles
524
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
667.54 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #2083 (90 pts) | #2070 (110 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1697 (160 pts) | #1839 (120 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BLUE PIG CLUB, each with one reason worth a look.
BLUE PIG CLUB has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 107 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with BLUE PIG CLUB on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Compare careers#2,898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,899 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before BLUE PIG CLUB's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 164.5828 | 167.63 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 165.1200 | 167.97 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 156.5028 | 164.54 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 156.4912 | 167.39 | top 42% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
74
finished ahead 42 times, behind 46
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20163 milestones
- Career-best overall score681.1316 Barber Q Battle
- Peak power rating (1508) Bacon Brew & Que
- Most recent contest Bacon Brew & Que
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4684 Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.6 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ | Dec 4, 2015 |
| +1.6 | Bacon Brew & Que | Oct 7, 2016 |
| +1.1 | Barber Q Battle | May 20, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 94.6% | 93.2% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 47% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2016 | Bacon Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | 14 / 26 (661.0056) | 16 (168.0116) | 7 (173.1200) | 19 (163.3828) | 18 (156.4912) |
| May 20, 2016 | Barber Q Battle Birmingham, AL | 18 / 30 (681.1316) | 14 (170.2972) | 24 (165.6800) | 7 (173.7372) | 12 (171.4172) |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 17 / 36 (660.4684) | 26 (164.5828) | 18 (165.1200) | 31 (156.5028) | 6 (174.2628) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | — | — | — | — | — |