High-water mark
666.1596
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1596 at Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-09
PIPING HOT PIG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-09
latest 2017-09-15
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.48
last 3 Master vs avg 655.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.39)
Road miles
53
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Master avg
655.48 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKE OF THE SHOALS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
PIPING HOT PIG has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3312 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1539
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PIPING HOT PIG)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIPING HOT PIG has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after PIPING HOT PIG did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIPING HOT PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 155.3484 | 161.86 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 150.2172 | 159.39 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 157.6572 | 165.10 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 165.1432 | 169.14 | top 36% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-09-09 → 2017-09-15
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.39)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
655.48
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
61–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
53
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1596 Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest
- Career-best overall score666.1596 Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1505) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First call Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7372 Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest
- Most recent contest Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| +2 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest | 2016-09-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.3 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest | 2017-09-15 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 66% | 92.1% | 90.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | 32 / 39 (636.9600) | 33 (155.3484) | 37 (150.2172) | 33 (157.6572) | 5 (173.7372) |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 34 / 69 (663.3260) | 34 (165.1316) | 41 (164.5256) | 30 (168.5256) | 38 (165.1432) |
| 2016-09-09 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 22 / 41 (666.1596) | 28 (165.0968) | 29 (163.4172) | 17 (169.1200) | 17 (168.5256) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1246 (245 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2114 (100 pts) | #2112 (100 pts) |