The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
PERFECTLY BLENDED has finished one call ahead of The 4th Little Pig 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
The 4th Little Pig
The 4th Little Pig is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 5th of 30 at the Smoke on the Falls (2019). They are ranked #2841 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2016
latest Apr 8, 2022 · 5.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
13% of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
177.7372
Consistency
±4.46
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.08 · weakest Brisket (153.62)
Road miles
1,679
across 16 mapped stops · furthest 256 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.95 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.38 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
495.28 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2029 (115 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The 4th Little Pig, each with one reason worth a look.
99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1523
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to The 4th Little Pig)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The 4th Little Pig has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Fewer contests behind them than The 4th Little Pig has cooked, 7 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1517
Level with The 4th Little Pig on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before The 4th Little Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before The 4th Little Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before The 4th Little Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 165.6568 | 170.08 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 151.9200 | 166.07 | top 51% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 147.9888 | 160.92 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6228 | 153.6228 | 153.62 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 36% | Apr 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
11 of 16 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
224
finished ahead 177 times, behind 135
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Apr 21, 2017 → Apr 12, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Peak power rating (1510) Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.5256 Smoke on the Falls
20171 milestone
- 10th tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
20161 milestone
- Career-best overall score624.9488 Stand by Your Grill
20153 milestones
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| +8.9 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Nov 20, 2020 |
| +5 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 8, 2022 |
| +3.5 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | Apr 26, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Stand by Your Grill | Aug 19, 2016 |
| -7.1 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| -3.1 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 9, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 50% | 95.7% | 92.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 19 / 34 (335.4056) | 10 (172.5828) | 32 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 7 / 21 (340.5372) | 9 (169.6800) | 6 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 15 / 19 (493.5424) | 13 (165.6568) | 11 (165.0972) | 12 (162.7884) | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 17 / 26 (497.0172) | 12 (170.8228) | 11 (166.8344) | 22 (159.3600) | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 18 / 45 (333.0628) | 13 (170.8228) | 26 (162.2400) | 17 (166.2516) | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 5 / 30 (344.5256) | 3 (174.2628) | 14 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS | 39 / 40 (624.9488) | 14 (171.4172) | 37 (151.9200) | 39 (147.9888) | 37 (153.6228) |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 19 (168.6172) | 1 (177.7372) | 19 (165.6684) | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 20 (166.8228) | 15 (166.8456) | 23 (163.4856) | — |