High-water mark
680.4684
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.4684 at Jack Town Throw Down — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 31, 2017
PELLET PORKERS
PELLET PORKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 34 at the Jack Town Throw Down (2017). They finished #2951 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 20, 2016
latest Sep 16, 2017 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.26 · weakest Pork (159.09)
Road miles
190
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
660.58 / 720
4 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 | #2951 (54 pts) | #2146 (99 pts) | #2304 (69 pts) | #2950 (54 pts) | #2277 (74 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 166.2628 | 170.26 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 157.6688 | 163.97 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 153.0856 | 159.09 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.9656 | 167.26 | top 51% |
“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 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 56% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 79% | Sep 16, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 41 times, behind 57
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20176 milestones
- First call Jack Town Throw Down
- First overall top-10 Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best overall score680.4684 Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Jack Town Throw Down
- Peak power rating (1507) Jack Town Throw Down
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.3884 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Jack Town Throw Down | Mar 31, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | Sep 16, 2017 |
| -6.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | May 20, 2016 |
| -1.4 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | Sep 15, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 58% | 94.5% | 91.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2017 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS | 16 / 17 (645.6004) | 11 (167.9772) | 17 (157.6688) | 17 (153.0856) | 10 (166.8688) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS | 14 / 22 (655.8628) | 11 (166.2628) | 13 (162.2516) | 15 (163.3828) | 13 (163.9656) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Jack Town Throw Down Jackson, MS | 6 / 34 (680.4684) | 3 (175.4056) | 10 (170.8572) | 26 (161.0856) | 4 (173.1200) |
| May 20, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS | 25 / 29 (660.3884) | 16 (171.4056) | 22 (165.0972) | 28 (158.8000) | 21 (165.0856) |