High-water mark
682.7196
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.7196 at Zom-B-Q — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-10-30
OINKERZ BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2017-05-19
latest 2022-07-21
Best ToY finish
#578
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.03
last 5 Master vs avg 662.03 (-0.00)
Walk rate
56%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.06 · weakest Chicken (163.27)
Road miles
1,963
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 633 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.03 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.79 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 50%.
- Chicken avg 163.27
- Brisket avg 168.06
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 (2022-07-21).
- last seen 2020-10-30
- back 2022-07-21
The metronome
±2.09%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.9% of a perfect score
- 9 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.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1542
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to OINKERZ BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OINKERZ BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with OINKERZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than OINKERZ BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before OINKERZ BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before OINKERZ BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 148.4800 | 163.27 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 161.0972 | 165.11 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.9312 | 167.52 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 161.6456 | 168.06 | top 44% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 4 | 0 | top 52% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 3% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 3% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2017-05-19 → 2022-07-21
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
5 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.06 · weakest Chicken (163.27)
Walk rate
56%
a top-10 call in 5 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
22%
2 of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
662.03
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
265
211–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,963
9 mapped stops · furthest 633 mi
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$11,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2020-10-30 → 2022-07-21
Power rating
1522
peak 1522 · #2445 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
- 2017
- First call Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.9824 Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- 2020
- First overall top-10 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First overall podium Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- Career-best overall score682.7196 Zom-B-Q
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1522) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Zom-B-Q | 2020-10-30 |
| +8.4 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2017-05-19 |
| +1.4 | *Covington Cork & Pork Festival | 2018-06-22 |
| +0.4 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | 2022-07-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | *Pigs in the Pit | 2018-10-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 65% | 91.5% | 90.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 14 / 25 (673.0404) | 15 (168.5372) | 18 (166.8460) | 20 (165.6800) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2020-10-30 | Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 7 / 33 (682.7196) | 7 (175.4056) | 10 (172.5484) | 6 (173.1200) | 22 (161.6456) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 3 / 109 (177.7144) | — | — | — | 3 (177.7144) |
| 2018-10-12 | *Pigs in the Pit Alton, VA | 21 / 30 (638.6744) | 29 (148.4800) | 18 (161.6688) | 11 (164.5600) | 17 (163.9656) |
| 2018-06-22 | *Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 16 / 27 (658.7316) | 19 (162.2400) | 17 (161.0972) | 5 (170.3088) | 20 (165.0856) |
| 2018-03-10 | *White Street Barbeque Experience(BACKYARD ONLY) Wake Forest, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 12 / 36 (656.9824) | 22 (161.6912) | 16 (163.3828) | 16 (163.9312) | 8 (167.9772) |
| 2017-04-28 | 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-23 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1125 (105 pts) | #1193 (100 pts) | #1306 (85 pts) | #1288 (75 pts) | #1001 (125 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #578 (163 pts) | #610 (163 pts) | #674 (133 pts) | #589 (173 pts) | #855 (73 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1342 (172 pts) | #1527 (137 pts) | #1348 (182 pts) | #1009 (302 pts) | #1400 (172 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1691 (125 pts) | #2178 (75 pts) | #2032 (105 pts) | #2008 (105 pts) | #1623 (155 pts) |