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
- Oct 30, 2020
OINKERZ BBQ
OINKERZ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 109 at the Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League (2020). They are ranked #2460 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
May 19, 2017
latest Jul 21, 2022 · 5.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
22% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.52 · weakest Chicken (163.27)
Road miles
1,963
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 633 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.03 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to OINKERZ BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
88 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,464 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#2,471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with OINKERZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
Fewer contests behind them than OINKERZ BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,465 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,458 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
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.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 161.6456 | 166.13 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 3% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
264
finished ahead 211 times, behind 86
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Oct 30, 2020 → Jul 21, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Peak power rating (1522) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
20204 milestones
- 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 overall score682.7196 Zom-B-Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Zom-B-Q
20172 milestones
- 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
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | Zom-B-Q | Oct 30, 2020 |
| +8.4 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | May 19, 2017 |
| +1.4 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | Jun 22, 2018 |
| +0.4 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | Pigs in the Pit | Oct 12, 2018 |
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% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 12% | 98.7% | 96.8% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2022 | 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) |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 7 / 33 (682.7196) | 7 (175.4056) | 10 (172.5484) | 6 (173.1200) | 22 (161.6456) |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 3 / 109 (177.7144) | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Pigs in the Pit Alton, VA | 21 / 30 (638.6744) | 29 (148.4800) | 18 (161.6688) | 11 (164.5600) | 17 (163.9656) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA | 16 / 27 (658.7316) | 19 (162.2400) | 17 (161.0972) | 5 (170.3088) | 20 (165.0856) |
| Mar 10, 2018 | White Street Barbeque Experience (BACKYARD ONLY) Wake Forest, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 19, 2017 | 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) |
| Apr 28, 2017 | 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.