They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 12 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
P.I.G.
P.I.G. is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 9 at the Honor-Q Competitor's Series (). They are ranked #3598 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 9 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest Jun 17, 2022 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
33% of 12 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.67 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.85 (+6.82)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.02 · weakest Brisket (162.53)
Road miles
938
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 195 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.85 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.68 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #230 (143 pts) | #206 (173 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #467 (225 pts) | #506 (220 pts) | #283 (450 pts) | #406 (280 pts) | #513 (215 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1211 (185 pts) | #988 (285 pts) | #1285 (180 pts) | #1359 (170 pts) | #997 (290 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1382 (155 pts) | #1418 (165 pts) | #1354 (180 pts) | #1232 (215 pts) | #1511 (140 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to P.I.G., each with one reason worth a look.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to P.I.G.)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team P.I.G. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1491
Fewer contests behind them than P.I.G. has cooked, 8 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,625 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with P.I.G. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1491
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,628 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BBQ BUS | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| CHANNABILLY BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| One2BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Carrol Lou's Smokehouse | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SmokinGhost BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE U | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SI2 BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Rusty Pig BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE FREAKS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE, EAT, REPEAT | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| CARNIVORE'S PARADISE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| DB BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WICKED SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 152.4684 | 164.02 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173.7144 | 146.2172 | 163.11 | top 49% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 149.0632 | 163.03 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 154.7772 | 162.53 | top 57% |
“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 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Capital Challenge | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 76% | Jun 14, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
—
3 contests
Contests a season
2.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
9 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
11
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
12 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
259
finished ahead 172 times, behind 262
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Oct 16, 2020 → Jun 17, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
20202 milestones
- 10th tracked contest CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1
- Career-best overall score666.7540 Best of the Midwest BBQ
20181 milestone
- Peak power rating (1493) Route 66 Smoke Out
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Honor-Q Competitor's Series
- First call Honor-Q Competitor's Series
- First overall top-10 Honor-Q Competitor's Series
- First overall podium Honor-Q Competitor's Series
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.6800 Honor-Q Competitor's Series
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Honor-Q Competitor's Series
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.4 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Jun 17, 2022 |
| +5.4 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | Oct 16, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Hog Capital Challenge | Jun 14, 2019 |
| -7.5 | Route 66 Smoke Out | May 4, 2018 |
| -3.1 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland | Jun 28, 2019 |
| -2.9 | Best of the Midwest | Oct 18, 2019 |
| -2.5 | CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1 | Jul 17, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 94.9% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 92.6% | 92% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 78% | 90.8% | 88.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 89.7% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2022 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) Morris, IL | 4 / 23 (337.6800) | 8 (169.7028) | 5 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 18 / 50 (666.7540) | 16 (169.1316) | 4 (171.4056) | 25 (164.5484) | 30 (161.6684) |
| Jul 17, 2020 | CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 1 🏅 Eureka, IL | 22 / 30 (661.6456) | 28 (156.5372) | 5 (172) | 21 (167.4056) | 17 (165.7028) |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN | 48 / 69 (659.3368) | 58 (161.1200) | 59 (157.6684) | 9 (173.7028) | 36 (166.8456) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Best of the Midwest 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 37 / 52 (642.1260) | 34 (160.5372) | 36 (156.5260) | 41 (157.6572) | 14 (167.4056) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland 🏅 Joliet, IL | 32 / 42 (653.5080) | 25 (167.4172) | 35 (158.2284) | 31 (160.4912) | 22 (167.3712) |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL | 22 / 25 (624.9148) | 6 (171.9772) | 23 (146.2172) | 25 (149.0632) | 15 (157.6572) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | 16 / 25 (646.1372) | 15 (163.4056) | 11 (163.9772) | 11 (163.9772) | 19 (154.7772) |
| May 4, 2018 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 30 / 38 (644.4000) | 24 (162.8228) | 35 (155.3944) | 18 (167.3828) | 28 (158.8000) |
| — | Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 10 / 38 (499.3256) | 32 (152.4684) | 2 (171.9772) | — | — |
| — | Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 9 / 22 (663.8972) | 6 (169.1200) | 11 (162.2744) | — | — |
| — | Honor-Q Competitor's Series unrated Plainfield, IL | 3 / 9 (341.6800) | — | 2 (173.7144) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.