Notorius P.I.G.

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3245

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-09-02

latest 2019-08-02

Best ToY finish

#1524

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

659.3480 / 720

Master · BBQ on the Bow

Perfect 180s

Current form

615.10

last 5 Master vs avg 615.10 (+0.00)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4172

Chicken · Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

Consistency

±58.09

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 154.85 · weakest Brisket (151.17)

Road miles

5,898

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1639 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$7K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

615.10 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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 September team

Top 46% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 57% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 57% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,898 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,898 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,639 miles to BBQ on the Bow.

5 mapped stops
furthest 1,639 mi

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.

125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Smoking Crocus

#3229 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1526

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Notorius P.I.G.)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Notorius P.I.G. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-08-31

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FLASH'S BBQ

#3246 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-06-14

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CANNONBALL EXPRESS BBQ

#3236 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-10-21

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BEAR NAKED BBQ

#3261 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-07-22

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SUBLIME BBQ SOUTH

#3232 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Level with Notorius P.I.G. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-03-05

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RAGIN' RIDGELY Q

#3234 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Notorius P.I.G.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	1	171.4172	121.1084	154.48	top 56%
Pork Ribs	5	0	170.3088	133.6228	154.59	top 59%
Pork	5	1	163.4056	128.0000	154.85	top 61%
Brisket	5	2	169.1200	118.2628	151.17	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OH	2	0	top 73%
NJ	1	0	top 98%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 73%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 46%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	2	22	0	top 73%	2019-08-02
BBQ on the Bow	2	4	0	top 20%	2018-09-01

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.9 yrs 2017-09-02 → 2019-08-02

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 2 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 154.85 · weakest Brisket (151.17)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 1 of 5 contests

Master average 615.10 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 151 87–102 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,898 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,639 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Purse competed for $7,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1499 peak 1516 · #3245 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Sep 2 First tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
Sep 2 First call BBQ on the Bow
2018
Sep 1 First overall top-10 BBQ on the Bow
Sep 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3480 BBQ on the Bow
Sep 1 Career-best overall score659.3480 BBQ on the Bow
Sep 1 Peak power rating (1516) BBQ on the Bow
2019
Aug 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Aug 2 Most recent contest Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	BBQ on the Bow	2018-09-01
+7.2	BBQ on the Bow	2017-09-02

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	*Que by the Sea	2018-09-22
-6.2	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	2018-08-03
-3.9	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	2019-08-02

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 71%	90.5%	90.5%
2018	3	1	33%	top 60%	91.6%	83.1%
2017	1	0	100%	top 31%	87.4%	87.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-02	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition 🏅 CINCINNATI, OH	22 / 31 (651.3260)	11 (171.4172)	20 (160.5144)	23 (162.8572)	22 (156.5372)
2018-09-22	*Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	42 / 43 (500.9940)	43 (121.1084)	43 (133.6228)	43 (128.0000)	42 (118.2628)
2018-09-01	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6	4 / 43 (659.3480)	7 (167.4284)	13 (159.3940)	9 (163.4056)	4 (169.1200)
2018-08-03	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH	26 / 35 (634.7772)	33 (150.8228)	12 (170.3088)	22 (162.8456)	30 (150.8000)
2017-09-02	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6	13 / 42 (629.0396)	14 (161.6224)	28 (149.1200)	20 (157.1428)	8 (161.1544)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1879 (71 pts)	#1548 (126 pts)	#1894 (81 pts)	#1993 (66 pts)	#1940 (71 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1329 (185 pts)	#1519 (135 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)