LIP SMACKIN OINKERS

LIP SMACKIN OINKERS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 24th of 26 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2018). They are ranked #6066 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,066

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1431

peak 1431 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 11, 2018

latest May 12, 2023 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#856

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 88%

overall standings

Best overall

668.4684 / 720

Master · 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

632.80

last 5 Master vs avg 632.88 (-0.08)

Walk rate

11%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

Consistency

±16.31

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.19 · weakest Brisket (154.87)

Road miles

386

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi

Schedule strength

66%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$94K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

632.88 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

668.4684 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.4684 at 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 12, 2023

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

MAYA JANE BBQ CO. ahead in 100% of their meetings

MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.32 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 154.87
Pork avg 162.19
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Lick Da Bone BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 9 shared pork entries lost

MAYA JANE BBQ CO. ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.27% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.27% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.9% of a perfect score
9 contests

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1195 (90 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#851 (165 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1065 (115 pts)	#1124 (115 pts)	#1174 (115 pts)	#1114 (115 pts)	#1103 (115 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1648 (112 pts)	#1357 (172 pts)	#1725 (112 pts)	#1569 (122 pts)	#1458 (137 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1693 (116 pts)	#1776 (111 pts)	#1538 (136 pts)	#1507 (141 pts)	#1721 (116 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LIP SMACKIN OINKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BREWBQUE

#6,060 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to LIP SMACKIN OINKERS)

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Loaded Barrel BBQ

#6,055 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2025

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Get Your Grill On

#6,058 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Drum Smoke BBQ

#6,062 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1431

They turned up 6 years after LIP SMACKIN OINKERS did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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WHISKEY RIVER BBQ

#6,067 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

Level with LIP SMACKIN OINKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2022

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IRISH BREW BBQ

#6,059 of the rated field

1431 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1431

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before LIP SMACKIN OINKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
QMEISTERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Lick Da Bone BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FYC BARBEQUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	170.8456	147.9428	160.59	top 79%
Pork Ribs	9	0	166.2516	143.8972	155.24	top 90%
Pork	9	1	174.2628	154.2744	162.19	top 76%
Brisket	9	0	165.7028	146.7544	154.87	top 85%

“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)	4	0	top 94%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 84%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	4	24	0	top 94%	Oct 7, 2022
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	4	33	0	top 87%	May 13, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 165 finished ahead 41 times, behind 305

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

20234 milestones

May 12 First call 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 12 Career-best overall score668.4684 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 12 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
May 12 Most recent contest 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

20191 milestone

Oct 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4576 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival

20182 milestones

May 11 First tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
May 11 Peak power rating (1494) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	Oct 7, 2022
-9.9	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF	May 14, 2021
-9.7	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	Oct 11, 2019
-9.5	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off	May 13, 2022
-8.9	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	Oct 9, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	100%	top 70%	92.8%	92.8%
2022	2	0%	top 95%	86.2%	86%
2021	1	0%	top 95%	86.1%	86.1%
2020	1	0%	top 95%	88.5%	88.5%
2019	2	0%	top 86%	90.6%	88.7%
2018	2	0%	top 87%	87.9%	87.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 12, 2023	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	28 / 40 (668.4684)	19 (170.8456)	36 (161.6572)	7 (174.2628)	31 (161.7028)
Oct 7, 2022	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	29 / 30 (620.3316)	25 (165.0972)	30 (143.8972)	28 (161.1084)	29 (150.2288)
May 13, 2022	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	39 / 42 (618.0116)	40 (157.0972)	40 (147.8972)	33 (164.5372)	38 (148.4800)
May 14, 2021	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	40 / 42 (620.2744)	33 (159.9428)	40 (154.2172)	36 (159.3600)	38 (146.7544)
Oct 9, 2020	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	35 / 37 (636.9372)	34 (163.9428)	30 (163.9656)	36 (155.9544)	36 (153.0744)
Oct 11, 2019	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	25 / 27 (652.4576)	13 (168.5372)	26 (159.4060)	26 (158.8116)	20 (165.7028)
May 10, 2019	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	33 / 42 (624.2968)	35 (156.4912)	39 (146.7772)	23 (164.5256)	33 (156.5028)
Oct 12, 2018	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival Lyons, GA	24 / 26 (633.0516)	25 (147.9428)	20 (166.2516)	19 (166.8572)	24 (152)
May 11, 2018	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	34 / 42 (622.0916)	35 (155.3828)	35 (153.0744)	38 (154.2744)	29 (159.3600)

LIP SMACKIN OINKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)