A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
THE SOUTHERN PIG
THE SOUTHERN PIG is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 68th of 81 at the SC Festival of Discovery (2021). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2018
latest Jul 7, 2022 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.40 · weakest Brisket (146.37)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
600.95 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9312 | 145.6456 | 150.79 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 133.5884 | 148.38 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8800 | 151.9772 | 155.40 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6572 | 140.5488 | 146.37 | top 87% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 3 | 68 | 0 | top 85% | Jul 9, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 48 times, behind 302
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score620.9828 SC Festival of Discovery
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.1544 SC Festival of Discovery
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1490) SC Festival Of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | SC Festival Of Discovery | Jul 12, 2018 |
| -8.7 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 7, 2022 |
| -8.3 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 9, 2021 |
| -7 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 12, 2019 |
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 | 0% | top 88% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2022 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 81 / 92 (580.8112) | 85 (146.8116) | 86 (133.5884) | 82 (154.2284) | 80 (146.1828) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 68 / 81 (620.9828) | 63 (159.9312) | 57 (159.9660) | 76 (151.9772) | 72 (149.1084) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 69 / 83 (620.4800) | 72 (150.7884) | 49 (161.1544) | 59 (158.8800) | 70 (149.6572) |
| Jul 12, 2018 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 79 / 89 (581.5200) | 83 (145.6456) | 84 (138.8000) | 67 (156.5256) | 78 (140.5488) |