Whistle Pig BBQ

Whistle Pig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 11 at the Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off (2024). They are ranked #3499 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,499

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1529 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Aug 28, 2026 · 13.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#532

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

689.7372 / 720

Master · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.22 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 652.48 (-4.26)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival

Consistency

±32.88

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.07 · weakest Brisket (160.35)

Road miles

12,291

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 1,430 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$219K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.48 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.7372 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.7372 at Wild West BBQ Shoot Out — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 24, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Kreiser Barbecue has finished one call ahead of Whistle Pig BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 45%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

CROOKED PIGS ahead in 92% of their meetings

CROOKED PIGS has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.72 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 160.35
Pork Ribs avg 167.07
5 calls in 33 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Poor Richard's BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 12 shared pork ribs entries lost

CROOKED PIGS ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CROOKED PIGS has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

G AND L BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 39% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 39% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,291 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,291 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,430 miles to Buckeye BBQ Classic.

33 mapped stops
furthest 1,430 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#824 (129 pts)	#900 (124 pts)	#737 (229 pts)	#699 (209 pts)	#760 (174 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#847 (128 pts)	#862 (158 pts)	#881 (168 pts)	#798 (173 pts)	#866 (143 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#532 (344 pts)	#686 (254 pts)	#540 (424 pts)	#587 (319 pts)	#569 (334 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#674 (232 pts)	#571 (337 pts)	#568 (387 pts)	#721 (222 pts)	#856 (172 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1042 (245 pts)	#853 (365 pts)	#828 (385 pts)	#1012 (280 pts)	#1165 (220 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Whistle Pig BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Jessie Raes BBQ

#3,502 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1528

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Whistle Pig BBQ)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

FAT MAXINE'S BBQ

#3,509 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1546

They've been 1546 at their best, 53 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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Barking Pig BBQ

#3,503 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1552

Careers of much the same size, 34 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Jul 17, 2026

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M2 Smokin' Q

#3,498 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1514

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ

#3,492 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1526

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Whistle Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.

#3,490 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1518

Level with Whistle Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
G AND L BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
UTAH BBQ COMPANY	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
FARVA-Q	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	9	1	3	178.8572	138.7772	165.41	top 56%
Pork Ribs	33	12	1	3	177.1428	154.8456	167.07	top 43%
Pork	32	8	0	2	176.5716	146.8460	164.64	top 57%
Brisket	33	5	0	1	173.1200	139.9432	160.35	top 63%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	26	top 59%
Large (40+)	5	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MT	8	top 63%
UT	7	top 62%
WY	5	top 47%
NV	5	top 50%
AZ	4	top 72%
ID	3	top 39%
OH	1	top 100%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	5	6	top 66%	Apr 7, 2017
Montana BBQ Cookoff	4	16	top 64%	Jun 12, 2026
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	4	34	top 72%	Jan 14, 2022
Montana Pitmaster Classic	3	24	top 71%	Aug 28, 2026
Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival	2	9	top 35%	Aug 18, 2023
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	8	top 42%	Aug 23, 2019
Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	2	8	top 38%	Aug 19, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 14 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MT 8 of 33 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 18 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 505 finished ahead 444 times, behind 650

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jun 19, 2020 → Aug 20, 2021

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

20261 milestone

Aug 28 Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic

20241 milestone

Jul 27 Peak power rating (1529) Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off

20232 milestones

Aug 18 25th tracked contest Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
Aug 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival

20181 milestone

Aug 24 Career-best overall score689.7372 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

20171 milestone

Aug 25 10th tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

20151 milestone

Apr 10 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20134 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8572 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 24, 2018
+10.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 5, 2013
+9.4	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Aug 14, 2015
+7.9	Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival	Sep 7, 2018
+7.8	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival	Aug 18, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 7, 2017
-12.7	Buckeye BBQ Classic	Jul 17, 2026
-9.9	Smoke & Soul Fest	Oct 7, 2022
-7	Montana Pitmaster Classic	Aug 23, 2024
-6.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 10, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	0	0	67%	top 83%	92.7%	89.2%
2025	2	0	0	0%	top 68%	93.4%	91.2%
2024	3	1	0	33%	top 56%	92.1%	91.2%
2023	2	1	1	100%	top 42%	95.1%	94.3%
2022	2	0	0	50%	top 82%	89.1%	88.6%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 37%	94%	94%
2020	2	0	0	50%	top 55%	93.4%	92.2%
2019	3	1	0	67%	top 59%	94%	91.9%
2018	4	3	0	50%	top 45%	95.8%	92.8%
2017	3	0	0	100%	top 68%	93.7%	84.8%
2016	3	0	0	100%	top 55%	92.9%	91.1%
2015	2	1	1	100%	top 54%	93.2%	90.5%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 66%	87%	87%
2013	2	1	0	100%	top 40%	91%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 28, 2026	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	29 / 39 (667.3488)	28 (164.5600)	31 (166.8344)	9 (174.8456)	34 (161.1088)
Jul 17, 2026	Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	30 / 30 (594.1032)	30 (138.7772)	30 (155.3944)	30 (152.5144)	30 (147.4172)
Jun 12, 2026	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	22 / 29 (666.1828)	23 (162.8000)	6 (173.7256)	23 (161.6916)	13 (167.9656)
Aug 22, 2025	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	24 / 38 (672.5140)	29 (165.7028)	16 (173.1428)	14 (172.5484)	28 (161.1200)
Jun 13, 2025	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	24 / 33 (640.9368)	17 (168.5600)	24 (155.9428)	29 (152.4912)	20 (163.9428)
Aug 23, 2024	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	29 / 39 (659.3028)	34 (157.6916)	24 (168.5600)	25 (168.5256)	27 (164.5256)
Jul 27, 2024	Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT	4 / 11 (647.8168)	10 (154.8000)	2 (170.2512)	6 (160.5256)	5 (162.2400)
Jun 7, 2024	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	16 / 28 (663.2684)	19 (161.0856)	11 (170.8228)	14 (166.8228)	13 (164.5372)
Aug 18, 2023	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	9 / 27 (684.4456)	2 (178.8572)	15 (166.2400)	12 (173.1200)	13 (166.2284)
Jun 9, 2023	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	18 / 36 (673.6112)	20 (166.2628)	1 (177.1428)	16 (169.7028)	26 (160.5028)
Oct 7, 2022	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	25 / 29 (634.0688)	27 (157.0744)	10 (169.1316)	14 (167.3828)	28 (140.4800)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	46 / 59 (641.5772)	41 (163.9772)	54 (155.9656)	44 (161.6916)	38 (159.9428)
Aug 20, 2021	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	11 / 30 (676.4460)	11 (170.8344)	9 (169.6800)	8 (169.6916)	13 (166.2400)
Jun 19, 2020	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT	17 / 32 (672.4572)	8 (175.4172)	10 (170.8228)	23 (165.7144)	20 (160.5028)
Jan 17, 2020	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	34 / 59 (655.8288)	30 (167.9772)	15 (168.5372)	40 (161.6572)	40 (157.6572)
Sep 13, 2019	Bands brews & BBQ 🏅 Boise, ID	10 / 25 (676.4800)	3 (177.7144)	5 (175.4400)	22 (162.8000)	15 (160.5256)
Aug 23, 2019	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV	25 / 37 (661.0860)	21 (166.8572)	17 (166.8572)	8 (172.5716)	34 (154.8000)
Jan 18, 2019	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	44 / 63 (646.7316)	44 (165.1200)	15 (169.1316)	52 (158.8228)	49 (153.6572)
Sep 7, 2018	Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID	7 / 25 (675.4288)	4 (170.2972)	4 (173.7144)	10 (169.1544)	15 (162.2628)
Aug 24, 2018	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	8 / 46 (689.7372)	11 (173.7028)	15 (171.4516)	14 (172.6056)	14 (171.9772)
Jun 29, 2018	Traeger NorUt State Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	10 / 19 (663.8284)	12 (165.6800)	15 (162.8000)	14 (162.8000)	7 (172.5484)
Jan 19, 2018	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	57 / 70 (643.8516)	50 (162.8116)	25 (168.5372)	62 (158.8228)	63 (153.6800)
Sep 15, 2017	Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival Boise, ID	14 / 28 (654.7888)	4 (173.1200)	12 (162.8460)	19 (162.8228)	21 (156)
Aug 25, 2017	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV	20 / 37 (674.8804)	28 (170.2744)	20 (167.4632)	3 (176.5716)	30 (160.5712)
Apr 7, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	29 / 29 (501.0740)	11 (168.5484)	19 (161.0972)	—	5 (171.4284)
Aug 19, 2016	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	12 / 26 (668.5488)	9 (171.4172)	9 (171.4744)	13 (167.3712)	17 (158.2860)
Apr 8, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	20 / 30 (641.1428)	24 (156.0116)	10 (166.8572)	22 (159.4400)	23 (158.8340)
Mar 25, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV	15 / 29 (657.7372)	26 (155.3828)	12 (165.7372)	3 (174.8572)	20 (161.7600)
Aug 14, 2015	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	8 / 26 (671.3488)	11 (170.2744)	14 (161.6572)	11 (166.2972)	4 (173.1200)
Apr 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	23 / 30 (631.3372)	1 (172.5600)	23 (154.8456)	30 (146.8460)	20 (157.0856)
Apr 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	19 / 29 (626.1720)	21 (159.3944)	4 (170.8572)	19 (155.9772)	26 (139.9432)
Apr 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	18 / 30 (642.8576)	25 (157.1430)	3 (169.1430)	5 (166.2856)	28 (150.2860)
Apr 5, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	6 / 29 (654.8572)	7 (168)	11 (161.1432)	23 (155.4284)	3 (170.2856)

Whistle Pig BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (12 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)