BOURBON PIGS
BOURBON PIGS is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the Great Americana BBQ Festival (2021). They finished #1076 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2019
latest Aug 27, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.40)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$6,950
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
650.75 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 158.8228 | 161.69 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 158.8232 | 161.40 | top 76% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 158.2400 | 162.25 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 153.1084 | 165.41 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Americana BBQ Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 67% | Aug 27, 2021 |
More numbers
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 34 times, behind 84
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → Aug 27, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First call Great Americana BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7428 Great Americana BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score658.7428 Great Americana BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Great Americana BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2021 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 15 / 25 (658.7428) | 17 (158.8228) | 19 (163.9772) | 20 (158.2400) | 3 (177.7028) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 29 / 39 (642.7544) | 27 (164.5600) | 30 (158.8232) | 17 (166.2628) | 32 (153.1084) |