ONE EYED PIG BBQ NC
Rating
1697
peak 1717
Contests
47
in the data
First seen
2022-04-29
latest 2025-09-05
Best ToY finish
#12
Master 2023
Grand champs
4
4 reserve
Category wins
8
29 podiums
Overall top-10s
25
of 47 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Current form
682.98 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 677.59 (+5.39)
Walk rate
79%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
8
best run (overall)
Consistency
±77.77
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.76)
Road miles
8148
mi across 47 mapped stops · furthest 832 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has finished one call ahead of ONE EYED PIG BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Optimus Swine has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of JL Smokers in 17 of their 23 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) (2023-10-27).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 5% across 3 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 (2023-05-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 37 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Boogie & Blues (2022-04-29).
Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 44 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.0740 | 173.07 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 45 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2400 | 171.76 | top 38% |
| Pork | 43 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6684 | 172.74 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 43 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 178.8572 | 162.7884 | 171.99 | top 37% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 16 | 3 | top 28% |
| GA | 8 | 1 | top 40% |
| TN | 8 | 0 | top 29% |
| SC | 4 | 0 | top 35% |
| VA | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| WV | 2 | 0 | top 21% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 21% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 4 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 15 | 0 | top 38% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2023 (22 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NC (16 of 47 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (45 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2023-04-14)
- Wins it all in 9% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 677.59
- 4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 679.8744 | 679.87 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 705.0972 | 687.68 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 707.9772 | 667.76 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 697.0972 | 682.45 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival Union, SC | 13 / 25 (679.8744) | 15 (169.6916) | 7 (170.8344) | 17 (167.3828) | 7 (171.9656) |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC | 2 / 33 (694.8000) | 15 (171.4056) | 8 (172.5716) | 7 (176.5600) | 7 (174.2628) |
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge Clayton, NC | 19 / 27 (676.4340) | 24 (165.1084) | 22 (162.8000) | 8 (173.1200) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival Kennesaw, GA | 14 / 26 (681.0400) | 7 (173.7144) | 22 (162.2400) | 15 (170.8228) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 39 / 76 (682.7656) | 6 (177.7028) | 68 (158.2400) | 32 (171.4172) | 14 (175.4056) |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 4 / 33 (700.5144) | 5 (176.5600) | 3 (178.8572) | 6 (175.4172) | 19 (169.6800) |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 3 / 13 (694.2284) | 2 (174.8456) | 2 (178.8800) | 10 (165.0972) | 4 (175.4056) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 7 / 81 (705.0972) | 30 (175.4172) | 11 (177.7144) | 13 (177.7028) | 34 (174.2628) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 71 / 118 (681.5768) | 95 (168.5256) | 16 (175.4056) | 87 (168.5372) | 69 (169.1084) |
| 2024-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 9 / 31 (693.0744) | 20 (166.8344) | 6 (177.7144) | 6 (177.7028) | 18 (170.8228) |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 8 / 35 (695.9200) | 15 (175.4172) | 18 (171.9772) | 22 (170.8228) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 27 / 45 (678.1484) | 40 (161.6456) | 28 (167.9656) | 8 (175.4172) | 12 (173.1200) |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 37 / 59 (672.9940) | 51 (161.0740) | 36 (167.3944) | 19 (171.9656) | 18 (172.5600) |
| 2024-02-23 | Mission Farms King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 10 / 26 (683.3028) | 7 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1200) | 14 (167.3944) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 9 / 60 (694.2056) | 28 (171.9656) | 20 (173.7144) | 2 (178.8572) | 33 (169.6684) |
| 2023-10-28 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Galax, VA | 6 / 17 (695.9084) | 13 (170.8112) | 10 (171.9772) | 4 (174.2628) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2023-10-27 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Galax, VA | 2 / 19 (698.8000) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (171.9772) | 14 (169.1200) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2023-10-27 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Galax, VA | — | 2 (175.4172) | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 33 / 81 (682.7768) | 25 (171.4056) | 48 (170.2628) | 17 (174.2628) | 62 (166.8456) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 94 / 487 (686.8112) | 230 (169.1084) | 180 (170.8572) | 16 (178.8572) | 213 (167.9884) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 56 / 211 (689.6572) | 82 (173.1200) | 54 (174.2628) | 59 (173.7144) | 124 (168.5600) |
| 2023-09-15 | Clayton BBQ Challenge Clayton, NC | 3 / 17 (702.2516) | 6 (176.5600) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (176.5600) | 11 (169.1316) |
| 2023-09-01 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC | 2 / 21 (694.8000) | 1 (180.0000) | 11 (167.3712) | 4 (172.5716) | 4 (174.8572) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 27 (707.9772) | 3 (176.5600) | 9 (176.0000) | 4 (176.5600) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 2 / 38 (702.7884) | 5 (177.7028) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 22 (167.3828) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 12 / 76 (692.4912) | 29 (170.8456) | 6 (176.5600) | 3 (176.5600) | 34 (168.5256) |
| 2023-06-23 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 6 / 36 (694.7772) | 3 (176.5600) | 14 (170.8344) | 17 (171.9656) | 6 (175.4172) |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 3 / 16 (692.4800) | 2 (177.7028) | 2 (175.4172) | 6 (171.9772) | 9 (167.3828) |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 5 / 32 (694.2288) | 1 (177.7144) | 2 (176.5600) | 16 (168.5372) | 11 (171.4172) |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 1 / 23 (707.3944) | 2 (178.8572) | 8 (176.5600) | 2 (177.7144) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 3 / 35 (701.6688) | 8 (175.4288) | 7 (175.4172) | 5 (176.5600) | 10 (174.2628) |
| 2023-04-28 | Smokin' in the Pines Pinehurst, NC | 1 / 24 (701.6916) | 1 (177.7144) | 10 (169.1200) | 6 (176.0000) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 1 / 32 (172.5828) | 5 (175.4172) | 12 (167.9772) | 1 (179.4400) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 46 / 65 (656.9368) | 51 (163.9428) | 30 (168.5372) | 57 (161.6684) | 48 (162.7884) |
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 14 / 33 (685.0400) | 10 (173.1200) | 18 (170.8344) | 10 (173.1200) | 23 (167.9656) |
| 2022-11-18 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 24 / 57 (675.8852) | 15 (173.1428) | 42 (162.2284) | 26 (167.9656) | 11 (172.5484) |
| 2022-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2022-10-28 | Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) Shelby, NC | 22 / 35 (674.1600) | 19 (169.6800) | 9 (171.9656) | 18 (168.5372) | 24 (163.9772) |
| 2022-09-23 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC | 8 / 32 (687.9200) | 9 (174.2628) | 13 (169.6800) | 8 (173.1544) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 30 / 49 (680.4572) | 19 (174.2628) | 43 (166.2516) | 16 (173.1200) | 33 (166.8228) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA | — | — | 5 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 20 / 35 (670.7772) | 29 (162.7884) | 19 (167.9772) | 5 (173.7144) | 17 (166.2972) |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 21 / 92 (685.6228) | 23 (171.9772) | 44 (169.6800) | 46 (167.9656) | 10 (176.0000) |
| 2022-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 14 / 29 (678.2056) | 9 (171.9772) | 9 (170.8228) | 19 (165.0856) | 10 (170.3200) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 5 / 46 (691.9084) | 8 (177.1428) | 16 (170.8228) | 16 (170.8228) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2022-04-29 | BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA | 3 / 37 (697.0972) | 3 (177.7144) | 14 (171.4172) | 19 (169.6684) | 2 (178.2972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #971 (110 pts) | #1070 (100 pts) | #916 (155 pts) | #1087 (90 pts) | #830 (155 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #85 (1599 pts) | #125 (1327 pts) | #113 (1433 pts) | #86 (1509 pts) | #99 (1473 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #12 (2449 pts) | #8 (2474 pts) | #40 (1992 pts) | #18 (2181 pts) | #35 (1953 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #222 (981 pts) | #229 (981 pts) | #314 (831 pts) | #273 (876 pts) | #219 (1016 pts) |