High-water mark
674.7428
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.7428 at Jiggy With The Piggy — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-05-13
Big Butts BBQ NC
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-10-08
latest 2022-07-21
Best ToY finish
#862
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.64
last 3 Master vs avg 665.64 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.09 · weakest Brisket (159.19)
Road miles
241
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.64 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BIG DOG BBQ VA has finished one call ahead of Big Butts BBQ NC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Big Butts BBQ NC has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 110 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Butts BBQ NC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Big Butts BBQ NC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Big Butts BBQ NC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Big Butts BBQ NC's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 164.5256 | 167.80 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 163.9888 | 168.56 | top 44% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 165.7372 | 170.09 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 155.9428 | 159.19 | top 72% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2021-10-08 → 2022-07-21
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.09 · weakest Brisket (159.19)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
665.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
46–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
241
3 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$42,325
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1501
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8232 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2022
- First call Jiggy With The Piggy
- Career-best overall score674.7428 Jiggy With The Piggy
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Jiggy With The Piggy
- Peak power rating (1505) Jiggy With The Piggy
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 2022-05-13 |
| +0.8 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2021-10-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | 2022-07-21 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 93.7% | 93.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 18 / 25 (667.3600) | 8 (173.7256) | 13 (169.7144) | 15 (167.9772) | 21 (155.9428) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 21 / 46 (674.7428) | 35 (164.5256) | 12 (171.9772) | 7 (176.5600) | 30 (161.6800) |
| 2021-10-08 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 16 / 26 (654.8232) | 19 (165.1544) | 14 (163.9888) | 15 (165.7372) | 17 (159.9428) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #862 (165 pts) | #814 (205 pts) | #800 (235 pts) | #695 (265 pts) | #986 (130 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1091 (96 pts) | #1197 (81 pts) | #1138 (106 pts) | #1108 (101 pts) | #1124 (91 pts) |