High-water mark
676.4688
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4688 at Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-07-21
Vicious Pig BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-04-08
latest 2023-02-24
Best ToY finish
#837
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.35
last 3 Master vs avg 666.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.75 · weakest Brisket (158.24)
Road miles
233
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.35 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (2022-04-08).
- last seen 2018-03-10
- back 2022-04-08
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.
Vicious Pig BBQ 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 158 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Vicious Pig BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Vicious Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 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 2019, 4 years before Vicious Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Vicious Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Vicious Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 167.3944 | 172.75 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 165.0856 | 168.16 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 161.0972 | 167.20 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 156.5260 | 158.24 | top 85% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2022-04-08 → 2023-02-24
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.75 · weakest Brisket (158.24)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
666.35
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
37–98 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
233
4 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$14,750
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2018-03-10 → 2022-04-08
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *White Street Barbeque Experience(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- First call Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8516 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score676.4688 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
- Peak power rating (1496) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022
- 2023
- Most recent contest Mission Farm's King of the Farm
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | 2022-07-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 2022-04-08 |
| -6.2 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm | 2023-02-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 92% | 92% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 94% | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC | 29 / 33 (662.7320) | 24 (167.3944) | 17 (171.4172) | 20 (167.3944) | 32 (156.5260) |
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 13 / 25 (676.4688) | 5 (174.2744) | 17 (167.9772) | 9 (173.1200) | 18 (161.0972) |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 24 / 36 (659.8516) | 4 (176.5716) | 25 (165.0856) | 30 (161.0972) | 31 (157.0972) |
| 2018-03-10 | *White Street Barbeque Experience(BACKYARD ONLY) Wake Forest, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1552 (58 pts) | #1311 (63 pts) | #1285 (98 pts) | #1199 (83 pts) | #1567 (58 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #837 (175 pts) | #558 (385 pts) | #1006 (150 pts) | #820 (195 pts) | #936 (145 pts) |