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
- Jul 21, 2022
Vicious Pig BBQ
Vicious Pig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 13th of 25 at the Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 (2022). They finished #837 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 8, 2022
latest Feb 24, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.75 · weakest Brisket (158.24)
Road miles
233
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.35 / 720
3 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 | 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.
By field size and state
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 37 times, behind 98
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Mar 10, 2018 → Apr 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Mission Farm's King of the Farm
20225 milestones
- 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
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest White Street Barbeque Experience (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -6.2 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm | Feb 24, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2023 | 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) |
| Jul 21, 2022 | 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) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 24 / 36 (659.8516) | 4 (176.5716) | 25 (165.0856) | 30 (161.0972) | 31 (157.0972) |
| Mar 10, 2018 | White Street Barbeque Experience (BACKYARD ONLY) Wake Forest, NC | — | — | — | — | — |