High-water mark
671.3376
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3376 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-03-31
Pirates, Pigs & Poultry
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-05
latest 2023-03-31
Best ToY finish
#903
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.17
last 3 Master vs avg 635.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.14 · weakest Brisket (143.40)
Road miles
1,488
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 608 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.17 / 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 comeback
9.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.7 years, then back at BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest (2023-03-10).
- last seen 2013-07-05
- back 2023-03-10
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.
Pirates, Pigs & Poultry 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 129 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.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Pirates, Pigs & Poultry did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Pirates, Pigs & Poultry's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pirates, Pigs & Poultry on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Pirates, Pigs & Poultry's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Pirates, Pigs & Poultry'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 158.2856 | 169.14 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 150.2854 | 157.32 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.0856 | 165.31 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7032 | 127.9998 | 143.40 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.7 yrs
2013-07-05 → 2023-03-31
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
Chicken
averages 169.14 · weakest Brisket (143.40)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
50–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,488
3 mapped stops · furthest 608 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
9.7 yrs
2013-07-05 → 2023-03-10
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1494) Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship
- 2023
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3376 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score671.3376 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.9 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2023-03-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest | 2023-03-10 |
| -5.9 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship | 2013-07-05 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 93.2% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 22 / 57 (671.3376) | 7 (176.0116) | 53 (154.2172) | 8 (175.4056) | 23 (165.7032) |
| 2023-03-10 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 29 / 32 (634.1716) | 11 (173.1316) | 18 (167.4516) | 30 (157.0856) | 31 (136.5028) |
| 2013-07-05 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship Rio Rancho, NM | 30 / 42 (599.9992) | 21 (158.2856) | 29 (150.2854) | 15 (163.4284) | 40 (127.9998) |
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 | #903 (132 pts) | #630 (292 pts) | #1004 (152 pts) | #739 (212 pts) | #966 (127 pts) |