A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Team Spirit
Team Spirit is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 13th of 17 at the Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 5, 2019
latest Apr 14, 2023 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.66
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.26 · weakest Chicken (160.40)
Road miles
3
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
332.54 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
487.14 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 155.9200 | 160.40 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 162.2516 | 166.26 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 157.7028 | 162.45 | top 67% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 81% | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 69% | Apr 17, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 19 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Apr 5, 2019 → Apr 17, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- Career-best overall score490.7772 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
20212 milestones
- First call Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5372 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1494) Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 2, 2022 |
| -6.4 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 5, 2019 |
| -3.9 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 14, 2023 |
| -2.7 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 17, 2021 |
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 | 100% | top 76% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Chelsea, AL | 13 / 17 (482.1372) | 13 (155.9200) | 12 (162.2516) | 10 (163.9656) | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 17 / 20 (490.7772) | 17 (161.7144) | 18 (163.3828) | 14 (165.6800) | — |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 14 / 21 (488.5144) | 19 (155.9544) | 2 (174.8572) | 15 (157.7028) | — |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 13 / 18 (332.5372) | 12 (168) | 14 (164.5372) | — | — |