A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
CHICKA-PIGA-MOO
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-07-12
latest 2022-07-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.57
last 4 Master vs avg 646.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.43 · weakest Brisket (158.65)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$70K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.57 / 720
4 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 strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cherrywood BBQ Smoke Team in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SC Festival of Discovery (2021-07-09).
- last seen 2019-07-12
- back 2021-07-09
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.
CHICKA-PIGA-MOO has 4 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 125 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.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
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#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with CHICKA-PIGA-MOO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 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 CHICKA-PIGA-MOO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ 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, 5 years before CHICKA-PIGA-MOO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before CHICKA-PIGA-MOO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before CHICKA-PIGA-MOO's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 152.5256 | 159.11 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 149.7144 | 167.43 | top 33% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 154.7884 | 161.39 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 155.3484 | 158.65 | top 65% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 3 | 48 | 0 | top 58% | 2021-07-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2018-07-12 → 2022-07-07
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.43 · weakest Brisket (158.65)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
646.57
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
126–224 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$69,850
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-07-12 → 2021-07-09
Power rating
1493
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
- First call SC Festival Of Discovery
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7312 SC Festival Of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 SC Festival Of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1501) SC Festival Of Discovery
- 2021
- Career-best overall score658.6972 SC Festival of Discovery
- 2022
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.4 | SC Festival Of Discovery | 2018-07-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 2022-07-07 |
| -1.8 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2021-07-09 |
| -0.4 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2019-07-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90% | 90% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 72 / 92 (629.0284) | 67 (161.7028) | 73 (149.7144) | 69 (162.2628) | 71 (155.3484) |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 48 / 81 (658.6972) | 64 (158.2172) | 22 (171.4172) | 47 (165.6800) | 45 (163.3828) |
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 51 / 83 (647.8284) | 43 (163.9772) | 20 (170.2744) | 69 (154.7884) | 52 (158.7884) |
| 2018-07-12 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 48 / 89 (650.7312) | 76 (152.5256) | 3 (178.2972) | 50 (162.8228) | 58 (157.0856) |