The Ginger Pig

The Ginger Pig is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 23 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1506

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 13, 2020

latest Mar 12, 2022 · 2 years on the trail

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

494.7312 / 540

Backyard · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.4056

Chicken · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±4.83

spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.14 · weakest Pork (161.31)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard (3-meat) avg

487.92 / 540

3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Holy Smokers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	167.4056	157.7144	162.47	top 55%
Pork Ribs	3	2	165.6800	161.6572	164.14	top 37%
Pork	3	0	165.7028	156	161.31	top 56%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	10	0	top 49%	Mar 12, 2022

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 50 finished ahead 39 times, behind 35

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 12, 2021 → Mar 12, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20221 milestone

Mar 12 Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20214 milestones

Mar 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score494.7312 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Career-best overall score494.7312 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4056 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Peak power rating (1509) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20203 milestones

Mar 13 First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 12, 2022	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	17 / 26 (485.0744)	19 (157.7144)	15 (161.6572)	13 (165.7028)	—
Mar 12, 2021	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	11 / 28 (494.7312)	12 (167.4056)	9 (165.0972)	16 (162.2284)	—
Mar 13, 2020	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	10 / 23 (483.9656)	11 (162.2856)	5 (165.6800)	14 (156)	—