High-water mark
494.7312
career-best overall
137.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 494.7312 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 137.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2021-03-12
The Ginger Pig
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1509 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-03-13
latest 2022-03-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
487.92
last 3 Backyard vs avg 487.92 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.83
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.14 · weakest Pork (161.31)
Road miles
0
mi 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 avg
487.92 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 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.
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.
The Ginger Pig 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 115 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.
#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Ginger Pig on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before The Ginger Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before The Ginger Pig's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before The Ginger Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2976 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before The Ginger Pig'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 157.7144 | 162.47 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 161.6572 | 164.14 | top 37% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 156.0000 | 161.31 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 49% | 2022-03-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2020-03-13 → 2022-03-12
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.14 · weakest Pork (161.31)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Backyard average
487.92
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
50
39–35 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,350
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2021-03-12 → 2022-03-12
Power rating
1506
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score483.9656 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2021
- Career-best overall score494.7312 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4056 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1509) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.9 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-03-12 |
| +3.3 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-03-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-03-12 |
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 65% | 134.7% | 134.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 137.4% | 137.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 134.4% | 134.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 17 / 26 (485.0744) | 19 (157.7144) | 15 (161.6572) | 13 (165.7028) | — |
| 2021-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 11 / 28 (494.7312) | 12 (167.4056) | 9 (165.0972) | 16 (162.2284) | — |
| 2020-03-13 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 10 / 23 (483.9656) | 11 (162.2856) | 5 (165.6800) | 14 (156.0000) | — |