They almost always walk
78%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO.
PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 32 at the Ribs on the Ridge (2026). They are ranked #1797 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1548
peak 1560 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Apr 25, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
78% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
7
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
335.04 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 335.96 (-0.92)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.38
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.15 · weakest Brisket (159.82)
Road miles
120
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$118K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.98 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
335.96 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
639.26 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO., each with one reason worth a look.
62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1552
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,794 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1548
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1547
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,786 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1548
Level with PIPKIN CREEK BBQ CO. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1548
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,798 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1548
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 9% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accutech BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Going Yard BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Cool Guys BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| When Pigs Fly Family BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Tillman's BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 159.9428 | 166.45 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 174.8688 | 156.5260 | 167.15 | top 31% |
| Pork | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 170.8572 | 153.0744 | 162.56 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168.5600 | 150.1944 | 159.82 | top 40% |
“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 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 33% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 33% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Ribs on the Ridge | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 25% | Feb 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
248
finished ahead 331 times, behind 168
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 27, 2023 → Jan 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Peak power rating (1560) Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best overall score660.9828 Pitmasters in Paradise
- Most recent contest Pitmasters in Paradise
20255 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.2860 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8688 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First category win (Pork) Ribs on the Ridge
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| +12.7 | Ribs on the Ridge | Feb 20, 2026 |
| +12.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
| +12.3 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 7, 2025 |
| +9.7 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Pitmasters in Paradise | Apr 25, 2026 |
| -4.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 38% | 96.2% | 94.4% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 100% | top 25% | 96.2% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Pitmasters in Paradise 🏅 Auburndale, FL | 31 / 35 (660.9828) | 34 (159.9428) | 16 (173.1200) | 32 (159.3600) | 21 (168.5600) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 4 / 32 (346.2744) | 4 (171.4172) | 3 (174.8572) | 9 (165.6916) | 12 (150.1944) |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 9 / 63 (342.8116) | 7 (171.9772) | 16 (170.8344) | 8 (170.8572) | 24 (162.8116) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 6 / 31 (342.8460) | 3 (174.8572) | 12 (167.9888) | 13 (162.8000) | 10 (159.9312) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 6 / 15 (320.4804) | 6 (160.5144) | 4 (159.9660) | 6 (153.0744) | 6 (158.8000) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 6 / 16 (322.7660) | 6 (162.8116) | 5 (159.9544) | 1 (165.1200) | 3 (154.2172) |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 4 / 25 (330.2288) | 5 (163.9544) | 3 (166.2744) | 7 (153.6456) | 2 (167.3944) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 4 / 40 (346.2860) | 12 (171.4172) | 2 (174.8688) | 27 (163.9772) | 19 (163.3828) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 38 / 51 (639.2576) | 34 (161.1200) | 45 (156.5260) | 17 (168.5372) | 42 (153.0744) |