The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).
- last seen May 3, 2019
- back Aug 13, 2021
Blistered Pig Society
Blistered Pig Society is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 26th of 49 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Aug 13, 2021 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.23 · weakest Chicken (136.81)
Road miles
0
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
297.03 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Blistered Pig Society, each with one reason worth a look.
Blistered Pig Society has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Blistered Pig Society)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Blistered Pig Society has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Blistered Pig Society)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1523
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Blistered Pig Society)
They've been 1523 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Blistered Pig Society on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Blistered Pig Society's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2400 | 127.3716 | 136.81 | top 106% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 156.5140 | 160.23 | 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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
179
finished ahead 58 times, behind 164
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First call Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score310.1828 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.9428 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 113% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 26 / 49 (310.1828) | 45 (146.2400) | 8 (163.9428) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 61 / 54 (283.8856) | 65 (127.3716) | 34 (156.5140) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |