Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Whoa Pig BBQ
Whoa Pig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 16 at the 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019). They finished #1020 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2019
latest Aug 28, 2026 · 7.3 years on the trail
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.21)
Road miles
887
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 880 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
673.01 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
329.07 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
667.35 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #1012 (90 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #954 (95 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 167.3828 | 173.50 | top 20% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 161.6916 | 163.21 | top 47% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 162.2400 | 165.40 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 173.7028 | 173.70 | top 46% |
“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
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
113
finished ahead 81 times, behind 34
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
May 31, 2019 → Aug 28, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score673.0056 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
20198 milestones
- First tracked contest 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3484 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1524) Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 25 / 39 (673.0056) | 19 (173.1084) | 36 (163.9544) | 34 (162.2400) | 18 (173.7028) |
| May 31, 2019 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA | 5 / 49 (329.0744) | 2 (167.3828) | 8 (161.6916) | — | — |
| May 17, 2019 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) Riverside, CA | 3 / 16 (667.3484) | 1 (180) | 5 (163.9772) | 4 (168.5600) | — |