Slapshot BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2899

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1539 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2019-05-10

Best ToY finish

#736

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

670.8112 / 720

Master · Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.40 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 648.14 (-9.75)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2858

Brisket · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±16.40

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.68)

Road miles

7,759

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 1003 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.14 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

288.45 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

670.8112 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.8112 at Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-04-10

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 93% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.68
Chicken avg 164.26
1 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOBO'S QUE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 12 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

7,759 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,759 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,003 miles to Minnesota in May.

22 mapped stops
furthest 1,003 mi

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.

113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

JB'S SMOKESHACK

#2900 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1526

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Slapshot BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Slapshot BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2017-04-22

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG MONEY BBQ

#2890 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1518

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Slapshot BBQ)

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2020-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

JD'S LIPSMAKIN SMOKERS

#2913 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 18% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2017-07-28

⚔ Head-to-head

EAST TENNESSE Q CREW

#2907 of the rated field

1508 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2021-07-16

⚔ Head-to-head

JUST SMOKIN' AROUND

#2893 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Level with Slapshot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-03-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Beachdogs 502 BBQ

#2894 of the rated field

1508 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2025-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
RECYCLED SMOKE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Grillin' Thyme	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BANGIN' BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BOBO'S QUE	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	5	0	3	177.1428	139.3600	164.26	top 46%
Pork Ribs	20	1	0	0	169.6800	149.0856	159.68	top 56%
Pork	19	1	0	0	166.2744	146.2400	159.71	top 63%
Brisket	19	4	1	2	178.2858	149.0968	162.63	top 44%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	15	top 49%
NY	2	top 57%
MN	1	top 98%
VA	1	top 38%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 51%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	13	top 38%	2015-05-08
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	12	top 57%	2018-07-06
Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	2	13	top 49%	2018-05-18
*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2	19	top 64%	2017-09-08
Peak City Pigfest	2	24	top 63%	2016-06-17

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2019-05-10

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 15 of 22 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 20 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.68)

Walk rate 45% a top-10 call in 10 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 22 contests

Master average 648.14 out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 288.45 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 547 455–492 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 7,759 22 mapped stops · furthest 1,003 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1508 peak 1539 · #2899 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First call Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First category win (Brisket) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8570 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2858 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
2014
Jun 20 First overall top-10 Peak City Pig Fest
2015
Apr 10 Career-best overall score670.8112 Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)
Jun 19 10th tracked contest Peak City Pigfest
2016
May 20 Peak power rating (1539) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
2019
May 10 Most recent contest Minnesota in May

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.2	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20
+9.4	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2013-05-10
+5.4	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)	2015-04-10
+4.6	Que & Cruz	2013-07-19
+3.4	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	2016-05-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.5	*Mankato Cookout (Day 1)	2018-06-08
-7.6	Peak City Pigfest	2016-06-17
-7.2	Minnesota in May	2019-05-10
-3.3	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2017-09-08
-2.9	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2018-07-06

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 63%	80.1%	80.1%
2018	4	0	0	25%	top 74%	91.3%	87.3%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 64%	90.9%	90.7%
2016	4	0	0	25%	top 58%	90.9%	90.3%
2015	4	0	0	75%	top 50%	93.2%	91.5%
2014	4	1	0	75%	top 37%	92.4%	89.9%
2013	3	0	1	67%	top 36%	92.6%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅	36 / 57 (288.4456)	36 (139.3600)	25 (149.0856)	—	—
2018-07-06	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	27 / 39 (615.2912)	37 (145.6456)	23 (152.5484)	19 (156.5256)	11 (160.5716)
2018-06-08	*Mankato Cookout (Day 1) Mankato, MN	43 / 44 (613.5540)	43 (153.6800)	42 (154.8000)	43 (155.9772)	43 (149.0968)
2018-06-01	Smokin In Steele Owatonna, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2018-05-18	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	21 / 38 (657.6456)	16 (169.1084)	27 (159.3944)	31 (160.0116)	10 (169.1312)
2017-09-08	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	27 / 39 (650.7772)	19 (168.5716)	29 (159.9772)	38 (152.5256)	13 (169.7028)
2017-04-14	21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	29 / 49 (654.7084)	25 (167.3828)	33 (157.0972)	32 (163.4056)	18 (166.8228)
2016-08-05	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	28 / 47 (654.1144)	26 (166.2400)	38 (153.0628)	18 (166.2400)	13 (168.5716)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	33 / 46 (642.1712)	27 (163.9656)	11 (169.6800)	33 (158.2856)	40 (150.2400)
2016-06-11	*Mankato Cookout Day 2 and( Back Yard) Mankato, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2016-05-20	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	13 / 30 (654.7544)	12 (166.8344)	7 (169.6800)	16 (163.4056)	20 (154.8344)
2015-09-11	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	19 / 32 (654.7660)	6 (171.9656)	23 (159.4288)	16 (166.2744)	25 (157.0972)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	24 / 45 (649.0404)	2 (173.7028)	18 (165.0972)	33 (160.0116)	41 (150.2288)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	37 / 74 (661.0512)	53 (164.5256)	33 (165.6916)	65 (154.8112)	3 (176.0228)
2015-04-10	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	18 / 51 (670.8112)	19 (170.2628)	19 (168.5828)	32 (162.2512)	14 (169.7144)
2014-10-10	Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off Waxhaw, NC	12 / 27 (655.3716)	2 (177.1428)	23 (155.4060)	17 (160.0000)	11 (162.8228)
2014-07-04	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	12 / 27 (615.8400)	22 (151.9428)	14 (151.4172)	8 (158.8000)	15 (153.6800)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	8 / 48 (665.0400)	13 (170.2628)	21 (162.2400)	14 (165.6800)	10 (166.8572)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	34 / 80 (651.4744)	19 (169.1772)	50 (158.2856)	30 (163.4400)	42 (160.5716)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	26 / 55 (640.9828)	50 (152.5028)	32 (158.2056)	17 (165.1200)	16 (165.1544)
2013-07-19	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	17 / 45 (640.4800)	2 (172.5944)	17 (161.1200)	40 (146.2400)	18 (160.5256)
2013-05-10	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	13 / 58 (666.8570)	6 (170.2858)	22 (162.8572)	50 (155.4282)	1 (178.2858)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#1436 (140 pts)	#1418 (165 pts)	#1555 (130 pts)	#1476 (150 pts)	#1086 (265 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1657 (150 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1359 (215 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1242 (235 pts)	#1312 (240 pts)	#1015 (350 pts)	#1267 (255 pts)	#1218 (260 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#999 (307 pts)	#659 (582 pts)	#1064 (312 pts)	#1168 (282 pts)	#783 (467 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#736 (477 pts)	#678 (557 pts)	#1011 (337 pts)	#832 (442 pts)	#802 (447 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#919 (320 pts)	#613 (535 pts)	#1105 (275 pts)	#1138 (260 pts)	#622 (525 pts)