#3,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Fewer contests behind them than Porknado has cooked, 5 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
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Porknado is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 20th of 33 at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
15
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2016
latest Apr 26, 2019 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 15 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.90 · weakest Brisket (150.76)
Road miles
1,619
across 15 mapped stops · furthest 298 mi
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
646.06 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
164.56 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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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Porknado 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 128 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
They turned up 6 years after Porknado did, first appearing in 2022.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Porknado on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
Fewer contests behind them than Porknado has cooked, 5 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1488
Fewer contests behind them than Porknado has cooked, 5 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Fewer contests behind them than Porknado has cooked, 5 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 159.4628 | 161.13 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 162.2628 | 165.90 | top 45% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 143.9316 | 153.94 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 144.4572 | 150.76 | top 54% |
“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
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
2.1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
12 of 15 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
84
finished ahead 23 times, behind 66
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ Boogie & Blues
20162 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score646.0568 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
20152 milestones
- First call Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8800 Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 45.7% | 45.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 20 / 33 (164.5600) | — | 8 (164.5600) | 19 (143.9316) | 13 (144.4572) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival Atlanta, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 27, 2018 | BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC QUALIFIER) Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2017 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | 29 / 38 (646.0568) | 29 (162.7884) | 28 (162.2628) | 24 (163.9428) | 26 (157.0628) |
| Apr 29, 2016 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST) Chelsea, AL | — | 9 (159.4628) | 4 (170.8800) | — | — |
| Mar 6, 2015 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2014 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) Rome, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 15, 2014 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2013 | The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |