Pigs in a Blanket

Pigs in a Blanket is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 26 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They are ranked #3363 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,363

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1496

peak 1505 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 13, 2020

latest Mar 13, 2026 · 6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

14% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

498.2172 / 540

Backyard · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9772

Chicken · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±10.97

spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.59)

Road miles

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

321.62 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

481.47 / 540

4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

498.2172 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 540

Their best day on record: 498.2172 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.3% of a perfect 540.

Backyard
Mar 12, 2022

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.36 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 43%.

Pork Ribs avg 157.59
Pork avg 164.95
1 call in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of T-Ray's Rack Rubbers in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 10th

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

Mountain Men BBQ

#3,359 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 13, 2024

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Butt Rubbers Anonymous

#3,376 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Pigs in a Blanket's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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J-MACK COOKERS

#3,356 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Pigs in a Blanket's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jan 25, 2019

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2 HOT 2 HANDLE

#3,367 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

Level with Pigs in a Blanket on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2018

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THE TATTOOED PIG

#3,368 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Pigs in a Blanket's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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GREEN CARD Q

#3,369 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Pigs in a Blanket's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
T-Ray's Rack Rubbers	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Groundhog Smokers	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	0	171.9772	147.3712	160.61	top 57%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	167.3944	139.3716	157.59	top 62%
Pork	7	3	1	171.4400	153.0856	164.95	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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	7	10	0	top 58%	Mar 13, 2026

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 111 finished ahead 81 times, behind 108

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 7, 2025 → Mar 13, 2026

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

20261 milestone

Mar 13 Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20225 milestones

Mar 12 First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score498.2172 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Career-best overall score498.2172 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 12 Peak power rating (1505) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20202 milestones

Mar 13 First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 13 First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.3	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 12, 2022
+4.9	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 9, 2024
+1.8	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 13, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 7, 2025
-5.3	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 10, 2023
-3.6	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 12, 2021
-0.7	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 13, 2026

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 57%	89.8%	89.8%
2025	1	0	0%	top 80%	87.7%	87.7%
2024	1	0	0%	top 43%	90.5%	90.5%
2023	1	0	100%	top 71%	86.6%	86.6%
2022	1	1	100%	top 38%	92.3%	92.3%
2021	1	0	100%	top 68%	88.4%	88.4%
2020	1	0	100%	top 48%	89.3%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 13, 2026	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	17 / 30 (323.3368)	19 (157.6684)	14 (165.6684)	19 (161.0972)	—
Mar 7, 2025	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	24 / 30 (315.8628)	25 (156.5028)	23 (159.3600)	13 (166.2628)	—
Mar 9, 2024	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	12 / 28 (325.6456)	16 (160.5256)	11 (165.1200)	16 (163.9544)	—
Mar 10, 2023	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	22 / 31 (467.8512)	26 (147.3712)	7 (167.3944)	26 (153.0856)	—
Mar 12, 2022	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	10 / 26 (498.2172)	6 (171.9772)	19 (157.1200)	8 (169.1200)	—
Mar 12, 2021	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	19 / 28 (477.6232)	10 (168.5600)	25 (139.3716)	4 (169.6916)	—
Mar 13, 2020	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	11 / 23 (482.1828)	12 (161.6456)	20 (149.0972)	3 (171.4400)	—

Pigs in a Blanket

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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