A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Accutech BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Accutech BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Guinea Pigs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-01-27
latest 2026-01-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.25
last 4 Master vs avg 628.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.69 · weakest Brisket (141.64)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.25 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2026-01-22).
- last seen 2019-01-25
- back 2026-01-22
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.
Guinea Pigs has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 157 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Guinea Pigs)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Guinea Pigs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Guinea Pigs)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Guinea Pigs did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Guinea Pigs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 155.3600 | 159.67 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 161.6916 | 164.69 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 155.9656 | 162.26 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 134.8000 | 141.64 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 47 | 0 | top 84% | 2026-01-22 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2017-01-27 → 2026-01-22
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.69 · weakest Brisket (141.64)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.25
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
258
45–293 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$50,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7 yrs
2019-01-25 → 2026-01-22
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2019
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8456 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2026
- Career-best overall score641.5084 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2026-01-22 |
| -9.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| -7.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2017-01-27 |
| -5.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2018-01-26 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 57 / 63 (641.5084) | 57 (158.2284) | 46 (167.3828) | 55 (161.0972) | 57 (154.8000) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 49 / 58 (627.2456) | 51 (155.3600) | 37 (162.2628) | 8 (170.8456) | 56 (138.7772) |
| 2018-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 47 / 60 (621.5204) | 32 (165.6916) | 41 (161.6916) | 47 (155.9656) | 55 (138.1716) |
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 49 / 60 (622.7428) | 48 (159.3944) | 20 (167.4056) | 38 (161.1428) | 60 (134.8000) |