High-water mark
630.2168
career-best overall
175.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 630.2168 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 175.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-01-25
Porkganic BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1436
peak 1436 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2019-01-25
latest 2026-01-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
437.03 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 469.23 (-32.20)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±149.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.53 · weakest Brisket (154.19)
Road miles
27
mi across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$184K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
515.63 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
469.23 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 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.
Storylines (9 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
92 BB Crew has finished one call ahead of Porkganic BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
Accutech BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Accutech BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 154.19
- Chicken avg 158.53
- 1 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Lazy J Barbecue in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2022-01-28).
- last seen 2020-01-24
- back 2022-01-28
Chicken nemesis
6 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
K & E's Little Smokers ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, K & E's Little Smokers has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.
Boom or bust
±45.44%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±45.44% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 110.8% of a perfect score
- best 175.1%
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Lakeland Pig Festival every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 7 visits in all
- best finish 26th
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.
57 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5938 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Porkganic BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Porkganic BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1436
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1436
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Porkganic BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5930 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1436
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Porkganic BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1436
No shared contest yet.
Level with Porkganic BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Burning Bush BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| 92 BB Crew | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Smoke Showin' | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barely Sober BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Live Que | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 152.5028 | 158.53 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 151.3716 | 157.55 | top 71% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 143.3944 | 156.97 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 146.8116 | 154.19 | top 71% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 7 | 26 | 0 | top 82% | 2026-01-22 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 81% | 2023-11-17 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7 yrs
2019-01-25 → 2026-01-22
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.53 · weakest Brisket (154.19)
Walk rate
9%
a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
515.63
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
469.23
out of 360 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
425
166–678 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$184,460
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 9 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2022-01-28
Power rating
1436
peak 1436 · #5931 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score630.2168 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score630.2168 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2026
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2026-01-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| -13.6 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2023-11-17 |
| -11.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2022-01-28 |
| -9.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2025-01-24 |
| -7.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
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 | 100% | top 41% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 113% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 173.8% | 130.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 42% | 42% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 175.1% | 170.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
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 | 26 / 63 (330.2056) | 43 (157.0856) | 11 (173.1200) | 30 (162.8456) | 8 (168.5372) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 45 / 40 (315.9316) | 46 (156.5372) | 41 (159.3944) | 21 (169.1428) | 37 (154.8460) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 51 / 61 (313.6112) | 32 (161.6912) | 52 (151.9200) | 38 (158.8228) | 39 (153.1200) |
| 2023-11-17 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 25 / 25 (623.2000) | 21 (159.9312) | 24 (151.9316) | 23 (158.2400) | 23 (153.0972) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 45 / 51 (625.5660) | 45 (156.5256) | 27 (165.1316) | 52 (149.6456) | 41 (154.2632) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 58 / 60 (620.9488) | 59 (152.5028) | 57 (151.3716) | 53 (159.3828) | 49 (157.6916) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 51 / 53 (302.7312) | — | 49 (153.0972) | — | 46 (149.6340) |
| 2019-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 24 / 39 (599.8288) | 16 (157.0972) | 20 (152.5256) | 27 (143.3944) | 26 (146.8116) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 32 / 58 (630.2168) | 15 (166.8456) | 28 (159.4284) | 30 (154.2628) | 34 (149.6800) |
| 2018-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-11-17 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |