A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Ninja Pigs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
570.43
last 4 Master vs avg 570.43 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±73.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.86 · weakest Brisket (140.33)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Master avg
570.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Ninja 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 115 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.
#5179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ninja Pigs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
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#5180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
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#5170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
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#5189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
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 | 165.1656 | 150.8112 | 157.13 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 148.5600 | 153.49 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 153.7028 | 157.86 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 107.1544 | 140.33 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 3 | 51 | 0 | top 93% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.86 · weakest Brisket (140.33)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
570.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
138
12–217 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1586
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.1656 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1487) Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- 2016
- Career-best overall score633.0972 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2015-09-25 |
| -10.7 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2018-09-21 |
| -9.7 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2017-09-22 |
| -8.4 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 62.3% | 62.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.8% | 79.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 59 / 59 (448.4460) | 56 (153.1200) | — | 54 (154.2744) | 57 (141.0516) |
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 51 / 55 (625.6116) | 47 (159.4172) | 52 (150.2400) | 47 (158.8572) | 41 (157.0972) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 56 / 64 (633.0972) | 63 (150.8112) | 45 (161.6800) | 46 (164.5944) | 52 (156.0116) |
| 2015-09-25 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 55 / 55 (574.5828) | 32 (165.1656) | 49 (148.5600) | 49 (153.7028) | 55 (107.1544) |