The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at The River Grill before the Big Chill (2015-10-09).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2015-10-09
Ole Country Porkers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-10-09
latest 2017-08-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.08
last 3 Master vs avg 627.08 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.05 · weakest Brisket (149.09)
Road miles
493
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
627.08 / 720
3 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.
Ole Country Porkers has 3 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 146 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Ole Country Porkers did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ole Country Porkers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 156.4912 | 158.45 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 145.0972 | 157.49 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 153.0972 | 162.05 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9660 | 143.9548 | 149.09 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.05 · weakest Brisket (149.09)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
627.08
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
104
20–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
493
5 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2015-10-09
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Music City Festival & BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score647.8512 The River Grill before the Big Chill
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.3828 The River Grill before the Big Chill
- Peak power rating (1498) The River Grill before the Big Chill
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Great American BBQ Festival | 2017-08-25 |
| -10.5 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club | 2016-08-26 |
| -2.5 | The River Grill before the Big Chill | 2015-10-09 |
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% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 90% | 90% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-24 | *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-25 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | 40 / 40 (598.7092) | 38 (156.5600) | 40 (145.0972) | 40 (153.0972) | 40 (143.9548) |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | 27 / 31 (634.6744) | 28 (156.4912) | 20 (160.5372) | 13 (165.6800) | 28 (151.9660) |
| 2015-10-09 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | 29 / 45 (647.8512) | 37 (162.2856) | 21 (166.8344) | 23 (167.3828) | 42 (151.3484) |
| 2013-08-23 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |