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BURNING PIG BBQ OH

Power ranking

#2267
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1468
peak 1501

Contests

25
in the data

First seen

2019-04-05
latest 2026-01-16

Best ToY finish

#272
Master 2019

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 58%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

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Current form

666.07 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 662.52 (+3.55)

Walk rate

60%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Consistency

±11.65
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 167.19 · weakest Chicken (164.35)

Road miles

7188
mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 1761 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Old Man Jeff has finished one call ahead of BURNING PIG BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, OH first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 24 6 0 0 174.2972 154.2284 164.35 top 65%
Pork Ribs 24 10 2 2 177.1544 154.8344 165.93 top 51%
Pork 24 11 0 0 177.1544 153.1200 167.19 top 48%
Brisket 24 6 0 0 173.1544 150.2172 165.04 top 53%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
OH70top 59%
KY60top 53%
IN30top 82%
WV20top 53%
AZ10top 62%
MI10top 88%
FL10top 55%
PA10top 45%
NC10top 33%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 62%
Medium (20–39)130top 54%
Large (40+)70top 65%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026100 674.1600 674.16
2024100 674.2056 674.21
2022100 669.0400 669.04
2021400 673.6000 655.87
2020401 677.1204 667.34
20191401 682.2056 660.78

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-01-16 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ 33 / 53 (674.1600) 42 (165.0856) 27 (169.6800) 11 (173.1428) 31 (166.2516)
2024-09-13 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 18 / 31 (674.2056) 23 (162.2628) 7 (173.1200) 4 (177.1544) 24 (161.6684)
2022-09-09 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 20 / 32 (669.0400) 20 (166.2628) 20 (165.7144) 8 (173.1084) 19 (163.9544)
2021-09-10 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 14 / 28 (663.8972) 10 (167.4056) 17 (164.5600) 19 (161.0972) 11 (170.8344)
2021-09-04 Destination Outlets Labor Day BBQ Championship Jeffersonville, OH 12 / 15 (649.0288) 4 (174.2972) 14 (154.8344) 10 (163.9544) 14 (155.9428)
2021-08-06 All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI 28 / 32 (636.9716) 25 (162.2516) 26 (157.1200) 11 (167.3828) 29 (150.2172)
2021-07-16 Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV 10 / 18 (673.6000) 9 (171.9772) 7 (172.0000) 10 (169.1200) 13 (160.5028)
2020-09-18 Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH 14 / 41 (676.4684) 35 (159.9428) 1 (177.1544) 9 (170.2628) 15 (169.1084)
2020-07-24 Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY 10 / 30 (677.1204) 26 (158.8344) 9 (171.4172) 6 (173.7144) 4 (173.1544)
2020-06-20 Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN 58 / 63 (654.7316) 59 (161.1088) 42 (162.8344) 54 (163.4056) 31 (167.3828)
2020-01-24 Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL 29 / 53 (661.0400) 43 (161.1316) 40 (162.8228) 26 (166.8228) 14 (170.2628)
2019-10-18 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH 21 / 28 (653.5084) 25 (160.5028) 14 (166.8228) 21 (163.9428) 22 (162.2400)
2019-10-04 Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY 31 / 42 (654.6284) 14 (170.8228) 39 (157.0628) 25 (163.9428) 29 (162.8000)
2019-09-20 Smokin in The Hills 13 / 38 (677.5996) 16 (170.8228) 9 (170.8456) 10 (170.8456) 21 (165.0856)
2019-09-13 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 12 / 28 (670.7772) 17 (168.5372) 11 (167.4400) 18 (165.0972) 8 (169.7028)
2019-08-23 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 29 / 65 (655.3140) 21 (167.3828) 49 (158.2628) 36 (161.6684) 15 (168.0000)
2019-08-09 Big Blue Barbecue Shelbyville, IN
2019-08-02 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition CINCINNATI, OH 7 / 31 (682.2056) 14 (170.8456) 4 (174.8572) 13 (170.8344) 17 (165.6684)
2019-07-12 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH 24 / 33 (656.4916) 32 (158.2856) 20 (166.8228) 16 (168.5372) 23 (162.8460)
2019-07-05 Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival East Liverpool, OH 7 / 11 (654.2288) 8 (156.5256) 1 (174.2860) 8 (162.2628) 7 (161.1544)
2019-06-14 Smokin On The Buffalo Mannington, WV 8 / 16 (657.6684) 8 (164.5828) 9 (158.2516) 6 (167.4284) 6 (167.4056)
2019-05-17 Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC 7 / 21 (670.2516) 9 (168.5256) 10 (165.7144) 4 (167.4172) 6 (168.5944)
2019-05-04 Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN 16 / 26 (662.1604) 24 (158.8000) 24 (157.0976) 6 (173.7028) 8 (172.5600)
2019-04-26 Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH 17 / 26 (648.5716) 15 (163.9772) 6 (168.5716) 22 (153.1200) 12 (162.9028)
2019-04-05 CCSFest Indianapois, IN 37 / 40 (646.7200) 40 (154.2284) 25 (165.1316) 31 (164.5256) 32 (162.8344)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #791 (60 pts) #866 (60 pts) #903 (60 pts) #617 (130 pts) #814 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1052 (91 pts) #1225 (66 pts) #898 (161 pts) #750 (206 pts) #1200 (61 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1223 (82 pts) #1256 (82 pts) #1322 (82 pts) #955 (152 pts) #1224 (87 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #514 (331 pts) #441 (446 pts) #570 (336 pts) #561 (316 pts) #569 (321 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #311 (365 pts) #484 (235 pts) #220 (545 pts) #282 (435 pts) #239 (490 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #272 (1092 pts) #298 (1028 pts) #184 (1336 pts) #228 (1202 pts) #258 (1142 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #348 (975 pts) #450 (805 pts) #406 (890 pts) #282 (1115 pts) #245 (1245 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #469 (801 pts) #491 (796 pts) #408 (946 pts) #423 (901 pts) #612 (646 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1775 (120 pts) #1293 (245 pts) #1884 (120 pts) #1564 (180 pts) #1839 (120 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1170 (250 pts) #1034 (330 pts) #1213 (255 pts) #1281 (245 pts) #944 (355 pts)

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