A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIRATES OF THE PIG ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIRATES OF THE PIG has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SONOMA COUNTY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2018-07-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.43
last 3 Master vs avg 606.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.65 · weakest Brisket (146.84)
Road miles
14
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
606.43 / 720
3 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
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival (2018-07-06).
- last seen 2015-07-10
- back 2018-07-06
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.
SONOMA COUNTY BBQ 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 140 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.
#4224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1500
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SONOMA COUNTY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SONOMA COUNTY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with SONOMA COUNTY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 138.8344 | 148.35 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 158.2400 | 162.65 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7716 | 141.1428 | 148.58 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 133.7028 | 146.84 | 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 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 83% | 2015-07-10 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2018-07-06
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.65 · weakest Brisket (146.84)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.43
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
23–94 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1540
average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2018-07-06
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1487) Wine Country Big Q
- 2018
- Career-best overall score630.2748 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7144 Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
- Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Wine Country Big Q | 2014-07-11 |
| -5.6 | Wine Country Big Q | 2015-07-10 |
| -4 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2018-07-06 |
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 74% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.4% | 79.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-06 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 28 / 38 (630.2748) | 28 (160.0000) | 19 (165.7144) | 29 (157.7716) | 31 (146.7888) |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 28 / 38 (617.0856) | 34 (146.2284) | 14 (164.0000) | 34 (146.8344) | 15 (160.0228) |
| 2014-07-11 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 41 / 44 (571.9200) | 44 (138.8344) | 26 (158.2400) | 41 (141.1428) | 40 (133.7028) |