A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE FREAKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE FREAKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Ziggy's Piggies
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-16
latest 2018-06-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
599.18
last 3 Master vs avg 599.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.05)
Road miles
46
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Master avg
599.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (2017-06-23).
- last seen 2015-10-16
- back 2017-06-23
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SUGAR RAY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Ziggy's Piggies 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 156 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.
#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ziggy's Piggies on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 154.8800 | 159.44 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9888 | 137.6228 | 142.05 | top 95% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 147.4056 | 154.28 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.3088 | 140.5144 | 143.41 | top 90% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2015-10-16 → 2018-06-22
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.05)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
599.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
8–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
46
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2015-10-16 → 2017-06-23
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Career-best overall score606.9032 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Peak power rating (1488) 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.7372 *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2015-10-16 |
| -10 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 | 2018-06-22 |
| -9.6 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown | 2017-06-23 |
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 98% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82% | 82% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 Belvidere, IL | 50 / 51 (600.4572) | 40 (161.7144) | 51 (137.6228) | 40 (157.7144) | 49 (143.4056) |
| 2017-06-23 | *Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL | 38 / 42 (590.1944) | 23 (161.7372) | 41 (140.5372) | 39 (147.4056) | 37 (140.5144) |
| 2015-10-16 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 32 / 35 (606.9032) | 30 (154.8800) | 31 (147.9888) | 28 (157.7256) | 30 (146.3088) |