The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (2016-06-24).
- last seen 2014-06-06
- back 2016-06-24
PORKIN' AIN'T EASY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2017-08-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.21
last 4 Master vs avg 628.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.13 · weakest Brisket (151.96)
Road miles
1,357
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 644 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
628.21 / 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.
PORKIN' AIN'T EASY 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 138 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.
#4500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PORKIN' AIN'T EASY)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORKIN' AIN'T EASY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after PORKIN' AIN'T EASY did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Level with PORKIN' AIN'T EASY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
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#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 154.8572 | 158.55 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 151.4060 | 156.57 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 154.2516 | 161.13 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 145.1200 | 151.96 | top 76% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.13 · weakest Brisket (151.96)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
628.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
31–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,357
4 mapped stops · furthest 644 mi
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2016-06-24
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Poor Que
- Peak power rating (1494) Poor Que
- 2016
- First call *Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0860 *Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Career-best overall score661.0860 *Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4288 *Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest Grill Games
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Grill Games | 2017-08-25 |
| -8.4 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown | 2016-06-24 |
| -6 | Poor Que | 2014-06-06 |
| -2.5 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2016-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 91.8% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-25 | Grill Games Kenosha, WI | 35 / 39 (616.4912) | 32 (155.3712) | 27 (156.5944) | 22 (159.4056) | 34 (145.1200) |
| 2016-10-14 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 27 / 38 (661.0860) | 31 (162.8228) | 33 (160.5716) | 9 (171.4288) | 21 (166.2628) |
| 2016-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL | 28 / 33 (616.4920) | 27 (161.1428) | 25 (151.4060) | 26 (154.2516) | 26 (149.6916) |
| 2014-06-06 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 27 / 38 (618.7548) | 26 (154.8572) | 17 (157.6916) | 21 (159.4288) | 32 (146.7772) |