Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.
MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead in 100% of their meetings
MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.78 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of The Smokey Bandits in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
DE FILOUS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokey Village on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after Smokey Village did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE FILOUS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOW AND SLOW MEISTER | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Turnpike Smokers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| IRON BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hammer & Tongs | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 154.8112 | 164.32 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 155.3828 | 162.37 | top 46% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 152.0000 | 159.83 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.3600 | 156.54 | top 61% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| NL | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 56% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 64% | 2016-05-14 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.8 | Regahfest | 2015-08-29 |
| +4.2 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2015-05-23 |
| +3.7 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | 2015-01-16 |
| +2.5 | 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off | 2015-10-10 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2016-05-14 |
| -4.7 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | 2017-01-14 |
| -0.5 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80% | top 43% | 90.3% | 89.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-14 | W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 20 / 30 (652.0000) | 27 (158.2628) | 10 (170.8456) | 18 (162.3200) | 19 (160.5716) |
| 2016-05-14 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 58 / 65 (623.2456) | 34 (164.5256) | 52 (155.3944) | 51 (155.9656) | 57 (147.3600) |
| 2015-10-10 | 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, 61515DE | 19 / 42 (642.2972) | 2 (170.8800) | 22 (158.2860) | 24 (158.2856) | 25 (154.8456) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 35 / 67 (638.3200) | 21 (166.3200) | 28 (161.1772) | 48 (152.0000) | 31 (158.8228) |
| 2015-08-29 | Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, | 12 / 30 (650.2516) | 10 (166.8344) | 3 (170.3428) | 16 (161.7144) | 26 (151.3600) |
| 2015-05-23 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, | 26 / 68 (647.3372) | 13 (168.5944) | 50 (155.3828) | 56 (153.6572) | 4 (169.7028) |
| 2015-01-16 | 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, | 10 / 24 (647.9768) | 18 (154.8112) | 7 (165.1772) | 3 (174.8800) | 18 (153.1084) |