PIG PIRATES BBQ

PIG PIRATES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 20th of 26 at the Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (2021). They are ranked #6024 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,024

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1433

peak 1433 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 13, 2017

latest Oct 24, 2025 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1148

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 87%

overall standings

Best overall

643.2460 / 720

Master · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 616.27 (+12.46)

Walk rate

10%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8688

Pork · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

Consistency

±20.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.82)

Road miles

548

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$130K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.27 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.25 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 10%.

Pork Ribs avg 149.82
Pork avg 160.08
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JW BARBECUE AND WINGS in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (Oct 8, 2021).

last seen Oct 11, 2019
back Oct 8, 2021

Pork nemesis

8 of 9 shared pork entries lost

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork entries.

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#923 (125 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1565 (57 pts)	#1642 (52 pts)	#1424 (62 pts)	#1570 (57 pts)	#1290 (62 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1691 (52 pts)	#1687 (52 pts)	#1731 (52 pts)	#1687 (52 pts)	#1685 (52 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1170 (76 pts)	#1104 (106 pts)	#1260 (71 pts)	#954 (121 pts)	#1566 (51 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1597 (117 pts)	#1683 (117 pts)	#1484 (137 pts)	#1679 (117 pts)	#1648 (117 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PIG PIRATES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA

#6,017 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PIG PIRATES BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIG PIRATES BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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FLAMING SEAHORSES BBQ

#6,018 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2023

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BUGHOUSE BBQ

#6,023 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before PIG PIRATES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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BIG BEE'S BBQ

#6,035 of the rated field

1432 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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STEEL N SMOKE

#6,033 of the rated field

1432 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

Level with PIG PIRATES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2017

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SWAMPCAT BBQ

#6,026 of the rated field

1432 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2015

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
JW BARBECUE AND WINGS	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
smokey anderson bbq	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TWISTED PAIR BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
North Meets South BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	169.6800	144.5484	154.88	top 87%
Pork Ribs	10	0	159.3944	123.3600	149.82	top 87%
Pork	10	1	174.8688	147.9656	160.08	top 68%
Brisket	10	0	160.5028	141.0744	151.49	top 86%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 86%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 89%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	9	0	top 86%
VA	1	0	top 97%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	5	24	0	top 90%	Oct 13, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 204 finished ahead 45 times, behind 335

Longest layoff 2 yrs Oct 11, 2019 → Oct 8, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20252 milestones

Oct 24 10th tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown
Oct 24 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown

20242 milestones

Oct 11 First call Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 11 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8688 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

20211 milestone

Oct 8 Career-best overall score643.2460 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

20172 milestones

Oct 13 First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 13 Peak power rating (1489) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 13, 2017
-10.7	BBQ Gives Back	Mar 23, 2018
-10.2	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 7, 2022
-6.9	BBQ Capital Cook Off	Apr 26, 2019
-6.8	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 11, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0%	top 78%	88.6%	88.6%
2024	1	100%	top 85%	89%	89%
2023	1	0%	top 89%	87.7%	87.7%
2022	1	0%	top 100%	82%	82%
2021	1	0%	top 77%	89.3%	89.3%
2019	2	0%	top 86%	86%	84.7%
2018	2	0%	top 90%	85.6%	83.3%
2017	1	0%	top 94%	83.4%	83.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 24, 2025	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	35 / 45 (638.0916)	38 (151.3944)	38 (153.0744)	12 (173.1200)	33 (160.5028)
Oct 11, 2024	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	22 / 26 (640.4464)	22 (157.6688)	22 (159.3944)	5 (174.8688)	23 (148.5144)
Oct 13, 2023	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	24 / 27 (631.2236)	25 (157.0860)	23 (159.3832)	24 (158.2284)	23 (156.5260)
Oct 7, 2022	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	27 / 27 (590.6172)	27 (160.5600)	27 (123.3600)	26 (153.0628)	25 (153.6344)
Oct 8, 2021	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	20 / 26 (643.2460)	14 (169.6800)	21 (158.2172)	11 (166.8228)	25 (148.5260)
Oct 11, 2019	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	27 / 32 (619.2688)	27 (156.5372)	21 (158.2400)	26 (156.5716)	29 (147.9200)
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ Capital Cook Off 🏅 Lexington, NC	38 / 43 (600.3768)	40 (146.8228)	37 (149.6572)	38 (151.9656)	38 (151.9312)
Oct 12, 2018	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	32 / 39 (616.3656)	33 (154.8228)	36 (149.0856)	27 (159.9312)	28 (152.5260)
Mar 23, 2018	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	73 / 75 (582.6856)	74 (144.5484)	73 (149.0972)	71 (147.9656)	71 (141.0744)
Oct 13, 2017	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	47 / 50 (600.3312)	48 (149.6572)	49 (138.7312)	38 (158.2284)	41 (153.7144)

PIG PIRATES BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)