High-water mark
676.4912
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4912 at Hog Happnin' — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-11-01
Flaming Pig Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-11-01
latest 2016-05-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.47
last 4 Master vs avg 650.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.27 · weakest Pork (162.24)
Road miles
4,403
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 4306 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
650.47 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The long haul
4,403
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,403 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,306 miles to Ruhrpott BBQ.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 4,306 mi
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.
Flaming Pig Barbecue 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 85 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.
#2600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
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#2617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with Flaming Pig Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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#2616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
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#2608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 158.2628 | 162.42 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 154.8344 | 163.27 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 153.0512 | 162.24 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 143.9312 | 162.53 | top 40% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-11-01 → 2016-05-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
BE
1 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 Ribs
averages 163.27 · weakest Pork (162.24)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
650.47
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
191
149–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,403
4 mapped stops · furthest 4,306 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1516
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hog Happnin'
- First call Hog Happnin'
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.4912 Hog Happnin'
- Career-best overall score676.4912 Hog Happnin'
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Hog Happnin'
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1516) Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
- Most recent contest Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Hog Happnin' | 2013-11-01 |
| +4.7 | Ruhrpott BBQ | 2014-10-10 |
| +0.4 | Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ | 2016-05-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.2 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 94% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-08 | Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE | 20 / 40 (646.1484) | 20 (165.7028) | 28 (154.8344) | 33 (153.0512) | 4 (172.5600) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 34 / 67 (638.7432) | 43 (159.9772) | 16 (165.1316) | 37 (158.8572) | 42 (154.7772) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 21 / 58 (640.4912) | 13 (165.7372) | 13 (164.5828) | 13 (166.2400) | 49 (143.9312) |
| 2013-11-01 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 16 / 75 (676.4912) | 61 (158.2628) | 20 (168.5484) | 15 (170.8228) | 3 (178.8572) |