Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.1084 at Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKING STUDS BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Jiggy With The Piggy (2019-05-03).
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Baloney Joe's has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ 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-headLevel with Baloney Joe's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Baloney Joe's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Baloney Joe's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB'S BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JL Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BAYOU POKER SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 154.2858 | 165.13 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 154.2744 | 166.17 | top 49% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 155.9656 | 162.73 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 158.2400 | 162.34 | top 63% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 57% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiggy With The Piggy | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 74% | 2022-05-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2013-05-10 |
| +4.5 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2019-09-20 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 2023-05-05 |
| -5.8 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 2019-05-03 |
| -5 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off | 2023-10-13 |
| -2.9 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 2022-05-13 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 82% | 92.1% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 92.4% | 90.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 19 / 25 (663.2800) | 15 (167.3828) | 10 (173.1200) | 21 (163.4172) | 21 (159.3600) |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 31 / 35 (657.5544) | 30 (165.1316) | 16 (171.9772) | 34 (157.6572) | 28 (162.7884) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 31 / 46 (655.9088) | 5 (178.2972) | 39 (154.2744) | 35 (161.0972) | 29 (162.2400) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 🏅 Salisbury, NC | 26 / 56 (665.1084) | 31 (165.7028) | 4 (176.0000) | 48 (155.9656) | 23 (167.4400) |
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 48 / 60 (639.2456) | 46 (159.9656) | 45 (158.8000) | 36 (162.2400) | 45 (158.2400) |
| 2013-05-10 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 19 / 58 (657.1428) | 50 (154.2858) | 24 (162.8572) | 3 (176.0000) | 19 (163.9998) |