A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pigs'R' Us ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pigs'R' Us has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Fire and Keystones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2015-10-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.63
last 4 Master vs avg 641.63 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.99 · weakest Brisket (152.71)
Road miles
48
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
641.63 / 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.
Fire and Keystones 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 146 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.
#4444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Fire and Keystones)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fire and Keystones has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 152
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1708
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Fire and Keystones)
They've been 1708 at their best, 234 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Fire and Keystones did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fire and Keystones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 159.3944 | 165.99 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 143.8968 | 158.97 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 157.6340 | 163.96 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 143.4284 | 152.71 | top 82% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 74% | 2015-10-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2015-10-01
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.99 · weakest Brisket (152.71)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.63
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
167
60–187 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1491) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2014
- First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9088 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score659.9088 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
| -7.1 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | 2014-03-14 |
| -6.2 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2014-10-02 |
| -4.4 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2015-10-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 90% | 89% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-01 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 18 / 25 (659.9088) | 9 (170.8344) | 6 (173.7144) | 22 (159.9428) | 20 (155.4172) |
| 2014-10-02 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 24 / 32 (647.9200) | 27 (159.3944) | 28 (157.1316) | 3 (177.7028) | 29 (153.6912) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 72 / 95 (633.5652) | 9 (173.7372) | 92 (143.8968) | 79 (157.6340) | 61 (158.2972) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 78 / 100 (625.1420) | 71 (159.9996) | 60 (161.1428) | 61 (160.5712) | 92 (143.4284) |