They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Flaming Pig BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1511 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-05-18
latest 2015-08-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.04 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 621.12 (-7.07)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±45.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.14 · weakest Pork (142.69)
Road miles
18,425
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 4484 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
621.12 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−19.4
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 19.44 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 38%.
- Pork avg 142.69
- Pork Ribs avg 162.14
- 2 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smaakmakers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
4 of 4
shared pork ribs entries lost
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.
A May team
Top 32%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 32% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.
- 3 May contests
- top 60% the rest of the year
The long haul
18,425
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,425 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,484 miles to Smoke in the North.
- 8 mapped stops
- furthest 4,484 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.
131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1509
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Flaming Pig BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Flaming Pig BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3499 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3509 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Level with Flaming Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3481 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3510 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 170.2628 | 151.9772 | 160.54 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 146.7772 | 162.14 | top 42% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 20.0000 | 142.69 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 133.6228 | 155.74 | top 59% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
| EU | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2013-05-18 → 2015-08-01
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
1 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 1 win · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.14 · weakest Pork (142.69)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Master average
621.12
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
310
142–229 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
18,425
8 mapped stops · furthest 4,484 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1511 · #3493 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1511) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5540 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Career-best overall score653.5540 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0000 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q
- 2015
- First category win (Chicken) Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2013-05-18 |
| +5.7 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2015-05-23 |
| +3.6 | Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ | 2015-05-09 |
| +2.5 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | 2014-10-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Smoke in the North | 2015-08-01 |
| -9.9 | Hog Happnin' | 2014-10-31 |
| -5.2 | Smoke in the North | 2014-08-02 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 57% | 90.1% | 82.8% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 67% | 90.8% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 89.1% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-01 | Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | 25 / 26 (503.4172) | 21 (151.9772) | 9 (167.4744) | 26 (20.0000) | 9 (163.9656) |
| 2015-05-23 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, | 23 / 68 (649.0400) | 8 (170.2628) | 13 (165.7144) | 16 (167.4056) | 61 (145.6572) |
| 2015-05-09 | Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel, | 16 / 38 (636.4688) | 1 (169.6916) | 18 (157.1544) | 23 (155.4172) | 20 (154.2056) |
| 2014-10-31 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 54 / 61 (627.7256) | 54 (157.6456) | 59 (146.7772) | 50 (158.2172) | 36 (165.0856) |
| 2014-10-17 | 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL | 19 / 42 (653.5540) | 33 (155.9312) | 10 (167.9772) | 28 (157.6456) | 4 (172.0000) |
| 2014-08-02 | Smoke in the North Olofstorp Sweden, EU | 10 / 15 (642.8800) | 10 (159.4400) | 4 (167.4400) | 10 (160.5944) | 11 (155.4056) |
| 2013-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 84 / 97 (614.1256) | 87 (153.6800) | 45 (165.7028) | 65 (161.1200) | 96 (133.6228) |
| 2013-05-18 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands, | 6 / 32 (641.7138) | 2 (165.7142) | 12 (158.8568) | 10 (161.1428) | 17 (156.0000) |