A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIGGIN' OUT ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIGGIN' OUT has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Loan Star Bar B Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2015-05-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.35
last 3 Master vs avg 611.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.52 · weakest Brisket (145.30)
Road miles
519
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
611.35 / 720
3 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.
Loan Star Bar B Que has 3 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Loan Star Bar B Que did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Loan Star Bar B Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 115.1888 | 147.94 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.1088 | 161.52 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 146.8800 | 156.59 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 140.5488 | 145.30 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 91% | 2015-05-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-05-01
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.52 · weakest Brisket (145.30)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
611.35
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
59
9–59 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
519
4 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest PorktoberQue
- Peak power rating (1490) PorktoberQue
- 2014
- First call George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- 2015
- Career-best overall score647.4056 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-02 |
| -9.8 | PorktoberQue | 2013-09-27 |
| -7.9 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | 2015-05-01 |
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 | 0% | top 89% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 93% | 78.5% | 78.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-01 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | 24 / 27 (647.4056) | 15 (166.3200) | 13 (168.5600) | 26 (158.8684) | 27 (153.6572) |
| 2014-09-12 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-05-02 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS | 14 / 15 (565.4976) | 15 (115.1888) | 6 (162.8800) | 14 (146.8800) | 14 (140.5488) |
| 2013-09-27 | PorktoberQue Dothan, AL | 24 / 29 (621.1432) | 19 (162.3200) | 24 (153.1088) | 19 (164.0344) | 28 (141.6800) |