A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PIGSKINERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2014-10-02
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
589.48
last 4 Master vs avg 589.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 152.43 · weakest Brisket (140.65)
Road miles
40
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
589.48 / 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.
PIGSKINERS BBQ 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 114 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.
#5185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to PIGSKINERS BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIGSKINERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIGSKINERS BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after PIGSKINERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIGSKINERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
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#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
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 | 158.3316 | 135.3716 | 147.70 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 131.9660 | 148.70 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 141.6916 | 152.43 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 119.3144 | 140.65 | top 80% |
“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 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2014-10-02
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 152.43 · weakest Brisket (140.65)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
589.48
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
815
97–1,047 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
40
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5828 Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- 2014
- Career-best overall score608.5260 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Most recent contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -11.6 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2013-05-03 |
| -9.4 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -8.6 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2013-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 83.7% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 495 / 552 (608.5260) | 415 (158.3316) | 480 (151.3828) | 485 (150.8572) | 491 (147.9544) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 505 / 535 (575.2804) | 439 (151.3944) | 188 (162.8800) | 512 (141.6916) | 525 (119.3144) |
| 2013-08-23 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 25 / 31 (571.2576) | 27 (135.3716) | 30 (131.9660) | 13 (164.5828) | 24 (139.3372) |
| 2013-05-03 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 27 / 31 (602.8566) | 29 (145.7140) | 28 (148.5712) | 27 (152.5714) | 17 (156.0000) |