CONVICTED PIGS BBQ WV

Power ranking

#693

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1566

peak 1573

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-22

latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#111

Master 2021

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

26 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3944

Marietta River City BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

680.84 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 672.06 (+8.78)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

Consistency

±13.40

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.27 · weakest Pork (166.95)

Road miles

4451

mi across 46 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has finished one call ahead of CONVICTED PIGS BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CIRCLE L BBQ in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 35% across 10 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, WV first)

Little E's Que #1162 · 1525 · WV BROTHER-UNCLE BARBEQUE #1671 · 1498 · WV MASON JAR BBQ #2648 · 1448 · WV Off The Bone #2792 · 1435 · WV T & S BBQ #108 · 1720 · WV D’Qued Barbeque #99 · 1730 · WV

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	24	2	6	178.2972	156.0000	170.27	top 38%
Pork Ribs	46	19	0	5	176.5716	154.8572	167.00	top 49%
Pork	41	15	0	3	176.5600	153.6344	166.95	top 52%
Brisket	41	21	3	12	180.0000 🔥	146.2284	167.92	top 41%

“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	Avg finish
WV	14	top 48%
OH	10	top 39%
VA	5	top 50%
MD	5	top 51%
PA	4	top 48%
IN	2	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	11	top 45%
Medium (20–39)	20	top 46%
Large (40+)	10	top 48%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in WV (18 of 46 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (46 entries)
All-time average overall score: 672.06
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	1	0	672.9824	672.98
2025	1	1	695.9544	695.95
2024	2	0	699.3944	684.24
2023	4	0	666.8004	657.25
2022	5	1	691.9200	688.30
2021	15	2	693.0860	675.48
2020	5	0	683.8972	672.96
2019	13	1	675.3600	664.19

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-19	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) Buckhannon, WV	22 / 29 (672.9824)	5 (176.5600)	17 (168.5256)	29 (158.7884)	17 (169.1084)
2025-06-13	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	3 / 30 (695.9544)	16 (169.6916)	4 (173.1428)	8 (173.1200)	1 (180.0000)
2024-06-14	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	19 / 30 (669.0856)	29 (156.0000)	2 (176.0000)	6 (173.1200)	21 (163.9656)
2024-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	2 / 13 (699.3944)	5 (172.5716)	7 (171.9656)	2 (176.5600)	2 (178.2972)
2023-06-16	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	18 / 28 (666.8004)	23 (159.9544)	11 (170.8916)	18 (164.5372)	10 (171.4172)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	24 / 42 (653.6228)	20 (167.3828)	2 (176.0000)	27 (162.2400)	39 (148.0000)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Marietta, OH	—	—	8 (168.5600)	—	—
2023-04-21	WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown Cottageville, WV	5 / 15 (651.3144)	6 (160.5372)	4 (165.6916)	6 (160.5600)	3 (164.5256)
2022-06-17	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV	6 / 20 (691.9200)	11 (168.5256)	7 (173.7144)	9 (170.8228)	2 (178.8572)
2022-04-29	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	4 / 25 (690.2628)	7 (174.8456)	12 (166.8688)	8 (171.4056)	1 (177.1428)
2022-04-22	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Ripley, WV	6 / 17 (682.7196)	6 (172.5484)	4 (174.2628)	7 (169.6684)	9 (166.2400)
2022-04-01	Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B Buckhannon, WV	—	—	6 (170.2628)	—	—
2022-04-01	Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A Buckhannon, WV	—	—	2 (173.7260)	—	—
2021-10-16	Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA	10 / 15 (680.9940)	5 (171.9656)	14 (160.5028)	3 (175.4172)	3 (173.1084)
2021-10-15	Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA	2 / 15 (690.7884)	3 (176.5600)	12 (167.3828)	6 (173.1428)	2 (173.7028)
2021-08-28	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD	16 / 20 (669.6572)	9 (171.4400)	11 (170.2744)	18 (158.8116)	10 (169.1312)
2021-08-27	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD	13 / 24 (663.3372)	1 (176.0000)	6 (167.9656)	21 (153.6344)	11 (165.7372)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	13 / 54 (672.4800)	13 (171.4172)	27 (166.2400)	18 (168.0000)	18 (166.8228)
2021-07-17	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 Morgantown, WV	9 / 15 (677.5884)	9 (170.8228)	10 (167.3828)	13 (167.3828)	4 (172.0000)
2021-07-16	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 Morgantown, WV	13 / 18 (669.5888)	5 (174.2628)	12 (170.8344)	15 (162.8116)	11 (161.6800)
2021-06-18	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV	14 / 28 (673.1316)	15 (165.1544)	15 (166.2972)	9 (173.7144)	14 (167.9656)
2021-05-15	Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV	9 / 15 (671.9200)	5 (174.8572)	12 (155.9656)	11 (163.9428)	1 (177.1544)
2021-05-14	Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 Mannington, WV	11 / 18 (659.2796)	10 (167.9772)	14 (158.8112)	9 (170.2512)	11 (162.2400)
2021-05-01	Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest B Buckhannon, WV	—	—	11 (155.9428)	—	—
2021-05-01	Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest A Buckhannon, WV	—	—	5 (169.6800)	—	—
2021-04-23	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	13 / 29 (673.0856)	13 (165.7028)	13 (168.5600)	18 (165.1200)	9 (173.7028)
2021-04-17	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD	6 / 34 (693.0860)	11 (173.7144)	2 (176.5716)	26 (163.9428)	3 (178.8572)
2021-04-16	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD	9 / 47 (686.2628)	6 (173.7028)	14 (170.3316)	17 (169.6684)	12 (172.5600)
2020-10-29	The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA	14 / 33 (683.8972)	30 (166.2400)	15 (171.9772)	19 (169.6800)	3 (176.0000)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills Hillsboro, OH	22 / 41 (666.7884)	6 (174.8572)	10 (170.2628)	37 (154.2628)	19 (167.4056)
2020-07-24	Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA	15 / 59 (669.6800)	3 (174.8572)	46 (157.6800)	28 (166.8456)	16 (170.2972)
2020-06-20	Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) Franklin, IN	28 / 63 (671.9772)	5 (175.4400)	46 (161.6916)	34 (167.4172)	30 (167.4284)
2020-06-19	Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN	28 / 69 (672.4684)	3 (175.4056)	58 (158.2400)	22 (170.8228)	30 (168.0000)
2019-10-18	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	13 / 28 (669.5656)	9 (171.4056)	25 (157.6688)	18 (165.0856)	3 (175.4056)
2019-09-20	Smokin in The Hills	14 / 38 (675.3600)	5 (176.5600)	14 (168.0344)	19 (167.3828)	22 (163.3828)
2019-08-30	PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival Hilliard, OH	16 / 28 (675.3140)	1 (178.2972)	14 (169.6800)	23 (162.7884)	19 (164.5484)
2019-08-02	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition CINCINNATI, OH	11 / 31 (675.3024)	17 (168.5484)	12 (167.3944)	15 (168.5484)	7 (170.8112)
2019-07-05	Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival East Liverpool, OH	5 / 11 (666.1368)	2 (173.7028)	6 (164.5372)	3 (170.2628)	9 (157.6340)
2019-06-14	Smokin On The Buffalo Mannington, WV	6 / 16 (669.0056)	10 (159.3828)	2 (170.8344)	5 (169.6800)	4 (169.1084)
2019-06-07	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV	7 / 31 (673.6228)	18 (163.9428)	6 (169.1544)	5 (169.1200)	6 (171.4056)
2019-05-25	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 Gettysburg, PA	21 / 32 (674.7312)	7 (173.1200)	25 (162.8228)	17 (170.2628)	20 (168.5256)
2019-05-24	Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 Gettysburg, PA	26 / 33 (655.9084)	15 (168.5600)	31 (154.8572)	25 (165.0856)	18 (167.4056)
2019-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	6 / 26 (663.9312)	19 (161.7256)	17 (163.3828)	10 (165.0972)	2 (173.7256)
2019-04-19	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	45 / 54 (636.9828)	33 (165.1084)	38 (159.3944)	34 (163.9888)	51 (148.4912)
2019-03-23	BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) Urbanna, VA	28 / 52 (658.7196)	21 (171.9656)	10 (171.9656)	15 (168.5600)	49 (146.2284)
2019-03-22	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	47 / 63 (639.8968)	18 (169.7028)	43 (159.9428)	34 (163.4056)	60 (146.8456)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#754 (74 pts)	#579 (184 pts)	#820 (99 pts)	#1001 (59 pts)	#728 (99 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#649 (230 pts)	#1070 (100 pts)	#804 (205 pts)	#857 (150 pts)	#593 (280 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#548 (323 pts)	#744 (218 pts)	#559 (398 pts)	#494 (408 pts)	#590 (313 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#555 (318 pts)	#614 (303 pts)	#358 (711 pts)	#602 (303 pts)	#488 (403 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#428 (517 pts)	#515 (427 pts)	#302 (842 pts)	#514 (422 pts)	#371 (647 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#111 (1380 pts)	#61 (1666 pts)	#115 (1371 pts)	#136 (1223 pts)	#55 (1760 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#267 (418 pts)	#123 (888 pts)	#301 (423 pts)	#350 (343 pts)	#211 (548 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#225 (1233 pts)	#142 (1505 pts)	#208 (1263 pts)	#216 (1238 pts)	#150 (1456 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#265 (1190 pts)	#320 (1030 pts)	#311 (1035 pts)	#184 (1405 pts)	#212 (1350 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1129 (271 pts)	#1200 (271 pts)	#1140 (296 pts)	#995 (366 pts)	#861 (446 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2260 (75 pts)	#2292 (70 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)