CROOKED PIGS OR
Rating
1663
peak 1675
Contests
44
in the data
First seen
2019-07-05
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#257
Master 2020
Grand champs
5
3 reserve
Category wins
15
40 podiums
Overall top-10s
23
of 44 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
7 🔥
Current form
692.16 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 673.34 (+18.82)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±81.34
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.85 · weakest Chicken (170.31)
Road miles
32031
mi across 44 mapped stops · furthest 2515 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
RJs Smokehouse has finished one call ahead of CROOKED PIGS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SinBin BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Old Dirty Basters in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 5 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 4.6284 points of the Grand Championship at Western Legends BBQ Contest (2021-08-20).
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 21% across 6 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (2019-09-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS.
Teams like this (closest power rating, OR first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 41 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3716 | 170.31 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 42 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5144 | 171.85 | top 35% |
| Pork | 41 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 153.0972 | 171.62 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 43 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.7028 | 171.71 | top 33% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 12 | 3 | top 30% |
| UT | 11 | 1 | top 37% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 42% |
| ID | 4 | 0 | top 16% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| HI | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| CO | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 9 | 2 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 3 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in OR (12 of 44 contests)
- Most-entered category: Brisket (43 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (2019-09-06)
- Wins it all in 11% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 673.34
- 7 perfect 180s 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 | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 713.7144 | 697.66 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 703.4172 | 687.60 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 700.5484 | 690.43 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 703.9772 | 688.35 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 691.9656 | 685.80 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 685.6000 | 677.63 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 693.0972 | 574.57 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 697.6684 | 683.33 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 13 / 33 (681.6112) | 15 (170.2628) | 9 (174.8456) | 15 (170.8228) | 22 (165.6800) |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 1 / 19 (713.7144) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (176.5600) | 5 (177.7144) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 18 / 90 (693.6112) | 9 (177.7028) | 21 (173.1200) | 34 (171.9772) | 42 (170.8112) |
| 2025-10-10 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 78 / 90 (671.9084) | 87 (161.1200) | 63 (169.1200) | 61 (170.2628) | 40 (171.4056) |
| 2025-08-29 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Meridian, ID | 6 / 39 (699.9656) | 2 (178.8572) | 21 (172.0000) | 5 (177.7028) | 15 (171.4056) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT | 23 / 26 (674.7084) | 21 (167.3828) | 23 (167.9656) | 25 (166.2400) | 14 (173.1200) |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 9 / 32 (690.7656) | 9 (173.1084) | 18 (169.6800) | 4 (177.7144) | 19 (170.2628) |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 5 / 16 (703.4172) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (173.1544) | 2 (178.8572) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2025-05-31 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) Sweet Home, OR | 15 / 28 (684.4800) | 10 (174.2628) | 12 (171.4172) | 19 (170.2628) | 17 (168.5372) |
| 2025-05-30 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) Sweet Home, OR | 23 / 30 (666.1256) | 14 (170.2628) | 26 (160.5144) | 16 (167.9772) | 17 (167.3712) |
| 2025-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 1 / 26 (703.3828) | 17 (166.8228) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 25 / 87 (685.6000) | 46 (169.6800) | 17 (175.4056) | 25 (171.9772) | 40 (168.5372) |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff Salt Lake City, UT | 11 / 16 (675.3832) | 15 (167.3944) | 6 (172.0116) | 7 (173.1428) | 14 (162.8344) |
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff Sweet Home, OR | 12 / 37 (686.2628) | 26 (167.4172) | 17 (170.8572) | 17 (171.4056) | 5 (176.5828) |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 2 / 28 (698.2404) | 12 (170.8460) | 3 (176.5716) | 12 (170.8228) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 4 / 29 (700.5484) | 2 (179.4400) | 7 (174.8572) | 10 (173.7028) | 7 (172.5484) |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 1 / 27 (696.5600) | 16 (170.8572) | 13 (166.2628) | 1 (179.4400) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2023-11-11 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Honolulu, HI | — | — | — | — | 2 (171.4056) |
| 2023-11-10 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" Honolulu, HI | 4 / 18 (684.4800) | 2 (176.5716) | 7 (170.2744) | 7 (168.5256) | 4 (169.1084) |
| 2023-11-10 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 8 (168.5488) | — | — |
| 2023-07-01 | Icebox Cookoff Sweet Home, OR | 22 / 38 (672.4684) | 25 (169.1428) | 1 (175.4172) | 36 (158.2400) | 20 (169.6684) |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 4 / 16 (703.9772) | 3 (176.5828) | 6 (175.4172) | 5 (175.4056) | 2 (176.5716) |
| 2023-05-27 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 3 / 25 (692.4912) | 14 (167.9656) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (176.0000) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 21 / 83 (682.2172) | 27 (171.9888) | 47 (170.2628) | 50 (167.4172) | 22 (172.5484) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 7 / 29 (679.8628) | 17 (166.2400) | 4 (171.9772) | 13 (167.3828) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2022-09-09 | Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT | 11 / 31 (680.4684) | 6 (173.7028) | 10 (170.2628) | 18 (167.9772) | 9 (168.5256) |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 Sweet Home, OR | 7 / 34 (687.8968) | 16 (170.8112) | 10 (173.1200) | 4 (177.1428) | 18 (166.8228) |
| 2022-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 3 / 27 (688.5256) | 4 (174.8800) | 3 (174.8456) | 12 (167.9772) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2022-02-05 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship Puyallup, WA | 2 / 22 (689.6684) | 8 (170.8800) | 4 (174.2744) | 3 (171.4056) | 4 (173.1084) |
| 2022-01-08 | Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 Albany, OR | 1 / 16 (691.9656) | 6 (167.4056) | 2 (176.0228) | 3 (175.4172) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 19 / 70 (683.9428) | 34 (170.2628) | 17 (173.7144) | 16 (172.5600) | 46 (167.4056) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 107 / 185 (677.6228) | 145 (166.2628) | 111 (169.6800) | 43 (174.2628) | 119 (167.4172) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 226 / 467 (663.3716) | 169 (168.5600) | 294 (163.4172) | 407 (153.0972) | 5 (178.2972) |
| 2021-08-20 | Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT | 2 / 26 (685.6000) | 10 (171.9656) | 3 (173.1316) | 16 (163.9428) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 21 / 43 (669.6344) | 36 (165.1660) | 21 (167.9656) | 24 (165.6800) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2020-06-19 | Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship Riverdale, UT | 7 / 32 (693.0972) | 20 (168.5256) | 14 (168.5372) | 2 (177.1772) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO | 86 / 109 (157.7028) | — | — | — | 86 (157.7028) |
| 2020-01-17 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 20 / 59 (670.7656) | 39 (162.8228) | 7 (172.5600) | 25 (166.8228) | 14 (168.5600) |
| 2020-01-03 | Red Rock BBQ Hurrican, UT | 4 / 15 (681.6572) | 14 (164.5256) | 2 (170.2972) | 1 (178.2972) | 8 (168.5372) |
| 2019-09-13 | Bands brews & BBQ Boise, ID | 3 / 25 (697.6684) | 14 (168.5600) | 1 (177.7028) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (173.7028) |
| 2019-09-06 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO | 1 / 28 (691.3488) | 10 (167.3828) | 2 (175.4288) | 5 (171.9772) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2019-08-23 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 9 / 37 (685.5996) | 18 (168.5256) | 16 (167.3828) | 3 (177.1428) | 13 (172.5484) |
| 2019-08-16 | Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off Kanab, UT | 14 / 18 (664.9944) | 16 (159.3716) | 11 (167.9772) | 11 (167.9656) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2019-07-05 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew Dallas, OR | 6 / 16 (677.0624) | 9 (169.1312) | 10 (165.0856) | 7 (166.8456) | 2 (176.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #257 (437 pts) | #479 (237 pts) | #236 (517 pts) | #213 (582 pts) | #220 (532 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #353 (902 pts) | #630 (542 pts) | #387 (862 pts) | #379 (897 pts) | #298 (1042 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #343 (985 pts) | #490 (745 pts) | #264 (1150 pts) | #577 (650 pts) | #341 (995 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #767 (492 pts) | #842 (467 pts) | #922 (422 pts) | #669 (617 pts) | #647 (612 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2060 (95 pts) | #2124 (100 pts) | #2265 (75 pts) | #1793 (135 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #730 (481 pts) | #956 (356 pts) | #421 (886 pts) | #965 (366 pts) | #786 (466 pts) |