FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE)

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1704

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1552

peak 1560 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-06-07

latest 2025-08-22

Best ToY finish

#365

Master 2016

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2632 / 720

Master · Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.95 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.39 (+0.55)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Consistency

±14.38

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.09 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.88)

Road miles

5,197

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 585 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

661.39 / 720

17 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (17 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.

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2016-05-14) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE BBQ GURU.

Giant slayer

65 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 65-team field at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition.

2016-05-14

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships here

Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 1st
average top 15%

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.2632 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2632 at Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-07-01

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has finished one call ahead of FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 1 Grand Championship

2016 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

7 contests
5 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

9–3 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 75% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.21 points below their pork, and turns into a call 47% of the time against 65%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.88
Pork avg 168.09
8 calls in 17 entries

The drought

15 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition on 2016-05-14 — 15 contests and 10.3 years ago.

last GC 2016-05-14
10.3 years ago

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PUREBBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Slow Joe's Barn Burner (2020-08-15).

last seen 2017-07-22
back 2020-08-15

Pork nemesis

9 of 12 shared pork entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared pork entries.

A big fish in small ponds

Top 24% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 24% finish in small fields against top 34% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 24% (4)
Large (40+): top 34% (6)

A June team

Top 20% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,197 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,197 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 585 miles to Oslofjord BBQ Challenge.

17 mapped stops
furthest 585 mi

The metronome

±2.00% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.00% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
17 contests

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.

58 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PACS BBQ

#1712 of the rated field

1551 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Scuttlebutts

#1708 of the rated field

1551 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

GETTA QUE

#1691 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE)'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG DICK'S BBQ

#1702 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

FLYING PIG & SONS BBQ

#1698 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

Level with FLAMING PIG BBQ (SE) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2015-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Redneck Grillers

#1690 of the rated field

1552 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1585 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	7	0	0	174.2744	151.9084	165.11	top 51%
Pork Ribs	17	8	0	2	173.1200	149.1088	163.88	top 48%
Pork	17	11	2	2	178.8800	157.1428	168.09	top 37%
Brisket	17	9	0	2	173.7144	151.9544	164.32	top 44%

“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
NL	2	1	top 22%
DE	1	0	top 13%
NR	1	0	top 57%
NO	1	0	top 25%
IT	1	0	top 28%
DK	1	0	top 17%
NE	1	0	top 14%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	0	top 24%
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	6	1	top 34%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	1	1	top 15%	2017-06-03
Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	4	0	top 25%	2017-07-01
Brew N Q (OPEN)	2	16	0	top 66%	2017-05-27

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.2 yrs 2014-06-07 → 2025-08-22

Busiest season 2016 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 2.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 2 of 17 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 17 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.09 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.88)

Walk rate 82% a top-10 call in 14 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 53% 9 of 17 contests

Wins it all 6% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2016-05-14 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 661.39 out of 720 · 17 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 284 369–200 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,197 17 mapped stops · furthest 585 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs 2017-07-22 → 2020-08-15

Power rating 1552 peak 1560 · #1704 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Jun 7 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Jun 7 First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1544 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
2016
May 14 First overall podium Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 14 First Grand Championship Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 14 Biggest field won (65 teams) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Jun 4 First Reserve Championship BBQ by the Sea
Jul 2 First category win (Pork) Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Jul 2 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sep 24 Peak power rating (1560) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
2017
May 26 10th tracked contest Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
Jul 1 Career-best overall score686.2632 Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
2025
Aug 22 Most recent contest Smoke in the North

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2016-05-14
+12.7	BBQ by the Sea	2016-06-04
+12.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2014-06-07
+11	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	2016-09-24
+7.9	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge	2016-08-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV	2017-05-13
-6.8	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	2017-07-22
-5.4	Brew N Q (OPEN)	2017-05-27
-2.3	EUregio Barbecue Festival	2016-08-20
-1.5	Smoke in the North	2025-08-22

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0	100%	top 52%	89.5%	89.5%
2023	1	0	1	0	100%	top 43%	92.6%	92.6%
2020	1	0	1	0	100%	top 29%	92.2%	92.2%
2017	6	0	1	0	50%	top 55%	95.3%	91.2%
2016	7	1	5	2	100%	top 26%	95.3%	92.7%
2014	1	0	1	0	100%	top 14%	91.3%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-08-22	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp,	16 / 31 (644.5144)	9 (166.2400)	28 (149.1088)	8 (168.0000)	17 (161.1656)
2023-08-26	Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp,	9 / 21 (666.7084)	12 (163.9656)	14 (164.5256)	10 (168.5372)	3 (169.6800)
2020-08-15	Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum,	4 / 14 (663.8400)	6 (165.0972)	10 (159.9428)	6 (171.4172)	4 (167.3828)
2017-07-22	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79418	29 / 40 (648.4000)	24 (166.8228)	29 (161.6572)	29 (162.8000)	30 (157.1200)
2017-07-01	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, 31018	4 / 18 (686.2632)	5 (173.1200)	4 (172.5716)	14 (168.5828)	4 (171.9888)
2017-06-03	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG	16 / 56 (667.3372)	31 (164.5372)	29 (160.5600)	5 (171.9772)	11 (170.2628)
2017-05-27	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	24 / 34 (650.1828)	16 (167.9656)	19 (165.1200)	24 (162.8572)	29 (154.2400)
2017-05-26	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	16 / 26 (657.0860)	5 (174.2744)	22 (154.8116)	7 (169.7028)	21 (158.2972)
2017-05-13	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800	38 / 50 (630.1488)	46 (151.9084)	33 (156.5716)	26 (162.2972)	25 (159.3716)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	9 / 67 (666.2172)	55 (154.2400)	3 (173.1200)	18 (166.8572)	6 (172.0000)
2016-08-27	Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL	15 / 35 (666.1828)	25 (166.2512)	4 (170.8228)	6 (171.9772)	32 (157.1316)
2016-08-20	EUregio Barbecue Festival Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR	16 / 28 (659.8512)	6 (170.8228)	27 (156.5256)	17 (166.2400)	10 (166.2628)
2016-08-13	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge OSLO, Norway, NO	7 / 28 (657.0628)	7 (166.8112)	7 (167.4056)	1 (170.8916)	20 (151.9544)
2016-07-02	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy, IT	5 / 18 (683.3828)	15 (166.2400)	8 (170.8456)	1 (178.8800)	10 (167.4172)
2016-06-04	BBQ by the Sea Kerteminde, DK	2 / 12 (653.1200)	7 (162.8228)	2 (169.1544)	6 (157.1428)	4 (164.0000)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	1 / 65 (686.2056)	16 (169.6684)	8 (171.9772)	6 (173.1200)	6 (171.4400)
2014-06-07	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	6 / 43 (657.1544)	27 (156.0000)	13 (161.1772)	10 (166.2628)	3 (173.7144)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#1001 (101 pts)	#899 (141 pts)	#1523 (56 pts)	#854 (151 pts)	#1053 (96 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#907 (131 pts)	#1123 (111 pts)	#1271 (101 pts)	#988 (121 pts)	#743 (221 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#514 (189 pts)	#629 (154 pts)	#762 (114 pts)	#625 (154 pts)	#551 (189 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1092 (289 pts)	#1153 (289 pts)	#1212 (269 pts)	#994 (369 pts)	#1094 (309 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#365 (1033 pts)	#584 (693 pts)	#354 (1048 pts)	#413 (968 pts)	#510 (803 pts)