A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
Rudes BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Rudes BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Diabolical Pig
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-08-20
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#273
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
282.80 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 288.42 (-5.62)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±58.61
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.99)
Road miles
215
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
288.42 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Whatcha Smokin' in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1446
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Diabolical Pig)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5678 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Diabolical Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Diabolical Pig's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Level with Diabolical Pig on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Rudes BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Ishy Links BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Shmack Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T.J.D. Smokehouse | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Stone Cold Grillers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| All Smoked Up BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 151.3944 | 155.67 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9888 | 139.9316 | 154.99 | top 72% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 76% | 2025-08-16 |
| Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 81% | 2026-06-19 |
| Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 95% | 2024-06-14 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2026-06-19
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.99)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Backyard average
288.42
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
36–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
215
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,250
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-06-14 → 2025-06-20
Power rating
1446
peak 1446 · #5664 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- First call Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9316 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score327.9316 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.9888 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Most recent contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-06-14 |
| -11.7 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-06-17 |
| -10 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-08-20 |
| -9.1 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-19 |
| -6.7 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-08-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86% | 86% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 91.1% | 89% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 40.8% | 40.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 88.1% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 38 / 41 (309.5768) | 37 (157.6340) | 40 (151.9428) | — | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 17 / 20 (312.5600) | 18 (157.7256) | 17 (154.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 25 / 36 (327.9316) | 31 (159.9428) | 19 (167.9888) | — | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 40 / 40 (146.8000) | — | 39 (146.8000) | — | — |
| 2023-08-19 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 19 / 32 (317.1316) | 27 (151.3944) | 8 (165.7372) | — | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 30 / 33 (311.9088) | 31 (154.2172) | 22 (157.6916) | — | — |
| 2022-08-20 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 17 / 20 (293.0628) | 15 (153.1312) | 16 (139.9316) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #300 (60 pts) | #304 (60 pts) | #311 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #273 (145 pts) | #281 (140 pts) | #259 (175 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | — | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #271 (115 pts) | #191 (225 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #286 (95 pts) | #302 (90 pts) | — | — |