They almost always walk
88%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Piiripealsed
Piiripealsed is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 10 at the BBQ Festival (2022). They are ranked #3810 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2019
latest Aug 14, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
75% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.58 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.63 (+12.95)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.20 · weakest Pork (163.04)
Road miles
42
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
655.63 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #844 (136 pts) | #876 (156 pts) | #931 (146 pts) | #1060 (101 pts) | #902 (126 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Piiripealsed, each with one reason worth a look.
134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,807 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Piiripealsed's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Piiripealsed's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with Piiripealsed on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,808 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Symphony | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Insomnia BBQ Team | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Dreamfire BBQ Team | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Rüütlid | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 154.2284 | 163.19 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 142.8116 | 165.20 | top 49% |
| Pork | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 170.2972 | 148.5372 | 163.04 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 172.5828 | 143.9428 | 164.19 | top 46% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 61% | Aug 15, 2025 |
| BBQ Festival | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 61% | Aug 19, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
54
finished ahead 41 times, behind 64
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Aug 16, 2019 → Aug 21, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
- Most recent contest Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score686.1596 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
20204 milestones
- First call BBQ Festival 2020
- First overall top-10 BBQ Festival 2020
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.1084 BBQ Festival 2020
- Peak power rating (1491) BBQ Festival 2020
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest BBQ Festival 2019
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +3.4 | BBQ Festival 2020 | Aug 21, 2020 |
| +2.3 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| +0.1 | BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | BBQ Festival 2019 | Aug 16, 2019 |
| -5.5 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -3.5 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Aug 15, 2025 |
| -1.8 | BBQ Festival 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 95% | 95% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 Tallinn | 9 / 17 (683.9312) | 16 (165.1084) | 4 (176.5600) | 10 (169.6800) | 6 (172.5828) |
| Aug 15, 2025 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue | 8 / 11 (663.8624) | 8 (158.8572) | 4 (170.2628) | 9 (169.6684) | 7 (165.0740) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish | 8 / 16 (686.1596) | 6 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1200) | 13 (166.8112) | 9 (171.9656) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish | 11 / 15 (633.0056) | 12 (154.2284) | 8 (162.2628) | 14 (148.5372) | 4 (167.9772) |
| Aug 19, 2022 | BBQ Festival Saue Parish | 6 / 10 (675.9196) | 3 (170.2972) | 5 (171.9884) | 8 (165.1084) | 3 (168.5256) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish | 8 / 13 (623.3604) | 9 (158.2744) | 11 (142.8116) | 3 (170.2972) | 7 (151.9772) |
| Aug 21, 2020 | BBQ Festival 2020 Saue Parish | 6 / 13 (665.1084) | 6 (166.2628) | 2 (172.5828) | 12 (154.8112) | 2 (171.4516) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish | 16 / 18 (613.6572) | 15 (158.2628) | 16 (152.0116) | 11 (159.4400) | 16 (143.9428) |