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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-08-16
latest 2026-08-14
Best ToY finish
#844
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 8 contests
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
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±26.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.20 · weakest Pork (163.04)
Road miles
42
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
655.63 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
High-water mark
686.1596
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.1596 at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-16
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ Symphony ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ Symphony has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 71% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sleeping Beauties of BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
6 of 8
shared pork ribs entries lost
BBQ Symphony ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BBQ Symphony has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
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.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1487
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#3790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
Level with Piiripealsed on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Piiripealsed's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Piiripealsed's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Piiripealsed's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 61% | 2025-08-15 |
| BBQ Festival | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 61% | 2022-08-19 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7 yrs
2019-08-16 → 2026-08-14
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Contests visited
6
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.20 · weakest Pork (163.04)
Walk rate
88%
a top-10 call in 7 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
6 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
655.63
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
41–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
42
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2019-08-16 → 2020-08-21
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #3784 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest BBQ Festival 2019
- 2020
- 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 (1492) BBQ Festival 2020
- 2024
- Career-best overall score686.1596 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
- Most recent contest Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2024-08-16 |
| +3.5 | BBQ Festival 2020 | 2020-08-21 |
| +2.3 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | 2026-08-14 |
| +0.1 | BBQ Festival | 2022-08-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | BBQ Festival 2019 | 2019-08-16 |
| -5.5 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | 2023-08-18 |
| -3.4 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2025-08-15 |
| -1.7 | BBQ Festival 2021 | 2021-08-20 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 Tallinn, 15026 | 9 / 17 (683.9312) | 16 (165.1084) | 4 (176.5600) | 10 (169.6800) | 6 (172.5828) |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue, 76505 | 8 / 11 (663.8624) | 8 (158.8572) | 4 (170.2628) | 9 (169.6684) | 7 (165.0740) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish, 76505 | 8 / 16 (686.1596) | 6 (174.2628) | 7 (173.1200) | 13 (166.8112) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 11 / 15 (633.0056) | 12 (154.2284) | 8 (162.2628) | 14 (148.5372) | 4 (167.9772) |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ Festival Saue Parish, 76505 | 6 / 10 (675.9196) | 3 (170.2972) | 5 (171.9884) | 8 (165.1084) | 3 (168.5256) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish, 76505 | 8 / 13 (623.3604) | 9 (158.2744) | 11 (142.8116) | 3 (170.2972) | 7 (151.9772) |
| 2020-08-21 | BBQ Festival 2020 Saue Parish, | 6 / 13 (665.1084) | 6 (166.2628) | 2 (172.5828) | 12 (154.8112) | 2 (171.4516) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501 | 16 / 18 (613.6572) | 15 (158.2628) | 16 (152.0116) | 11 (159.4400) | 16 (143.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #844 (136 pts) | #876 (156 pts) | #931 (146 pts) | #1060 (101 pts) | #902 (126 pts) |