Dirty Little Pigs BBQ

Dirty Little Pigs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 34 at the KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1462 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,462

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1567

peak 1571 · rated over 32 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 25, 2020

latest Aug 28, 2026 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#169

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

22% of 32 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

701.0972 / 720

Master · Miles City Cowtown Cookoff

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

672.36

last 5 Master vs avg 671.87 (+0.49)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Miles City Cowtown Cookoff

Consistency

±16.52

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.22 · weakest Brisket (166.20)

Road miles

8,916

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 737 mi

Schedule strength

76%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)

Purse competed for

$286K

listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.87 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

1.0856 points from the title

Came within 1.0856 points of the Grand Championship at KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (Jul 12, 2024).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×2

They almost always walk

66% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 66% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.0972 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.0972 at Miles City Cowtown Cookoff — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 14, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Don't Tread on Meat has finished one call ahead of Dirty Little Pigs BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 38%.

8 contests
3 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 38%

A tough matchup

20–4 behind in the head-to-head

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 24 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Steel Smoke BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BURNT TREES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 37% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 37% across 12 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

12 June contests
top 53% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,916 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,916 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 737 miles to Montana BBQ Cookoff.

32 mapped stops
furthest 737 mi

The metronome

±2.29% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.29% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
32 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Montana BBQ Cookoff every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
2026 ↗	Master	#364 (524 pts)	#335 (629 pts)	#425 (539 pts)	#323 (634 pts)	#260 (759 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#522 (343 pts)	#691 (248 pts)	#632 (303 pts)	#464 (438 pts)	#457 (463 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#169 (1,130 pts)	#100 (1,455 pts)	#232 (1,015 pts)	#194 (1,040 pts)	#229 (945 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#338 (617 pts)	#344 (652 pts)	#439 (552 pts)	#412 (517 pts)	#388 (532 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#470 (451 pts)	#473 (471 pts)	#508 (481 pts)	#422 (536 pts)	#382 (621 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#674 (223 pts)	#567 (308 pts)	#710 (233 pts)	#702 (223 pts)	#803 (178 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#741 (109 pts)	#748 (119 pts)	#601 (174 pts)	#766 (114 pts)	#677 (124 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Dirty Little Pigs BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Slightly Sauced

#1,457 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1576

3–8 in 11 shared contests (27% to Dirty Little Pigs BBQ)

These two have cooked 11 of the same contests — Slightly Sauced ahead 8–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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GAME ON BBQ

#1,468 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1567

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 15, 2018

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PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

#1,456 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1588

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Dirty Little Pigs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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KUDZU Q

#1,458 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1568

Careers of much the same size, 23 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Aug 4, 2017

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309 BBQ

#1,465 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1613

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 24 contests, alongside a 71% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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RED VALLEY BBQ

#1,464 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1623

They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Dirty Little Pigs BBQ's first contest.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	24	4	20	17%	⚔ compare
OWENS BBQ	21	7	14	33%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
Phoenix BBQ	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
BnB BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Sheyenne BBQ	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
BURNT TREES BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	12	3	4	180 🔥	153.0972	169.22	top 48%
Pork Ribs	31	8	1	1	178.8800	155.9428	167.28	top 54%
Pork	32	7	0	3	177.7028	158.8572	168.98	top 50%
Brisket	32	11	2	2	178.8572	149.6572	166.20	top 53%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 25%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 54%
Large (40+)	10	top 54%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MN	9	top 48%
SD	8	top 62%
MT	7	top 30%
IA	5	top 71%
ND	3	top 69%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana BBQ Cookoff	4	2	top 21%	Jun 12, 2026
Original SD BBQ Championships	3	18	top 51%	Jun 5, 2026
ND BBQ Championship	3	26	top 69%	May 1, 2026
Miles City Cowtown Cookoff	3	4	top 42%	Jun 14, 2024
MN Masters BBQ	2	12	top 55%	Aug 28, 2026
Minnesota in May	2	12	top 50%	May 9, 2025
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off	2	2	top 47%	Jul 12, 2024
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	2	24	top 88%	Sep 8, 2023
Original SD BBQ Championship	2	16	top 37%	Jun 3, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 8 contests

Contests a season 4.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MN 9 of 32 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 18 9 of them more than once

Opponents faced 422 finished ahead 578 times, behind 680

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

20261 milestone

Aug 28 Most recent contest MN Masters BBQ

20251 milestone

Jun 6 25th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships

20244 milestones

May 10 First category win (Chicken) Minnesota in May
Jun 7 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Montana BBQ Cookoff
Jun 14 Career-best overall score701.0972 Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
Jul 12 Peak power rating (1571) KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off

20232 milestones

Jun 9 First overall podium Montana BBQ Cookoff
Jun 9 First Reserve Championship Montana BBQ Cookoff

20222 milestones

Jul 29 First overall top-10 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
Sep 9 10th tracked contest Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll

20212 milestones

Jun 4 First call Original SD BBQ Championship
Jun 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.9196 Original SD BBQ Championship

20201 milestone

Jul 25 First tracked contest 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18	Montana BBQ Cookoff	Jun 9, 2023
+17	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off	Jul 12, 2024
+15.1	Montana BBQ Cookoff	Jun 7, 2024
+12.8	KTD Smokn' Gobbler	Jul 10, 2026
+12.3	6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 29, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Minnesota in May	May 9, 2025
-10.7	ND BBQ Championship	May 1, 2026
-8.6	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll	Sep 11, 2020
-8.5	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 30, 2021
-8	4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 25, 2020

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	5	1	1	80%	top 51%	95.5%	93.4%
2025	4	1	1	25%	top 56%	94.4%	92.9%
2024	8	3	4	88%	top 38%	97.4%	94.8%
2023	5	1	0	80%	top 50%	96.9%	94.1%
2022	5	1	0	80%	top 52%	94.7%	93.4%
2021	3	0	0	33%	top 72%	93.3%	91.3%
2020	2	0	0	0%	top 95%	89.1%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 28, 2026	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	12 / 22 (678.7312)	15 (169.1084)	20 (161.0972)	2 (177.7028)	7 (170.8228)
Jul 10, 2026	KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN	6 / 33 (687.3828)	9 (172.5484)	—	29 (162.2400)	1 (178.8572)
Jun 12, 2026	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	14 / 29 (675.3484)	3 (175.4400)	24 (162.8228)	19 (165.1200)	4 (171.9656)
Jun 5, 2026	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	23 / 48 (678.1828)	17 (170.8228)	7 (175.4172)	5 (176.5600)	43 (155.3828)
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	62 / 71 (642.1716)	52 (163.9772)	64 (161.0856)	37 (167.4516)	68 (149.6572)
Oct 3, 2025	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	29 / 46 (659.9772)	30 (166.2856)	27 (165.1544)	25 (167.4172)	31 (161.1200)
Jun 13, 2025	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	7 / 33 (679.9432)	23 (162.8232)	12 (163.9656)	3 (175.4172)	1 (177.7372)
Jun 6, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	29 / 48 (668.4576)	26 (169.1316)	30 (166.2516)	20 (170.8344)	31 (162.2400)
May 9, 2025	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	46 / 58 (666.1716)	56 (159.4060)	26 (169.6800)	35 (170.2628)	37 (166.8228)
Sep 27, 2024	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	26 / 47 (660.5372)	30 (164)	40 (158.2972)	32 (162.8000)	5 (175.4400)
Aug 23, 2024	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	15 / 27 (673.0972)	8 (170.8800)	17 (165.1200)	18 (167.9656)	12 (169.1316)
Jul 26, 2024	8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	22 / 28 (669.0400)	13 (169.7028)	8 (172)	11 (171.4172)	26 (155.9200)
Jul 12, 2024	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	2 / 34 (694.8228)	4 (177.1428)	1 (178.8800)	4 (176)	26 (162.8000)
Jun 14, 2024	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	4 / 16 (701.0972)	1 (180)	4 (176.5600)	7 (173.1200)	7 (171.4172)
Jun 7, 2024	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	3 / 28 (699.9428)	1 (180)	12 (169.6684)	3 (175.4172)	4 (174.8572)
May 31, 2024	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	17 / 32 (674.1600)	17 (169.7028)	24 (163.9544)	20 (167.3828)	12 (173.1200)
May 10, 2024	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	12 / 58 (689.6456)	1 (179.4400)	33 (169.1200)	16 (173.7028)	38 (167.3828)
Sep 8, 2023	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	24 / 28 (662.1944)	25 (161.6572)	8 (170.8456)	22 (164.5600)	18 (165.1316)
Jul 28, 2023	7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	18 / 32 (676.4340)	6 (175.4056)	30 (162.8344)	18 (168.5256)	16 (169.6684)
Jun 16, 2023	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	12 / 22 (686.7428)	9 (173.1200)	12 (170.8228)	13 (170.8228)	10 (171.9772)
Jun 9, 2023	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	2 / 36 (697.6568)	4 (178.2972)	7 (174.8456)	12 (171.4056)	8 (173.1084)
Jun 2, 2023	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	18 / 39 (665.0284)	20 (165.7028)	23 (165.0856)	12 (173.1200)	24 (161.1200)
Sep 9, 2022	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	25 / 28 (656.4688)	27 (158.8460)	23 (162.8228)	17 (165.6800)	10 (169.1200)
Jul 29, 2022	6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	10 / 32 (677.7148)	16 (166.8344)	10 (169.1544)	5 (173.1544)	11 (168.5716)
Jun 24, 2022	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	12 / 26 (681.6456)	9 (173.1200)	7 (173.7028)	17 (168)	16 (166.8228)
Jun 3, 2022	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	19 / 46 (679.3600)	13 (172.5600)	31 (162.2400)	15 (170.2972)	4 (174.2628)
May 13, 2022	Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN	32 / 59 (668.3996)	27 (168.5256)	23 (167.9656)	37 (167.3828)	40 (164.5256)
Jul 30, 2021	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	33 / 35 (646.7084)	30 (160.5600)	25 (162.8228)	16 (168.5256)	34 (154.8000)
Jul 16, 2021	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	29 / 33 (652.4116)	20 (167.9772)	16 (167.9772)	31 (159.9428)	32 (156.5144)
Jun 4, 2021	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	16 / 49 (671.9196)	7 (174.8456)	23 (167.4056)	31 (164.5600)	26 (165.1084)
Sep 11, 2020	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	28 / 29 (637.0288)	29 (153.0972)	12 (172)	27 (158.8572)	27 (153.0744)
Jul 25, 2020	4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	28 / 30 (641.5316)	23 (163.9544)	30 (155.9428)	24 (161.6916)	22 (159.9428)

Dirty Little Pigs BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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