Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team

Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 59 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 38 at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1096 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,096

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1595

peak 1595 · rated over 46 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2019

latest Jun 5, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#72

Backyard 2024 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

34% of 59 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

512.5144 / 540

Backyard · Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

Perfect 180s

Current form

345.80 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 336.64 (+9.16)

Walk rate

61%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS)

Consistency

±9.51

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.40 · weakest Brisket (151.39)

Road miles

4,380

across 59 mapped stops · furthest 281 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Purse competed for

$378K

listed at 52 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

336.64 / 360

37 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

491.20 / 540

10 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.0228 points from the title

Came within 0.0228 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Falls (Apr 12, 2019).

On the rise

+43 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 43 points across 7 contests since Sep 5, 2025 — from 1553 up to 1595.

7 contests since Sep 5, 2025
now 1595

They almost always walk

61% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 59 contests

A top-10 category call in 61% of their 59 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

512.5144 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 540

Their best day on record: 512.5144 at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) — 94.9% of a perfect 540.

Backyard
Aug 6, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Wee Daddy's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–5 behind in the head-to-head

NORALA BBQ TEAM ahead in 82% of their meetings

NORALA BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 23 of their 28 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JT'S SMOKE SHACK in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

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Built for the big stage

Top 39% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 39% finish in large fields against top 49% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 39% (7)
Small (<20 teams): top 49% (9)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 33% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 33% across 10 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

10 April contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,380 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,380 miles across 59 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 281 miles to Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY).

59 mapped stops
furthest 281 mi

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 ↗	Backyard	#150 (292 pts)	#191 (217 pts)	#133 (422 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#95 (605 pts)	#75 (734 pts)	#65 (848 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	—	#598 (311 pts)	#515 (435 pts)	#819 (164 pts)	#1114 (79 pts)
2024 ↗	Backyard	#72 (755 pts)	#44 (923 pts)	#100 (593 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#68 (832 pts)	#65 (921 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	—	#563 (393 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#61 (752 pts)	#104 (437 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#38 (846 pts)	#79 (416 pts)	—	—
2020 ↗	Backyard	—	#30 (372 pts)	#56 (207 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Rankin County BBQ Company

#1,098 of the rated field

1595 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1623

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 37 contests
last seen May 24, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

LaTa-Que

#1,097 of the rated field

1595 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1614

Fewer contests behind them than Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team has cooked, 38 to 59, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2026

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SIX BUTT BBQ

#1,094 of the rated field

1595 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1595

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 69 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 69 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Backroads BBQ

#1,090 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1596

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 27 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2024

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DIXIE BOYS BBQ

#1,100 of the rated field

1595 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1595

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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The Smoking J's

#1,091 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1597

Level with Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Jan 24, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LEE LA Q	39	14	25	36%	⚔ compare
RIBLIFE	28	8	20	29%	⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	28	6	22	21%	⚔ compare
NORALA BBQ TEAM	28	5	23	18%	⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ	27	10	17	37%	⚔ compare
HELL ON SQUEALS	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
The Real Squeal BBQ	25	10	15	40%	⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover	25	7	17	28%	⚔ compare
Pork Life	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
2 Swine Crew	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
Bentley Que	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
BAMA BOYS BBQ	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	18	11	7	61%	⚔ compare
Deviant Smoke	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	49	22	1	10	178.8572	148.5600	170.40	top 41%
Pork Ribs	52	18	1	5	179.4400	141.6572	164.87	top 59%
Pork	15	10	1	1	175.4056	155.3828	165.75	top 51%
Brisket	1	0	0	0	151.3944	151.3944	151.39	top 95%

“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)	9	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	32	top 53%
Large (40+)	7	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	43	top 51%
TN	2	top 40%
MS	2	top 44%
GA	1	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	7	3	top 50%	Jun 5, 2026
Smoke on the Falls	6	2	top 49%	Apr 3, 2026
Poosa Q	4	6	top 42%	Oct 4, 2024
Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	3	2	top 46%	Oct 11, 2024
Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	5	top 34%	Apr 5, 2024
Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	13	top 61%	Sep 12, 2025
The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	8	top 40%	May 17, 2024
Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	18	top 68%	Jun 11, 2021
Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	6	top 38%	Apr 17, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 12 contests

Contests a season 6.6 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 53 of 59 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 26 9 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 52 entries · 1 win · 18 calls

Opponents faced 724 finished ahead 1,062 times, behind 908

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

20262 milestones

Jun 5 Peak power rating (1595) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Jun 5 Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

20251 milestone

Sep 19 50th tracked contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

20231 milestone

Oct 21 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS)

20221 milestone

Oct 21 25th tracked contest Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)

20212 milestones

Aug 6 First category win (Chicken) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Aug 6 Career-best overall score512.5144 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

20196 milestones

Mar 22 First call Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 5 First overall top-10 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score345.6800 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 12 First overall podium Smoke on the Falls
Apr 12 First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Falls
Oct 11 10th tracked contest Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY)

20181 milestone

Feb 23 First tracked contest D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Aug 6, 2021
+16.5	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 12, 2019
+15.7	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Oct 11, 2024
+15.2	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 7, 2023
+14.8	Poosa-Q	Jun 14, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 11, 2019
-13.2	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Aug 11, 2023
-10.8	Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 5, 2025
-9.7	Smoke on the Falls	Sep 18, 2020
-9.6	Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 22, 2019

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	2	1	0	100%	top 27%	97.5%	96.3%
2025	12	2	0	58%	top 48%	97.5%	95.2%
2024	8	3	0	50%	top 48%	98.7%	94.2%
2023	10	5	1	70%	top 41%	96.3%	93.5%
2022	9	2	1	22%	top 51%	94.7%	92.4%
2021	5	3	1	80%	top 45%	95.1%	92.9%
2020	3	0	0	67%	top 97%	91.4%	89.6%
2019	8	4	0	100%	top 55%	96.3%	91.2%
2018	2	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 5, 2026	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	6 / 26 (350.8344)	9 (175.4172)	6 (175.4172)	18 (168.5256)	—
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	11 / 36 (342.2400)	20 (163.9428)	2 (178.2972)	—	—
Oct 25, 2025	Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) Cleveland, AL	5 / 16 (350.8344)	2 (178.8572)	7 (171.9772)	—	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL	—	3 (176.5600)	—	—	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL	—	—	—	6 (175.4056)	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL	—	—	14 (171.9656)	—	—
Oct 18, 2025	Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Birmingham, AL	—	—	3 (166.8456)	—	—
Sep 20, 2025	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL	7 / 22 (341.1200)	16 (166.2400)	4 (174.8800)	—	—
Sep 19, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Don't Burn the Brisket" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Glencoe, AL	—	—	—	—	18 (151.3944)
Sep 19, 2025	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	12 / 30 (343.9544)	18 (169.6800)	9 (174.2744)	7 (175.4056)	—
Sep 12, 2025	Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL	13 / 28 (343.3944)	21 (168.5256)	8 (174.8688)	—	—
Sep 12, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL	—	—	11 (170.8344)	—	—
Sep 5, 2025	Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL	26 / 29 (333.6344)	24 (169.6800)	21 (163.9544)	—	—
Sep 5, 2025	Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL	—	17 (165.7028)	—	—	—
Oct 11, 2024	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL	2 / 38 (355.4172)	3 (178.8572)	5 (176.5600)	—	—
Oct 4, 2024	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	30 / 59 (337.0744)	32 (168.5372)	30 (168.5372)	—	—
Sep 13, 2024	Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL	25 / 33 (331.3256)	11 (171.9656)	30 (159.3600)	—	—
May 17, 2024	The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN	22 / 39 (335.3600)	18 (170.2628)	26 (165.0972)	—	—
May 4, 2024	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL	15 / 20 (334.7772)	11 (169.6800)	18 (165.0972)	—	—
May 3, 2024	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL	17 / 27 (335.9544)	2 (176.5600)	24 (159.3944)	—	—
Apr 12, 2024	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	8 / 31 (341.6572)	8 (173.1200)	10 (168.5372)	—	—
Apr 5, 2024	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL	5 / 16 (341.6572)	5 (171.9772)	7 (169.6800)	13 (159.3600)	—
Oct 21, 2023	Battle for the Bones (ONE MEAT RIBS) Birmingham, AL	—	—	1 (179.4400)	—	—
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	48 / 73 (323.9200)	43 (165.0972)	51 (158.8228)	—	—
Sep 22, 2023	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #1 Oneonta, AL	9 / 18 (337.0512)	7 (171.9656)	12 (165.0856)	—	—
Sep 22, 2023	O'So Good BBQ Festival (One Meat Ribs) Oneonta, AL	—	—	8 (163.9544)	—	—
Aug 26, 2023	Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL	3 / 17 (343.9772)	3 (176.5600)	7 (167.4172)	—	—
Aug 11, 2023	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	33 / 35 (483.2800)	15 (169.6800)	33 (158.2172)	35 (155.3828)	—
Aug 4, 2023	Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL	17 / 58 (342.2400)	13 (171.9772)	29 (170.2628)	—	—
May 19, 2023	The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN	8 / 34 (343.3944)	17 (170.8228)	7 (172.5716)	—	—
Apr 14, 2023	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Chelsea, AL	7 / 17 (501.0284)	11 (162.8000)	3 (170.2628)	7 (167.9656)	—
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	4 / 39 (346.8228)	3 (177.7028)	19 (169.1200)	—	—
Nov 12, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL	32 / 49 (333.0744)	17 (173.1200)	41 (159.9544)	—	—
Nov 11, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL	10 / 91 (170.2628)	—	—	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS	16 / 28 (335.3828)	16 (168.5256)	13 (166.8572)	—	—
Oct 7, 2022	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL	21 / 38 (328.5028)	12 (171.4056)	30 (157.0972)	—	—
Aug 12, 2022	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL	27 / 35 (492.9940)	28 (163.3828)	17 (168.5256)	29 (161.0856)	—
Jun 3, 2022	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	11 / 25 (483.8512)	5 (167.3828)	15 (153.0856)	7 (163.3828)	—
May 5, 2022	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	28 / 72 (331.3716)	14 (170.8228)	39 (160.5488)	—	—
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	28 / 34 (331.3484)	29 (165.0856)	27 (166.2628)	—	—
Apr 2, 2022	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL	6 / 20 (511.3716)	2 (177.7028)	20 (158.8116)	1 (174.8572)	—
Oct 8, 2021	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL	24 / 31 (322.7312)	18 (166.8228)	28 (155.9084)	—	—
Aug 6, 2021	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	3 / 31 (512.5144)	1 (176.5600)	18 (166.2744)	6 (169.6800)	—
Jun 11, 2021	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	20 / 31 (332.5260)	7 (171.9772)	26 (160.5488)	—	—
May 21, 2021	Twin States Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS	7 / 22 (342.2628)	3 (177.1428)	15 (165.1200)	—	—
Apr 17, 2021	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL	9 / 21 (498.6968)	16 (162.7884)	11 (166.2400)	6 (169.6684)	—
Sep 25, 2020	Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL	19 / 23 (319.9200)	6 (170.2856)	21 (149.6344)	—	—
Sep 18, 2020	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	39 / 28 (318.7428)	19 (167.3828)	47 (151.3600)	—	—
Feb 21, 2020	Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL	17 / 25 (329.0512)	10 (170.8112)	18 (158.2400)	—	—
Oct 11, 2019	Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY) Trussville, AL	16 / 17 (447.9200)	13 (148.5600)	17 (141.6572)	10 (157.7028)	—
Aug 23, 2019	Smoking for a Reason (BACKYARD ONLY) Fort Payne, AL	7 / 11 (485.5772)	3 (172.5600)	10 (153.0628)	9 (159.9544)	—
Aug 9, 2019	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL	19 / 26 (494.7656)	9 (171.9772)	17 (162.2628)	21 (160.5256)	—
Jun 14, 2019	Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	6 / 48 (344.5372)	4 (176.5600)	12 (167.9772)	—	—
Jun 7, 2019	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	18 / 25 (320.5600)	9 (167.9884)	22 (152.5716)	—	—
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	2 / 30 (346.8228)	11 (171.4056)	2 (175.4172)	—	—
Apr 5, 2019	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL	6 / 18 (345.6800)	5 (175.4056)	8 (170.2744)	—	—
Mar 22, 2019	Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL	14 / 17 (316.4112)	12 (161.6456)	15 (154.7656)	6 (167.3828)	—
May 18, 2018	Smoke on the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Feb 23, 2018	D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) D'Iberville, MS	—	—	—	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team

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

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

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)