The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Bearded One BBQ has finished one call ahead of Lipstick on the Pig 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Lipstick on the Pig
Lipstick on the Pig is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 26th of 29 at the Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) (2023). They finished #930 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1456
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Oct 20, 2023
latest May 3, 2025 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±69.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.96 · weakest Chicken (149.69)
Road miles
68
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
586.77 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Lipstick on the Pig, each with one reason worth a look.
Lipstick on the Pig has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 123 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,316 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Fewer contests behind them than Lipstick on the Pig has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
They were already cooking in 2018, 5 years before Lipstick on the Pig's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Level with Lipstick on the Pig on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Lipstick on the Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Lipstick on the Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,326 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Lipstick on the Pig's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4060 | 137.7144 | 149.69 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 143.9316 | 156.64 | top 87% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 155.3828 | 159.96 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 148.5488 | 158.57 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 100% | May 3, 2025 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 90% | Oct 21, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NJ
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
89
finished ahead 6 times, behind 182
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Oct 21, 2023 → May 2, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- Peak power rating (1489) Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- First call Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best overall score642.7660 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7144 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | May 2, 2025 |
| -11.1 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | May 3, 2025 |
| -11.1 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| -10.4 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Oct 21, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.1% | 75.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 90% | 89.3% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2025 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 34 / 34 (467.3372) | — | 33 (143.9316) | 33 (158.8112) | 21 (164.5944) |
| May 3, 2025 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Blairstown, NJ | — | — | 14 (153.6572) | — | — |
| May 2, 2025 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 33 / 33 (619.8748) | 29 (163.4060) | 33 (152.5372) | 32 (155.3828) | 32 (148.5488) |
| May 2, 2025 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ | — | 21 (145.1088) | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 26 / 29 (642.7660) | 29 (150.8000) | 22 (165.7144) | 23 (162.8344) | 17 (163.4172) |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Jackson, NJ | — | — | 10 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 31 / 34 (617.1088) | 34 (137.7144) | 26 (158.8916) | 29 (162.8000) | 22 (157.7028) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Jackson, NJ | — | 18 (151.4056) | — | — | — |