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PORK COUNTY BARBECUE

PORK COUNTY BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 45 at the Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge (2022). They are ranked #5245 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,245
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1457
peak 1534 · rated over 44 contests

Contests

44
in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013
latest Apr 4, 2025 · 11.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#486
Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
7% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 64%
overall standings

Best overall

679.3600 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

658.97 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 651.95 (+7.02)

Walk rate

50%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Consistency

±17.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 164.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.39)

Road miles

6,233
across 44 mapped stops · furthest 949 mi

Schedule strength

65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$143K
listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.95 / 720
44 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

679.3600 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.3600 at 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 16, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ has finished one call ahead of PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

  • 3 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 27%

A tough matchup

17–1 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 94% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.31 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 30%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 160.39
  • Brisket avg 164.71
  • 3 calls in 44 entries

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BAYOU POKER SMOKERS in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Back to Mayberry Day 1 (Jun 26, 2020).

  • last seen Aug 3, 2018
  • back Jun 26, 2020
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Brisket nemesis

14 of 18 shared brisket entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 14 of 18 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKEHOUSE 72 has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 45% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 45% across 7 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

  • 7 September contests
  • top 64% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,233 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,233 miles across 44 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 949 miles to Back to Mayberry Day 1.

  • 44 mapped stops
  • furthest 949 mi

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #699 (216 pts) #701 (246 pts) #777 (221 pts) #626 (286 pts) #475 (451 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #508 (369 pts) #530 (374 pts) #666 (314 pts) #421 (504 pts) #411 (494 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #640 (280 pts) #682 (275 pts) #714 (285 pts) #632 (315 pts) #631 (310 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #486 (364 pts) #399 (504 pts) #583 (319 pts) #465 (404 pts) #332 (619 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #530 (180 pts) #565 (180 pts) #459 (255 pts) #553 (180 pts) #554 (185 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1489 (129 pts) #1713 (119 pts) #1598 (124 pts) #1248 (209 pts) #1322 (184 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2057 (85 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #1785 (125 pts) #2038 (100 pts) #1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #544 (731 pts) #612 (666 pts) #541 (771 pts) #497 (811 pts) #309 (1,156 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #931 (340 pts) #1054 (310 pts) #880 (405 pts) #1034 (325 pts) #645 (580 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #834 (403 pts) #1152 (283 pts) #789 (463 pts) #771 (483 pts) #758 (478 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PORK COUNTY BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Sweet Smokin' Jones
#5,248 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1457
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORK COUNTY BARBECUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORK COUNTY BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2025
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Trash Panda BBQ
#5,253 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1457
4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to PORK COUNTY BARBECUE)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Oct 30, 2024
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LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ
#5,250 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
96
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1457

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 96 contests to 44.

  • rated over 96 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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180 PROOF BBQ
#5,220 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1457

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before PORK COUNTY BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 20 contests
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VH BBQ
#5,242 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
21%
Peak
1457

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen May 23, 2026
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HILLTOP HOGGERS
#5,249 of the rated field
1457 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1509

Level with PORK COUNTY BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Apr 21, 2023
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 18 2 16 11% ⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 18 1 17 6% ⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ 17 2 15 12% ⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 16 1 15 6% ⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 15 0 15 0% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES 15 0 15 0% ⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC 14 7 7 50% ⚔ compare
Luscious Loins BBQ 14 2 12 14% ⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q 14 2 12 14% ⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72 13 3 10 23% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS 12 4 8 33% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 44 3 0 0 174.2972 148.4916 163.62 top 65%
Pork Ribs 44 3 1 1 172.5600 136.4800 160.39 top 67%
Pork 44 9 1 1 176.5828 140.4800 163.23 top 61%
Brisket 44 13 0 2 178.8572 144.5372 164.71 top 48%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)220top 68%
Large (40+)220top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA170top 80%
NC170top 53%
VA40top 65%
MO30top 56%
SC20top 53%
NE10top 7%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship 3 28 0 top 78% Apr 4, 2025
King of the Corn 2 31 0 top 82% May 19, 2023
Pigs & Pedals 2 32 0 top 74% Aug 3, 2018
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic 2 17 0 top 25% Sep 16, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 7 0 top 55% Jun 5, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests
Contests a season 3.7 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IA 17 of 44 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 38 5 of them more than once
Opponents faced 808 finished ahead 737 times, behind 1,228
Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Aug 3, 2018 → Jun 26, 2020

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

20251 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Iowa State BBQ Championship
20222 milestones
  1. First overall podium Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
  2. Career-best overall score679.3600 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20211 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
20201 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Back to Mayberry Day 2
20152 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1534) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
  2. 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20142 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork) Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
  2. First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival
  2. First call Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0972 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+19.9Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff ChallengeSep 3, 2022
+10.3Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ ClassicSep 16, 2016
+10.1Sam's Club National BBQ TourJun 13, 2014
+9.9Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ ClassicSep 20, 2013
+9Lincolnton Hog Happenin'Jun 6, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.1Real Squeal BBQ SmokeoffJul 16, 2021
-10.3Sam's Club National BBQ TourJun 5, 2015
-8.9Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ ContestJun 17, 2022
-8.7Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipMar 31, 2023
-8.5Art of the QueJul 7, 2023

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 88% 90.1% 90.1%
20243000 33% top 73% 92.9% 91.3%
20235000 60% top 72% 93.7% 92%
20224010 0% top 59% 96.7% 92.6%
20215000 80% top 75% 92.8% 90.3%
20203000 0% top 88% 89% 88.6%
20182000 50% top 78% 90.8% 90%
20171000 0% top 45% 92.7% 92.7%
201610000 60% top 61% 93.3% 89.8%
20155000 40% top 58% 92.8% 91%
20143022 100% top 27% 92.9% 92.1%
20132000 100% top 44% 93.5% 88.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Apr 4, 2025 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 43 / 49 (648.9828) 38 (163.3944) 46 (156.5028) 29 (168) 41 (161.0856)
Jul 5, 2024 Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA 23 / 26 (634.6856) 17 (165.1084) 26 (149.6572) 25 (152.5372) 11 (167.3828)
Jun 14, 2024 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 16 / 25 (669.0744) 21 (163.3944) 13 (167.4400) 17 (167.4172) 11 (170.8228)
Mar 29, 2024 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 28 / 42 (667.3832) 20 (171.4172) 42 (149.6688) 9 (173.7372) 4 (172.5600)
Sep 15, 2023 35th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO 15 / 26 (674.7084) 10 (173.1084) 20 (159.3600) 8 (173.7028) 17 (168.5372)
Jul 21, 2023 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 18 / 37 (670.7884) 22 (166.8340) 24 (165.0972) 7 (176) 18 (162.8572)
Jul 7, 2023 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 26 / 28 (651.3028) 27 (160.5256) 25 (161.1544) 21 (165.6800) 23 (163.9428)
May 19, 2023 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 35 / 45 (654.7316) 35 (166.8228) 40 (161.1200) 38 (162.8344) 31 (163.9544)
Mar 31, 2023 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 38 / 47 (659.2916) 38 (163.3944) 40 (160.5256) 41 (162.2400) 5 (173.1316)
Oct 14, 2022 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 31 / 36 (655.8516) 30 (166.2628) 34 (158.2516) 20 (168.5372) 24 (162.8000)
Sep 16, 2022 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO 16 / 33 (679.3600) 17 (167.9656) 19 (166.8344) 14 (170.2628) 11 (174.2972)
Sep 3, 2022 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE 3 / 45 (348.0344) 25 (169.6684) 21 (170.8572) 44 (157.0972) 41 (155.3944)
Jun 17, 2022 Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest 🏅 State Center, IA 30 / 32 (634.1600) 26 (163.9656) 31 (155.4172) 29 (160.5600) 29 (154.2172)
Sep 24, 2021 Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 30 / 35 (653.6688) 34 (159.9544) 31 (160.5600) 31 (160.5944) 8 (172.5600)
Aug 6, 2021 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ 🏅 Laurie, MO 16 / 26 (668.4456) 15 (167.9656) 19 (163.9656) 8 (172.5600) 17 (163.9544)
Jul 30, 2021 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 17 / 35 (665.6344) 31 (160.5372) 24 (162.8572) 24 (163.3828) 2 (178.8572)
Jul 16, 2021 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA 25 / 26 (632.4804) 7 (174.2972) 24 (154.2972) 21 (157.6688) 26 (146.2172)
Jun 18, 2021 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 27 / 32 (631.9200) 11 (169.7028) 30 (148.0116) 24 (158.2400) 24 (155.9656)
Jul 17, 2020 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 Marion, IA 27 / 36 (632.9832) 25 (159.3828) 11 (164.5716) 26 (157.6572) 24 (151.3716)
Jun 27, 2020 Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA 45 / 47 (639.3944) 36 (162.9028) 37 (161.7372) 47 (155.3944) 41 (159.3600)
Jun 26, 2020 Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA 49 / 53 (640.5260) 41 (161.7144) 24 (165.7144) 40 (162.2972) 49 (150.8000)
Aug 3, 2018 Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC 38 / 48 (642.7200) 24 (165.6684) 38 (156.5488) 45 (153.6800) 25 (166.8228)
Jul 20, 2018 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (JUDGES FULL) Wise, VA 22 / 29 (653.5884) 25 (158.2400) 23 (158.2516) 8 (169.1312) 11 (167.9656)
Jun 2, 2017 Piggin In The Park (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Woodruff, SC 20 / 44 (667.3028) 36 (161.0972) 12 (169.7144) 17 (168.5256) 13 (167.9656)
Nov 4, 2016 Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC 24 / 56 (669.0400) 29 (166.2628) 21 (166.8228) 26 (169.1200) 29 (166.8344)
Sep 16, 2016 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 18 / 68 (671.8628) 40 (163.3944) 9 (172.5600) 27 (165.0856) 12 (170.8228)
Sep 9, 2016 Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC 30 / 44 (650.7088) 43 (148.4916) 24 (166.2972) 9 (171.9772) 21 (163.9428)
Aug 26, 2016 Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA 21 / 28 (602.0572) 18 (156.5372) 25 (142.2516) 27 (140.4800) 6 (162.7884)
Aug 12, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA 12 / 28 (659.8632) 20 (159.9544) 17 (163.3944) 9 (168.5372) 7 (167.9772)
Aug 5, 2016 Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC 32 / 47 (643.8396) 39 (158.8228) 28 (159.9656) 42 (151.9428) 8 (173.1084)
Jul 7, 2016 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 50 / 82 (640.4116) 64 (157.0744) 47 (161.1088) 57 (157.1084) 27 (165.1200)
May 20, 2016 Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC 20 / 30 (647.9200) 29 (149.0972) 17 (162.2972) 14 (163.9772) 3 (172.5484)
May 6, 2016 Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC 60 / 76 (632.9716) 52 (161.1660) 67 (151.9084) 49 (161.0972) 47 (158.8000)
Apr 22, 2016 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC 42 / 54 (648.4572) 20 (171.4172) 47 (156.5144) 24 (168.5828) 50 (151.9428)
Jun 5, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC 26 / 30 (647.2800) 22 (163.3828) 26 (155.9428) 27 (161.7144) 18 (166.2400)
May 8, 2015 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC 26 / 74 (667.9316) 31 (168.5372) 20 (170.2972) 46 (163.9544) 36 (165.1428)
Apr 24, 2015 BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC 39 / 60 (648.9832) 28 (167.3828) 49 (157.1088) 39 (163.9544) 39 (160.5372)
Apr 17, 2015 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC 16 / 41 (662.1256) 36 (154.7656) 9 (171.4172) 19 (163.9428) 5 (172)
Apr 10, 2015 Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC 34 / 51 (649.5312) 26 (167.9656) 44 (155.3600) 47 (149.6456) 5 (176.5600)
Jun 13, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC 7 / 30 (666.1944) 21 (162.8344) 1 (172.5600) 12 (161.6800) 8 (169.1200)
Jun 6, 2014 Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC 9 / 38 (668.5488) 30 (157.1200) 16 (164.5716) 1 (176.5828) 9 (170.2744)
Apr 25, 2014 BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC 21 / 62 (654.2516) 11 (170.8800) 30 (160.5600) 54 (154.2172) 7 (168.5944)
Sep 20, 2013 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC 17 / 72 (673.0972) 19 (170.2972) 43 (161.6916) 8 (173.7372) 24 (167.3712)
Aug 23, 2013 Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival Harrisonburg, VA 18 / 28 (598.6512) 10 (160.5256) 25 (136.4800) 13 (157.1084) 20 (144.5372)

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