High-water mark
665.0400
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0400 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 26, 2024
Guinea Pigs BBQ
Guinea Pigs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 34th of 53 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2020). They are ranked #4934 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 24, 2020
latest Jan 24, 2025 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (158.70)
Road miles
2
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.12 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Guinea Pigs BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#4,912 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Level with Guinea Pigs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Guinea Pigs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Guinea Pigs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,950 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Guinea Pigs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkganic BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Joe Bears BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Smoke Showin' | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Gourmet Rednecks | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Burning Bush BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barely Sober BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 92 BB Crew | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 161.6456 | 166.26 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 154.2400 | 162.59 | top 75% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 151.9544 | 161.57 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 146.2628 | 158.70 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 5 | 34 | 0 | top 81% | Jan 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
302
finished ahead 96 times, behind 416
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 24, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score665.0400 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Lakeland Pig Festival
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1600 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -8.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
| -7.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -5.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| -3.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 35 / 40 (648.9716) | 30 (167.3944) | 36 (162.2400) | 35 (162.8228) | 35 (156.5144) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 50 / 61 (665.0400) | 31 (173.7028) | 42 (167.3944) | 53 (162.8456) | 53 (161.0972) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 49 / 51 (620.4112) | 48 (161.6456) | 43 (160.5484) | 48 (151.9544) | 48 (146.2628) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 60 (657.0400) | 45 (165.7144) | 56 (154.2400) | 40 (165.1200) | 18 (171.9656) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 34 / 53 (654.1600) | 41 (162.8344) | 21 (168.5256) | 30 (165.1200) | 36 (157.6800) |