PIG'N & CHIK'N

PIG'N & CHIK'N is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 14th of 50 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #4001 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pignchikn”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,001

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1483

peak 1483 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 2, 2014

latest Oct 18, 2024 · 10.5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

658.1484 / 720

Master · Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.48 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 647.21 (-0.73)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)

Consistency

±7.09

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.67 · weakest Brisket (156.59)

Road miles

across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Purse competed for

$36K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

647.21 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

338.26 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 (7 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

T&J's Dirty Butts has finished one call ahead of PIG'N & CHIK'N 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.08 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 156.59
Pork Ribs avg 164.67
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Brew-N-Que in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).

last seen May 3, 2019
back Aug 13, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
9 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PIG'N & CHIK'N, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SALT CREEK SMOKERS

#4,012 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

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 Jul 30, 2021

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BARBECUTIONERS

#3,992 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before PIG'N & CHIK'N's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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SMOKIN' BBQ

#3,982 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 17, 2019

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Fire N' Smoke

#4,011 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Level with PIG'N & CHIK'N on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Feb 3, 2018

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REDNECK COOKERS

#4,006 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before PIG'N & CHIK'N's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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honey b-b-q

#3,995 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1483

They turned up 7 years after PIG'N & CHIK'N did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TEAM HOGWEISER	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Brew-N-Que	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SWINEFELD	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
T&J's Dirty Butts	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
OOPS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke Therapy	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	0	170.2744	157.0628	164.16	top 59%
Pork Ribs	9	2	1	176.5600	149.6688	164.67	top 54%
Pork	8	0	0	170.8228	154.2512	162.96	top 63%
Brisket	8	0	0	162.8000	144.5144	156.59	top 78%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	5	40	0	top 76%	May 3, 2019
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	21	0	top 67%	Sep 8, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 375 finished ahead 245 times, behind 440

Longest layoff 2.3 yrs May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021

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

20241 milestone

Oct 18 Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20221 milestone

Sep 8 Career-best overall score658.1484 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20145 milestones

May 2 First tracked contest The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
May 2 First call The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
May 2 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
May 2 Peak power rating (1497) The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
Sep 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4460 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 18, 2024
+4.5	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Sep 8, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
-6.1	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2019
-4.8	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015
-4.2	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 5, 2017
-3.6	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Aug 13, 2021

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	100%	top 28%	94%	94%
2022	1	0%	top 60%	91.4%	91.4%
2021	1	0%	top 73%	90.4%	90.4%
2019	1	0%	top 87%	87.8%	87.8%
2018	1	0%	top 89%	89.3%	89.3%
2017	1	0%	top 72%	90.1%	90.1%
2015	1	0%	top 70%	89.7%	89.7%
2014	2	50%	top 60%	90.6%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 18, 2024	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	14 / 50 (338.2628)	24 (166.2628)	7 (172)	—	—
Sep 8, 2022	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	21 / 35 (658.1484)	12 (170.2628)	27 (162.8228)	23 (162.2628)	20 (162.8000)
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	36 / 49 (650.7428)	38 (161.1200)	35 (162.2400)	22 (168.5484)	40 (158.8344)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	47 / 54 (632.4228)	25 (167.4172)	53 (149.6688)	52 (154.2512)	35 (161.0856)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	54 / 61 (642.6744)	56 (157.0628)	26 (169.1200)	52 (158.2516)	51 (158.2400)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	50 / 69 (648.4232)	51 (159.3828)	42 (163.9544)	28 (168.5600)	58 (156.5260)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	44 / 63 (646.1260)	49 (159.9544)	36 (164.5488)	20 (170.8228)	60 (150.8000)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	42 / 75 (652.4460)	23 (170.2744)	47 (161.1316)	51 (161.0856)	48 (159.9544)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	40 / 62 (646.7084)	31 (165.7028)	2 (176.5600)	44 (159.9312)	60 (144.5144)

PIG'N & CHIK'N

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

The metronome

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

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 — 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)