High-water mark
693.0628
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.0628 at 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 12, 2024
TWISTED PIG
TWISTED PIG is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (2024). They are ranked #3084 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1521 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2024
latest Sep 20, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.47 · weakest Pork (167.04)
Road miles
958
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 386 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
679.64 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #404 (509 pts) | #366 (639 pts) | #433 (559 pts) | #482 (424 pts) | #424 (514 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TWISTED PIG, each with one reason worth a look.
111 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before TWISTED PIG's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Level with TWISTED PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,070 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before TWISTED PIG's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before TWISTED PIG's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 11 years before TWISTED PIG'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 170.8344 | 173.47 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 167.3828 | 170.60 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 159.9312 | 167.04 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 163.3712 | 168.54 | top 53% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
161
finished ahead 87 times, behind 163
Longest layoff
8.8 yrs
Oct 3, 2015 → Jul 12, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20247 milestones
- First call 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- First overall top-10 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score693.0628 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best overall score693.0628 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Peak power rating (1521) Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.7 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off | Jul 12, 2024 |
| +3.2 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 14, 2024 |
| -5 | Smoke N for the Kids | Aug 17, 2024 |
| -3.5 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | Sep 20, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60% | top 57% | 96.3% | 94.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2024 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 43 / 58 (668.9712) | 34 (170.8344) | 43 (167.3828) | 45 (167.3828) | 42 (163.3712) |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 28 / 35 (678.1600) | 21 (171.4172) | 26 (168.5372) | 31 (166.2400) | 19 (171.9656) |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 19 / 27 (674.7312) | 13 (171.9772) | 10 (171.9656) | 25 (159.9312) | 10 (170.8572) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 16 / 34 (683.2912) | 5 (177.7144) | 25 (167.3828) | 9 (173.1084) | 28 (165.0856) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 4 / 28 (693.0628) | 4 (175.4172) | 2 (177.7144) | 14 (168.5256) | 5 (171.4056) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | — | — | — | — | — |