Pig Floyd

Pig Floyd is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 38 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They are ranked #6287 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,287

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1411

peak 1411 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2013

latest Aug 24, 2024 · 11.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1970

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

653.6800 / 720

Master · 2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

604.27 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 622.17 (-17.90)

Walk rate

23%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1772

Chicken · 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±24.51

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.87 · weakest Brisket (152.64)

Road miles

2,005

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 930 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Purse competed for

$36K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

622.17 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

309.12 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 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 (8 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Lost Weekend Grill has finished one call ahead of Pig Floyd 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 59%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 59%

A tough matchup

19–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.24 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 12%.

Brisket avg 152.64
Chicken avg 158.87
2 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Frisco BBQ Challenge (Jun 16, 2022).

last seen Aug 9, 2019
back Jun 16, 2022

Chicken nemesis

17 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 17 of 19 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Cabin Creek Smokehouse has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Pig Floyd, each with one reason worth a look.

Estancia

#6,289 of the rated field

1411 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1411

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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TRIANGLE S BAR B Q

#6,288 of the rated field

1411 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1411

Fewer contests behind them than Pig Floyd has cooked, 14 to 26, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2025

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Poppell Insurance BBQ Team

#6,286 of the rated field

1411 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1411

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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Thin Blue BBQ

#6,279 of the rated field

1412 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1412

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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THE PIG'S EAR

#6,290 of the rated field

1410 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1410

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Pig Floyd's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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BUTT BROS BBQ

#6,294 of the rated field

1410 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1410

Level with Pig Floyd on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Lost Weekend Grill	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
PORKY'S PIT CREW	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
303 BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
LOS NERDS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	3	173.1772	135.9772	158.87	top 62%
Pork Ribs	26	3	168.0572	136.5716	154.54	top 67%
Pork	21	0	166.8228	130.7656	155.09	top 71%
Brisket	21	2	169.6800	136.5600	152.64	top 68%

“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)	13	0	top 71%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CO	21	0	top 74%
IL	5	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	5	5	top 58%	Aug 24, 2024
Buskers, Brews & BBQ	3	18	top 76%	Jun 7, 2019
Smokin' Brew BBQ	2	30	top 70%	Sep 5, 2015
Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge	2	23	top 76%	Aug 15, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 21 of 26 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 18 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 435 finished ahead 321 times, behind 766

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs Aug 9, 2019 → Jun 16, 2022

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

20241 milestone

Aug 24 Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20231 milestone

Sep 16 25th tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20151 milestone

Jun 19 10th tracked contest 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge

20142 milestones

Jun 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1772 21st Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jun 20 Career-best overall score653.6800 2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition

20131 milestone

Jun 14 Peak power rating (1487) Colorado Barbecue Challenge

—4 milestones

First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.7716 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.2	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 20, 2022
+4.2	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2017
+2.5	2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition	Jun 20, 2014
+2.3	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Aug 30, 2014
+1.5	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 13, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	Colorado Barbecue Challenge	Jun 14, 2013
-10.4	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	Oct 19, 2018
-8.1	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge	Aug 15, 2014
-7.2	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Aug 30, 2013
-7.1	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	Aug 9, 2019

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	1	50%	top 42%	91.6%	86%
2024	1	0	0%	top 81%	83%	83%
2023	1	0	0%	top 77%	87.3%	87.3%
2022	2	0	0%	top 64%	87.5%	87.2%
2019	2	0	0%	top 90%	83.2%	81.4%
2018	4	0	0%	top 83%	87.5%	84.3%
2017	3	0	33%	top 68%	89.6%	88.9%
2016	1	0	0%	top 79%	85.6%	85.6%
2015	3	0	33%	top 68%	90.6%	88.9%
2014	4	0	75%	top 59%	90.8%	89%
2013	3	0	0%	top 77%	86.7%	84.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 24, 2024	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	29 / 36 (298.7316)	33 (143.9428)	25 (154.7888)	—	—
Sep 16, 2023	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	27 / 35 (314.2628)	34 (147.4056)	12 (166.8572)	—	—
Aug 20, 2022	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	19 / 41 (313.1088)	27 (150.8572)	15 (162.2516)	—	—
Jun 16, 2022	Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	30 / 37 (629.6460)	22 (167.4400)	17 (164.5944)	37 (144.5372)	27 (153.0744)
Aug 9, 2019	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	28 / 30 (573.1088)	27 (146.8456)	28 (136.5716)	26 (153.1316)	29 (136.5600)
Jun 7, 2019	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	33 / 38 (598.7316)	33 (154.2400)	33 (150.8344)	37 (141.6572)	31 (152)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	47 / 48 (589.5768)	36 (158.8340)	39 (151.4400)	47 (130.7656)	40 (148.5372)
Jul 27, 2018	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	29 / 35 (630.2856)	17 (165.1772)	32 (151.3600)	20 (163.4628)	33 (150.2856)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	51 / 62 (587.1888)	35 (159.9888)	56 (137.0400)	45 (150.2400)	57 (139.9200)
Jun 8, 2018	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	22 / 31 (621.0176)	21 (160.5716)	29 (151.3716)	24 (158.8344)	25 (150.2400)
Jul 21, 2017	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	38 / 46 (636.4916)	32 (163.9888)	24 (164)	29 (162.2744)	44 (146.2284)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	30 / 59 (645.0512)	22 (167.4284)	35 (158.8572)	35 (159.9656)	27 (158.8000)
Jun 9, 2017	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	18 / 26 (637.6228)	21 (156.0112)	10 (164.5488)	19 (156.5256)	12 (160.5372)
Jun 17, 2016	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	46 / 58 (616.4576)	34 (162.8344)	44 (152.5260)	44 (155.4172)	50 (145.6800)
Sep 5, 2015	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	30 / 49 (641.0628)	32 (161.7256)	35 (156.0116)	18 (165.6684)	29 (157.6572)
Jul 24, 2015	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer & BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	20 / 26 (652.5144)	6 (173.1656)	16 (160.5944)	16 (165.0972)	24 (153.6572)
Jun 19, 2015	22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	39 / 58 (626.6968)	43 (152.5712)	42 (154.8228)	23 (163.9544)	31 (155.3484)
Aug 30, 2014	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	25 / 48 (651.8744)	33 (160.5372)	38 (154.8344)	21 (166.8228)	9 (169.6800)
Aug 15, 2014	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	35 / 43 (617.0860)	22 (161.1316)	32 (153.2116)	41 (145.0856)	21 (157.6572)
Jun 20, 2014	2nd Annual South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO	14 / 28 (653.6800)	12 (169.1772)	10 (165.1772)	25 (152.5028)	10 (166.8228)
Jun 13, 2014	21st Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	29 / 55 (641.0516)	5 (173.1772)	50 (139.9428)	31 (159.3944)	12 (168.5372)
Aug 30, 2013	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	42 / 53 (622.1256)	25 (166.8572)	43 (153.0740)	37 (156.5256)	46 (145.6688)
Aug 16, 2013	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	23 / 33 (623.9200)	13 (165.1428)	27 (152.0116)	15 (165.0856)	26 (141.6800)
Jun 14, 2013	Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO	55 / 68 (570.2854)	53 (144)	56 (139.4286)	56 (139.9998)	42 (146.8570)
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	5 / 38 (329.7716)	10 (161.7144)	5 (168.0572)	—	—
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	28 / 39 (289.7376)	38 (135.9772)	16 (153.7604)	—	—

Pig Floyd

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

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 (8 found in their record)

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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, 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

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)