A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHOOCHOO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHOOCHOO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pigout Bar BQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-04-07
latest 2024-05-31
Best ToY finish
#1055
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.77
last 3 Master vs avg 618.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.70 · weakest Brisket (148.29)
Road miles
62
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.77 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Pigout Bar BQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Pigout Bar BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Pigout Bar BQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pigout Bar BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Pigout Bar BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Pigout Bar BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5488 | 149.6228 | 152.51 | top 98% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 149.0400 | 157.26 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 155.3716 | 160.70 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6460 | 143.3260 | 148.29 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 92% | 2024-05-31 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2023-04-07 → 2024-05-31
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.70 · weakest Brisket (148.29)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
618.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
16–118 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
62
3 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,220
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best overall score632.3548 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.9544 Honeybee BBQ Competition
- 2024
- Most recent contest Honeybee BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2023-06-02 |
| -10.4 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 2024-05-31 |
| -8.7 | Smoke on the Falls | 2023-04-07 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.8% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 23 / 25 (617.4404) | 25 (149.6228) | 21 (158.8000) | 25 (155.3716) | 23 (153.6460) |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 25 / 27 (632.3548) | 25 (156.5488) | 18 (163.9544) | 24 (163.9428) | 26 (147.9088) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 37 / 39 (606.5144) | 39 (151.3484) | 37 (149.0400) | 31 (162.8000) | 38 (143.3260) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1592 (50 pts) | #1283 (70 pts) | #1559 (50 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1055 (112 pts) | #1116 (112 pts) | #1019 (147 pts) | #1070 (117 pts) | #1096 (112 pts) |