Their season
2023
their best year
2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 61%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 0 category wins
- average top 61%
Trailer Pork Bros
Trailer Pork Bros is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 10th of 11 at the Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #5707 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Trailer Pork Bros.”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2022
latest May 4, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.32
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.80 · weakest Brisket (150.22)
Road miles
1,251
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Purse competed for
$99K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.12 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.05 / 360
3 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.
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 | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Trailer Pork Bros, each with one reason worth a look.
99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Trailer Pork Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,718 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Trailer Pork Bros's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Level with Trailer Pork Bros on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKING STUDS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LADY OF Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JL Smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T & S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ONE EYED PIG BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9660 | 134.1944 | 154.53 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 144.4800 | 154.54 | top 82% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 146.2400 | 154.80 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 147.3372 | 150.22 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 76% | May 4, 2024 |
| Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 66% | May 3, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
5 of 9 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
270
finished ahead 44 times, behind 399
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score630.5944 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8228 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
20232 milestones
- First call Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Jiggy With The Piggy
- Peak power rating (1489) Jiggy With The Piggy
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 5, 2023 |
| +2 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | May 6, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 |
| -10.6 | Jiggy With The Piggy | May 13, 2022 |
| -10.3 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2024 |
| -9.8 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -8.6 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | May 4, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.6% | 86% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 61% | 87.6% | 87% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.1% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 35 / 35 (618.6400) | 34 (158.8228) | 34 (162.8000) | 35 (146.2400) | 35 (150.7772) |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 41 / 45 (630.5944) | 37 (163.9660) | 31 (166.8228) | 45 (152.4684) | 44 (147.3372) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 91 / 93 (608.3196) | 91 (149.0740) | 91 (144.4800) | 86 (158.2284) | 83 (156.5372) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 69 (152.4800) | — | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD | 10 / 11 (315.4060) | 10 (155.4400) | 10 (159.9660) | — | — |
| May 6, 2023 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 12 / 23 (312.4572) | 12 (157.6572) | 13 (154.8000) | — | — |
| May 5, 2023 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 14 / 35 (311.2796) | 14 (161.6340) | 13 (149.6456) | — | — |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 25 / 25 (590.0344) | 25 (134.1944) | 25 (149.0972) | 23 (158.8228) | 23 (147.9200) |
| May 13, 2022 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 42 / 46 (613.0056) | 42 (155.4172) | 42 (150.7884) | 40 (158.2628) | 40 (148.5372) |