The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ has finished one call ahead of LUCKY LADIES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
LUCKY LADIES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-01-12
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#935
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.43
last 4 Master vs avg 642.43 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.97 · weakest Brisket (158.54)
Road miles
102
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
All About Smokin Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
All About Smokin Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
LUCKY LADIES BBQ has 4 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 162 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with LUCKY LADIES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before LUCKY LADIES BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 153.0972 | 162.97 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 157.0744 | 161.52 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1660 | 146.7772 | 159.39 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9888 | 151.9772 | 158.54 | top 80% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NV | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2024-01-12 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.97 · weakest Brisket (158.54)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
642.43
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
18–176 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
102
4 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
1595
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,500
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2024-12-06 → 2026-05-23
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Peak power rating (1491) 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4576 Best Dam Barbeque
- Career-best overall score652.4576 Best Dam Barbeque
- 2026
- First call Best Dam BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1660 Best Dam BBQ
- Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | BBQ Jackpot | 2024-12-06 |
| -9.4 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2024-01-12 |
| -6.8 | Best Dam BBQ | 2026-05-23 |
| -5.9 | Best Dam Barbeque | 2024-05-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 90.6% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 28 / 33 (646.7432) | 30 (161.0972) | 29 (160.5028) | 10 (173.1660) | 29 (151.9772) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 72 / 74 (631.8288) | 47 (166.8572) | 71 (157.0744) | 72 (146.7772) | 66 (161.1200) |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 27 / 33 (652.4576) | 32 (153.0972) | 23 (166.2516) | 24 (165.1200) | 17 (167.9888) |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 53 / 58 (638.6744) | 31 (170.8228) | 47 (162.2628) | 54 (152.5144) | 54 (153.0744) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1159 (58 pts) | #1213 (58 pts) | #1242 (58 pts) | #748 (133 pts) | #1159 (58 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #935 (118 pts) | #1024 (118 pts) | #990 (128 pts) | #928 (123 pts) | #845 (158 pts) |