High-water mark
673.5772
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.5772 at Plant City Pig Jam — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Backyard
- Nov 19, 2021
Pig Timers
Pig Timers is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 37 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2021). They are ranked #2628 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Nov 22, 2013
latest Nov 17, 2023 · 10 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
33% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.02 · weakest Pork (157.91)
Road miles
59
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.17 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
333.09 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
668.99 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2079 (76 pts) | #2163 (76 pts) | #2113 (86 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | #2144 (76 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Pig Timers, each with one reason worth a look.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Pig Timers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Pig Timers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Pig Timers)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,627 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
Fewer contests behind them than Pig Timers has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Pig Timers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAMP BOYS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9656 | 152.5600 | 161.68 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 153.1200 | 162.02 | top 42% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 170.8228 | 144.5256 | 157.91 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 145.7028 | 161.57 | top 38% |
“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 33% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 39% | Nov 17, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
180
finished ahead 151 times, behind 85
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Nov 20, 2015 → Nov 17, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Peak power rating (1516) Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20214 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall podium Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score673.5772 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Plant City Pig Jam
20193 milestones
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4000 Plant City Pig Jam
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 19, 2021 |
| +12.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2019 |
| +10 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Feb 21, 2014 |
| -9.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 8% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 5 / 25 (333.0856) | 4 (167.4172) | 8 (165.6684) | 4 (162.2516) | 5 (162.2284) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 3 / 37 (673.5772) | 3 (171.9656) | 15 (159.3716) | 6 (163.3828) | 1 (178.8572) |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 5 / 39 (664.4000) | 15 (158.8116) | 4 (168.5256) | 2 (170.8228) | 5 (166.2400) |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL | 19 / 21 (599.9428) | 19 (152.5600) | 17 (153.1200) | 20 (148.5600) | 19 (145.7028) |
| Nov 22, 2013 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 45 / 53 (620.3884) | 39 (157.6456) | 25 (163.3944) | 49 (144.5256) | 35 (154.8228) |