WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.

WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship (2022). They are ranked #1388 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,388

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1572

peak 1572 · rated over 13 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 19, 2016

latest Nov 10, 2023 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#242

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 17 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1084 / 720

Master · Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

677.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 671.63 (+5.87)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±12.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.04 · weakest Brisket (164.35)

Road miles

9,447

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 2,517 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Purse competed for

$82K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.63 / 720

14 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Against the odds

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship (Feb 5, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CROOKED PIGS.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (Nov 10, 2023).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.1084 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1084 at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Feb 5, 2022

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 8 entries at contests carrying the title.

8 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CROOKED PIGS has finished one call ahead of WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Smoke324 ahead in 100% of their meetings

Smoke324 has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.69 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 53% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 164.35
Pork Ribs avg 171.04
8 calls in 15 entries

The drought

9 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship on Feb 5, 2022 — 9 contests and 4.7 years ago.

last GC Feb 5, 2022
4.7 years ago

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 503BACKYARDBBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

4.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.6 years, then back at Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 (Jan 8, 2022).

last seen May 27, 2017
back Jan 8, 2022

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

9,447 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,447 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,517 miles to Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT RIBS).

17 mapped stops
furthest 2,517 mi

The metronome

±1.79% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.79% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
17 contests

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	#791 (168 pts)	#667 (268 pts)	#491 (482 pts)	#911 (128 pts)	#645 (270 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1102 (100 pts)	#1175 (95 pts)	#960 (165 pts)	#1210 (80 pts)	#1277 (65 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#242 (924 pts)	#334 (724 pts)	#177 (1,184 pts)	#225 (984 pts)	#317 (749 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1158 (262 pts)	#1342 (232 pts)	#1118 (302 pts)	#1368 (232 pts)	#1258 (247 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO., each with one reason worth a look.

36 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

WELL SAUCED BBQ

#1,390 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1587

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 56 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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S&S BBQ

#1,391 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 85
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1587

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.)

85 contests to 17: their number has had years to settle where WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.'s is still finding its level.

rated over 84 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Nuts & Butts

#1,384 of the rated field

1573 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1583

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2026

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HOLLA-N-SWALLA

#1,389 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1572

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 15, 2018

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THE BBQ SHERPAS

#1,386 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1579

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ

#1,393 of the rated field

1572 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1572

Level with WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen May 1, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RJs Smokehouse	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BOOTIES BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Gladiator BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
J&C BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
HOGGERQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	6	1	1	177.7028	154.7996	168.17	top 46%
Pork Ribs	15	9	1	6	178.8572	152.5372	171.04	top 31%
Pork	14	7	1	1	178.8572	162.2744	168.76	top 40%
Brisket	15	8	1	1	180 🔥	149.6228	164.35	top 48%

“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)	2	0	top 30%
Medium (20–39)	9	1	top 38%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OR	5	0	top 32%
WA	3	1	top 30%
KS	2	0	top 63%
HI	1	0	top 28%
AZ	1	0	top 34%
NV	1	0	top 87%
CA	1	0	top 36%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2	9	0	top 31%	May 28, 2022
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	12	0	top 43%	Mar 31, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OR 5 of 17 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 12 2 of them more than once

First title Feb 5, 2022 Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship

Opponents faced 703 finished ahead 548 times, behind 555

Longest layoff 4.6 yrs May 27, 2017 → Jan 8, 2022

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

20233 milestones

Nov 10 First multi-meat day Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout"
Nov 10 Peak power rating (1572) Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout"
Nov 11 Most recent contest Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT BRISKET)

20225 milestones

Feb 5 First overall podium Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
Feb 5 First Grand Championship Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
Feb 5 First state championship Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
Feb 5 Career-best overall score697.1084 Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
Jul 2 10th tracked contest Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022

20172 milestones

May 27 First category win (Brisket) BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)
May 27 First perfect 180 (Brisket) BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)

20164 milestones

Mar 19 First tracked contest Barn Burner BBQ
Mar 19 First call Barn Burner BBQ
Mar 19 First overall top-10 Barn Burner BBQ
Mar 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8224 Barn Burner BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship	Feb 5, 2022
+10.1	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	May 27, 2017
+8.8	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 14, 2022
+8.2	Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout"	Nov 10, 2023
+8	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022	Jul 2, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Apr 21, 2017

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	4	0	1	2	100%	top 36%	95%	94.7%
2022	8	1	4	1	75%	top 37%	96.8%	94.1%
2017	3	0	1	1	100%	top 53%	94%	92.2%
2016	2	0	1	0	100%	top 38%	90.9%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 11, 2023	Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Honolulu, HI	—	—	—	—	7 (166.2516)
Nov 10, 2023	Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" 🏅 Honolulu, HI	5 / 18 (683.9428)	1 (177.7028)	1 (174.8572)	9 (167.4056)	9 (163.9772)
Nov 10, 2023	Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Honolulu, HI	—	—	3 (178.8572)	—	—
Jul 1, 2023	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	17 / 38 (679.8396)	18 (170.8228)	7 (174.2628)	21 (167.3712)	24 (167.3828)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	236 / 505 (670.1712)	278 (166.8228)	231 (167.9656)	195 (169.1200)	227 (166.2628)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	198 / 249 (669.0056)	217 (164.5256)	31 (176)	9 (178.8572)	246 (149.6228)
Jul 2, 2022	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	8 / 34 (684.5484)	26 (163.9428)	4 (177.1428)	8 (172)	9 (171.4628)
May 28, 2022	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	10 / 27 (671.3940)	11 (169.7028)	7 (172)	5 (173.7028)	20 (155.9884)
Feb 5, 2022	Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA	1 / 22 (697.1084)	5 (173.1200)	2 (177.1428)	1 (176.5828)	5 (170.2628)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	20 / 59 (673.6228)	45 (162.2284)	3 (175.4516)	26 (169.1200)	19 (166.8228)
Jan 8, 2022	Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 🏅 Albany, OR	5 / 16 (676.5484)	4 (170.8456)	3 (174.8800)	10 (166.2628)	7 (164.5600)
May 27, 2017	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	9 / 37 (676.5368)	14 (167.9884)	21 (163.4056)	19 (165.1428)	1 (180)
Apr 21, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	26 / 30 (663.8396)	10 (173.1084)	19 (169.7028)	25 (167.9540)	29 (153.0744)
Mar 31, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	14 / 30 (651.3260)	8 (169.6800)	27 (152.5372)	10 (162.2744)	4 (166.8344)
Apr 1, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	12 / 30 (650.1260)	7 (169.1200)	20 (159.3944)	13 (163.3828)	17 (158.2288)
Mar 19, 2016	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA	8 / 22 (654.8224)	20 (154.7996)	3 (172)	11 (163.4512)	7 (164.5716)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

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 — 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)