High-water mark
331.3600
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.3600 at Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 20, 2022
Tricky Pig BBQ
Tricky Pig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 4th of 41 at the Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Sep 16, 2023 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.69 · weakest Chicken (163.09)
Road miles
588
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 530 mi
Purse competed for
$1,200
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
326.78 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Tricky Pig BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Tricky Pig BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 110 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Tricky Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Tricky Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,682 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 161.6572 | 163.09 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 157.6800 | 163.69 | top 40% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 29% | Sep 16, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
53
finished ahead 55 times, behind 19
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
Sep 22, 2017 → Aug 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20225 milestones
- First call Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3600 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score331.3600 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 17 / 35 (322.2056) | 15 (164.5256) | 22 (157.6800) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 4 / 41 (331.3600) | 12 (161.6572) | 7 (169.7028) | — | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 3, 2016 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2014 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |