New Pigs on the Block

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1486

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1565

peak 1565 · rated over 24 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2023-05-06

latest 2026-08-15

Best ToY finish

#183

Master 2025

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

706.8804 / 720

Master · Massachusetts in May (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

683.56 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 678.71 (+4.86)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Connecticut Barbecue Challenge

Consistency

±11.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.15 · weakest Brisket (166.73)

Road miles

2,497

mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$179K

listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 24 state-championship entries

Master avg

678.71 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

The heartbreaker

1.6796 points from the title

Came within 1.6796 points of the Grand Championship at Massachusetts in May (Day 2) (2025-05-17).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×2

A multi-meat day

1 contests 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 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (2025-07-12).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

706.8804 career-best overall

98.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 706.8804 at Massachusetts in May (Day 2) — 98.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-05-17

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Titans of BBQ has finished one call ahead of New Pigs on the Block 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

22–1 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY ahead in 96% of their meetings

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 32% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 166.73
Chicken avg 172.15
8 calls in 25 entries

Chicken nemesis

16 of 26 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 16 of 26 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Let It Smoke Barbecue has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 33% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 33% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.53% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.53% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.3% of a perfect score
32 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.

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

BRUTUS AND COMPANY

#1484 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1592

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before New Pigs on the Block's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Lake Rat BBQ

#1489 of the rated field

1565 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1592

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

STRESS RELIEF BBQ

#1483 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1566

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS

#1487 of the rated field

1565 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 18 contests, alongside a 28% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2015-07-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BREW-B-Q

#1488 of the rated field

1565 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before New Pigs on the Block's first contest.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2016-09-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Buckeye Flavor

#1482 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

Level with New Pigs on the Block on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	25	3	22	12%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	23	6	17	26%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	20	17	3	85%	⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	18	16	2	89%	⚔ compare
Titans of BBQ	17	12	5	71%	⚔ compare
Q42	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
HUMPHREY'S BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Q Shanty	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Meat Monarchy	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
Grumpy Old Patriot Barbeque	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Rough Cut Q	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	13	2	6	180.0000 🔥	159.3828	172.15	top 38%
Pork Ribs	30	12	0	3	177.7144	164.5372	170.27	top 43%
Pork	25	9	1	6	179.4400	156.5256	169.54	top 48%
Brisket	25	8	1	1	176.5600	147.3828	166.73	top 52%

“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	Avg finish
NJ	8	top 51%
MA	5	top 29%
NY	4	top 64%
ME	3	top 36%
CT	3	top 36%
NH	1	top 47%
RI	1	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 46%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 41%
Large (40+)	6	top 56%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	6	9	top 45%	2026-04-18
Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	4	2	top 31%	2025-05-17
Kora Kares for Kids	3	10	top 36%	2026-08-15
Connecticut Barbecue Challenge	2	5	top 26%	2026-07-18
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	22	top 71%	2025-10-25

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2023-05-06 → 2026-08-15

Busiest season 2026 13 contests

Contests a season 8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NJ 8 of 32 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 30 entries · 0 wins · 12 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 172.15 · weakest Brisket (166.73)

Walk rate 78% a top-10 call in 25 of 32 contests

Overall top-10 rate 28% 9 of 32 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 678.71 out of 720 · 24 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 265 463–473 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,497 32 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $178,575 listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 24 state-championship entries

Power rating 1565 peak 1565 · #1486 of 6,413 rated

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

2023
May 6 First tracked contest HOGS 4 HEROES
May 6 First call HOGS 4 HEROES
May 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6112 HOGS 4 HEROES
2024
Apr 20 First category win (Pork) New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Apr 20 First overall top-10 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
2025
May 3 10th tracked contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
May 17 First overall podium Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
May 17 First Reserve Championship Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
May 17 Career-best overall score706.8804 Massachusetts in May (Day 2)
Jul 12 First multi-meat day Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
Jul 12 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Connecticut Barbecue Challenge
2026
May 16 25th tracked contest Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
Aug 15 Peak power rating (1565) Kora Kares for Kids
Aug 15 Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Massachusetts in May (Day 2)	2025-05-17
+10.9	Kora Kares for Kids	2026-08-15
+10.7	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge	2025-07-12
+10.2	Mass in May (Day 2)	2026-05-16
+7.1	Massachusetts in May (Day 1)	2024-05-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2025-10-25
-8	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	2025-10-24
-4.8	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open)	2025-08-02
-3.8	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	2025-05-02
-3.2	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	2024-04-19

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	13	3	1	77%	top 43%	96.3%	94.8%
2025	11	4	2	82%	top 48%	98.2%	94.5%
2024	7	2	1	71%	top 42%	94.7%	94%
2023	1	0	0	100%	top 56%	90.2%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-08-15	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	10 / 51 (693.6228)	15 (175.4172)	22 (170.8228)	15 (173.1200)	10 (174.2628)
2026-08-15	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	32 (166.2516)	—	—
2026-07-18	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT	13 / 36 (683.2796)	1 (180.0000)	27 (165.0972)	25 (168.5140)	16 (169.6684)
2026-06-13	Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT	14 / 26 (674.1716)	16 (168.5372)	14 (168.5372)	4 (174.8572)	21 (162.2400)
2026-06-13	Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT	—	8 (172.0000)	—	—	—
2026-06-13	Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	13 (168.0116)	—	—
2026-05-16	Mass in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	7 / 31 (691.3944)	8 (174.2628)	21 (164.5600)	2 (177.7144)	4 (174.8572)
2026-05-16	Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA	—	9 (172.0000)	—	—	—
2026-05-16	Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA	—	—	8 (170.8456)	—	—
2026-05-02	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY	36 / 59 (675.3484)	16 (173.7028)	47 (166.2628)	26 (171.4172)	42 (163.9656)
2026-05-01	Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY	31 / 43 (682.1484)	2 (177.7144)	14 (173.1200)	36 (167.3828)	38 (163.9312)
2026-04-18	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	11 / 26 (681.6228)	22 (163.3828)	3 (177.1544)	20 (166.8228)	5 (174.2628)
2026-04-17	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	9 / 26 (677.0400)	12 (168.5256)	10 (169.1316)	3 (173.1544)	12 (166.2284)
2025-10-25	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	23 / 32 (672.4112)	9 (173.7028)	23 (167.3828)	27 (166.2400)	24 (165.0856)
2025-10-24	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	22 / 31 (664.4112)	16 (170.8228)	9 (171.4172)	29 (160.5256)	23 (161.6456)
2025-08-16	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	20 / 40 (669.0628)	25 (167.9656)	4 (174.8572)	35 (156.5256)	13 (169.7144)
2025-08-16	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	4 (174.2744)	—	—
2025-08-02	Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY	36 / 47 (674.1600)	32 (171.4056)	16 (174.2744)	44 (162.2516)	36 (166.2284)
2025-07-12	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge 🏅 Somers, CT	5 / 30 (692.5372)	1 (180.0000)	3 (175.4056)	28 (160.5716)	1 (176.5600)
2025-06-21	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff 🏅 Schenectady, NY	8 / 18 (689.7032)	3 (177.7144)	14 (168.5488)	3 (177.1772)	10 (166.2628)
2025-05-17	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	2 / 29 (706.8804)	2 (178.2972)	2 (177.7144)	6 (176.5944)	6 (174.2744)
2025-05-16	Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	10 / 27 (678.8340)	4 (174.2972)	6 (174.8456)	20 (161.7256)	11 (167.9656)
2025-05-03	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	15 / 34 (681.6460)	14 (171.4056)	13 (170.2860)	2 (177.1544)	23 (162.8000)
2025-05-02	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	19 / 33 (672.4804)	18 (169.1316)	24 (164.5372)	12 (171.4056)	19 (167.4060)
2024-08-17	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	15 / 39 (673.0512)	25 (167.4056)	20 (167.4172)	14 (169.7028)	12 (168.5256)
2024-08-17	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	17 (168.5716)	—	—
2024-07-27	Operation Up in Smoke 🏅 Epping, NH	9 / 19 (680.5712)	18 (162.2628)	4 (172.0000)	6 (174.8800)	5 (171.4284)
2024-05-18	Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	13 / 31 (680.5372)	4 (178.2972)	24 (165.1200)	13 (170.8456)	21 (166.2744)
2024-05-17	Massachusetts in May (Day 1) 🏅 Wrentham, MA	11 / 30 (672.4800)	3 (174.8572)	4 (174.2628)	26 (157.0972)	10 (166.2628)
2024-04-20	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	9 / 27 (681.6460)	7 (174.2628)	13 (169.1316)	1 (179.4400)	24 (158.8116)
2024-04-19	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	16 / 29 (672.4684)	12 (171.4056)	10 (171.4284)	17 (167.3944)	20 (162.2400)
2023-05-06	HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI	28 / 50 (649.6112)	38 (159.3828)	20 (166.8456)	2 (176.0000)	43 (147.3828)

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	#195 (839 pts)	#109 (1201 pts)	#151 (1037 pts)	#135 (989 pts)	#186 (869 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#183 (1179 pts)	#106 (1524 pts)	#110 (1601 pts)	#191 (1134 pts)	#184 (1154 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#310 (716 pts)	#273 (851 pts)	#278 (886 pts)	#273 (816 pts)	#356 (636 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1339 (85 pts)	#653 (260 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)