High-water mark
673.6572
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6572 at Greeley Blues Jam — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 4, 2021
Whiskey Pig BBQ
Whiskey Pig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 33 at the Greeley Blues Jam (2021). They finished #554 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 7, 2021
latest Aug 13, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.47 · weakest Brisket (160.34)
Road miles
998
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 797 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.46 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Whiskey Pig BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Whiskey Pig BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 124 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#2,729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with Whiskey Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#2,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- 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#2,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Whiskey Pig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Whiskey Pig BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 167.9884 | 170.47 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1428 | 153.0628 | 161.21 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 164.5256 | 168.16 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 158.2400 | 160.34 | top 59% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
69
finished ahead 60 times, behind 47
Longest layoff
6.7 yrs
Aug 22, 2014 → May 7, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20216 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5656 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- First call Greeley Blues Jam
- First overall top-10 Greeley Blues Jam
- Career-best overall score673.6572 Greeley Blues Jam
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Greeley Blues Jam
- Peak power rating (1513) Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Up In Smoke On The Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | Greeley Blues Jam | Jun 4, 2021 |
| +3.1 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | May 7, 2021 |
| +0.9 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day | Aug 13, 2021 |
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% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 45% | 93.6% | 91.7% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2023 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 11 (158.2172) | — | — |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 6 (163.3944) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 23 / 42 (654.1484) | 16 (169.1312) | 38 (153.0628) | 11 (167.9888) | 21 (163.9656) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO | 10 / 33 (673.6572) | 3 (174.2972) | 3 (169.1428) | 8 (171.9772) | 21 (158.2400) |
| May 7, 2021 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 17 / 35 (653.5656) | 13 (167.9884) | 16 (162.2400) | 19 (164.5256) | 22 (158.8116) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |