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
- 2021-06-04
Whiskey Pig BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2021-05-07
latest 2021-08-13
Best ToY finish
#554
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.46
last 3 Master vs avg 660.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.47 · weakest Brisket (160.34)
Road miles
998
mi 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 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.46 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bushmaster BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bushmaster BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CRUSH BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
6.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.7 years, then back at Wild West BBQ Cook-Off (2021-05-07).
- last seen 2014-08-22
- back 2021-05-07
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.
Whiskey Pig BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Whiskey Pig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Whiskey Pig BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#2721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2021-05-07 → 2021-08-13
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.47 · weakest Brisket (160.34)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
660.46
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
60–47 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
998
6 mapped stops · furthest 797 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$23,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.7 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2021-05-07
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Up In Smoke On The Square
- 2021
- 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
- 2023
- Most recent contest Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | Greeley Blues Jam | 2021-06-04 |
| +3.1 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2021-05-07 |
| +0.9 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day | 2021-08-13 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 11 (158.2172) | — | — |
| 2022-07-30 | Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 6 (163.3944) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 23 / 42 (654.1484) | 16 (169.1312) | 38 (153.0628) | 11 (167.9888) | 21 (163.9656) |
| 2021-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO | 10 / 33 (673.6572) | 3 (174.2972) | 3 (169.1428) | 8 (171.9772) | 21 (158.2400) |
| 2021-05-07 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 17 / 35 (653.5656) | 13 (167.9884) | 16 (162.2400) | 19 (164.5256) | 22 (158.8116) |
| 2014-08-22 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1243 (107 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | — | — | #996 (155 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #554 (303 pts) | #430 (458 pts) | #503 (398 pts) | #499 (373 pts) | #695 (233 pts) |