FLYING PORKERS

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

Power ranking

#1323

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1576

peak 1615 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2019-08-23

Best ToY finish

#270

Master 2013

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2628 / 720

Master · New Holland Summer Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

604.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.89 (-38.35)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Hog Happnin'

Consistency

±39.15

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.77)

Road miles

2,921

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 436 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.89 / 720

28 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (11 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

0.5828 points from the title

Came within 0.5828 points of the Grand Championship at New Holland Summer Fest (2015-08-28).

Giant slayer

55 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 55-team field at Keystone Classic Barbeque.

2013-10-04

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.2628 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2628 at New Holland Summer Fest — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-08-28

Their season

2013 2 Grand Championships

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 23%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

17–3 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 85% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 20 shared contests.

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Keystone Classic Barbeque on 2013-10-04 — 22 contests and 12.9 years ago.

last GC 2013-10-04
12.9 years ago

A strong matchup

11–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILLY'S Q SHACK in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PIGHEADED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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.

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

SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ

#1326 of the rated field

1576 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1596

7–4 in 11 shared contests (64% to FLYING PORKERS)

These two have cooked 11 of the same contests — FLYING PORKERS ahead 7–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 71 contests
last seen 2025-07-12

⚔ Head-to-head

40 CALIBER BBQ

#1328 of the rated field

1576 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1579

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 33 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

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OFF THE CHAIN

#1322 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

ROUGHNECKS BBQ

#1325 of the rated field

1576 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1598

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 38% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Q Shanty

#1321 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1584

No shared contest yet.

Level with FLYING PORKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Spitballs BBQ

#1320 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1576

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after FLYING PORKERS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HAWG NATION BBQ	21	9	12	43%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
PIG PEN BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	9	3	5	177.7028	146.2854	164.66	top 38%
Pork Ribs	28	6	1	2	174.8572	145.0628	160.77	top 46%
Pork	28	8	0	3	178.2972	143.8856	161.40	top 43%
Brisket	27	10	1	2	176.0000	145.1428	161.84	top 37%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
PA	15	2	top 35%
MD	8	0	top 48%
DE	4	0	top 33%
NC	1	0	top 31%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	1	top 6%
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	21	1	top 34%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	6	2	0	top 37%	2019-08-23
Keystone Classic Barbeque	3	1	1	top 33%	2015-10-02
Maryland State BBQ Bash	3	24	0	top 78%	2019-08-09

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2019-08-23

Busiest season 2013 7 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 4 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 15 of 28 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 19 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 3 wins · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.77)

Walk rate 68% a top-10 call in 19 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 7 of 28 contests

Wins it all 7% 2 Grand Championships · 1 reserve

First title 2013-07-19 Warren All American BBQ Festival

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 642.89 out of 720 · 28 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 679 1,053–636 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,921 28 mapped stops · furthest 436 mi

Schedule strength 1537 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Purse competed for $22,175 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1576 peak 1615 · #1323 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 17 First call Middletown BBQ Cook Off
Jul 19 First category win (Chicken) Warren All American BBQ Festival
Jul 19 First overall top-10 Warren All American BBQ Festival
Jul 19 First overall podium Warren All American BBQ Festival
Jul 19 First Grand Championship Warren All American BBQ Festival
Jul 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2284 Warren All American BBQ Festival
Oct 4 Biggest field won (55 teams) Keystone Classic Barbeque
Nov 1 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Hog Happnin'
2014
Aug 8 10th tracked contest MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets
2015
Aug 28 First Reserve Championship New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 28 Career-best overall score682.2628 New Holland Summer Fest
2016
Aug 26 Peak power rating (1615) New Holland Summer Fest
2018
Aug 24 25th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)
2019
Aug 23 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Warren All American BBQ Festival	2013-07-19
+14.3	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2013-10-04
+12.7	New Holland Summer Fest	2015-08-28
+12.7	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10
+9.5	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff	2013-09-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2018-08-10
-9.3	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2019-08-09
-8.2	Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE	2016-09-10
-8	New Holland Summer Fest	2019-08-23
-7.1	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2014-10-03

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	0	0	0%	top 77%	87.9%	87.2%
2018	3	0	0	2	67%	top 57%	91.3%	81.8%
2017	2	0	0	0	50%	top 52%	90.9%	90.2%
2016	4	0	0	0	75%	top 47%	92.3%	90.1%
2015	4	0	3	1	100%	top 16%	94.8%	93.4%
2014	6	0	1	1	67%	top 39%	90.6%	88.8%
2013	7	2	3	1	71%	top 23%	93.7%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	46 / 65 (632.9828)	33 (162.8572)	60 (145.0628)	24 (164.5600)	34 (160.5028)
2019-08-09	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	25 / 30 (622.1028)	12 (167.3828)	25 (154.2056)	27 (150.2744)	25 (150.2400)
2018-10-05	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	16 / 42 (657.0860)	10 (169.1200)	1 (173.1544)	39 (148.5372)	9 (166.2744)
2018-08-24	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	23 / 71 (648.4116)	32 (161.0972)	29 (162.2516)	56 (149.0628)	1 (176.0000)
2018-08-10	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	38 / 38 (462.1256)	29 (155.3712)	24 (161.1084)	37 (145.6460)	—
2017-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	36 / 69 (643.8512)	7 (169.1084)	51 (154.8000)	43 (159.3828)	36 (160.5600)
2017-08-11	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	24 / 47 (654.7088)	16 (168.5372)	26 (162.8344)	22 (164.5372)	30 (158.8000)
2016-09-10	Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE Devon, PA	25 / 33 (632.9484)	26 (155.9200)	26 (158.2400)	28 (151.9656)	7 (166.8228)
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	14 / 66 (660.4228)	10 (170.2628)	17 (166.8228)	18 (167.3828)	32 (155.9544)
2016-08-12	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	17 / 42 (664.4000)	36 (157.6456)	14 (169.6916)	2 (173.1084)	15 (163.9544)
2016-04-08	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	37 / 75 (636.4568)	35 (161.7372)	32 (161.6684)	49 (154.2284)	37 (158.8228)
2015-10-02	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	19 / 57 (657.0288)	37 (159.9772)	29 (161.0972)	14 (166.8228)	9 (169.1316)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	2 / 70 (682.2628)	1 (177.7028)	12 (168.0000)	4 (171.9772)	17 (164.5828)
2015-08-14	14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	9 / 46 (679.3372)	17 (167.9656)	5 (174.8572)	7 (171.9772)	17 (164.5372)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	7 / 99 (670.8116)	25 (167.3828)	8 (170.2972)	28 (163.9428)	13 (169.1888)
2014-10-03	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	34 / 53 (620.9024)	31 (158.8112)	24 (161.6800)	48 (143.8856)	31 (156.5256)
2014-09-05	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off York, PA	14 / 39 (649.5540)	1 (176.5600)	37 (146.2056)	24 (157.6684)	5 (169.1200)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	30 / 70 (632.4224)	20 (164.5256)	39 (156.5256)	20 (162.2628)	48 (149.1084)
2014-08-08	MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD	17 / 54 (650.1944)	7 (168.0000)	36 (151.9544)	17 (162.8456)	5 (167.3944)
2014-07-18	Warren County All American BBQ Festival Pittsfield, PA	6 / 21 (652.5256)	2 (173.1200)	9 (160.0344)	3 (165.7028)	15 (153.6684)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	35 / 109 (631.9428)	33 (160.5372)	54 (153.7028)	6 (172.5600)	83 (145.1428)
2013-11-01	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	23 / 75 (669.6116)	47 (165.0972)	28 (166.8228)	2 (178.2972)	52 (159.3944)
2013-10-04	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	1 / 55 (674.8576)	2 (173.1084)	8 (165.1660)	4 (167.4516)	4 (169.1316)
2013-09-06	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	6 / 31 (650.2284)	12 (161.0856)	13 (158.8456)	13 (161.7028)	2 (168.5944)
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	14 / 60 (644.9712)	19 (162.2744)	14 (165.7028)	14 (165.0856)	29 (151.9084)
2013-07-19	Warren All American BBQ Festival Warren, PA	1 / 17 (674.2284)	1 (173.1428)	2 (168.5828)	9 (163.9772)	4 (168.5256)
2013-05-17	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	25 / 56 (617.7138)	49 (146.2854)	25 (154.8570)	36 (153.1428)	8 (163.4286)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	36 / 106 (626.8570)	62 (156.0000)	80 (147.4282)	27 (161.1430)	15 (162.2858)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1617 (115 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1697 (115 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1664 (115 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1124 (235 pts)	#1117 (255 pts)	#846 (410 pts)	#1342 (180 pts)	#794 (430 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1691 (125 pts)	#1201 (270 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1707 (135 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#980 (333 pts)	#1092 (313 pts)	#1050 (333 pts)	#827 (473 pts)	#907 (393 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#641 (570 pts)	#814 (445 pts)	#784 (465 pts)	#836 (435 pts)	#1022 (320 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#711 (501 pts)	#577 (676 pts)	#841 (436 pts)	#555 (701 pts)	#711 (521 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#270 (1103 pts)	#295 (993 pts)	#351 (883 pts)	#282 (1023 pts)	#266 (1118 pts)