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PIG WHISPERERS

PIG WHISPERERS is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #441 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#441
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1689
peak 1699 · rated over 35 contests

Contests

35
in the data

First seen

Feb 8, 2013
latest Aug 5, 2016 · 3.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#149
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

3
2 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

10
24 podiums

Overall top-10s

21
60% of 35 contests

Best top-10 run

6
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 26%
overall standings

Best overall

701.7144 / 720
Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

677.35 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.31 (+13.04)

Walk rate

91%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival

Consistency

±90.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.50)

Road miles

6,744
across 35 mapped stops · furthest 854 mi

Schedule strength

45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.31 / 720
35 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Among the elite

#441 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1689 puts them #441 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

  • rating 1689
  • peak 1699
  • 35 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Pork ×1
  • Brisket ×1

Against the odds

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) (Sep 5, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N.

They almost always walk

91% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 35 contests

A top-10 category call in 91% of their 35 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

701.7144 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.7144 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 5, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE PIT CREW GA has finished one call ahead of PIG WHISPERERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 2 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

  • 10 contests
  • 4 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 27%

A tough matchup

12–3 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 56%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 167.50
  • Chicken avg 171.90
  • 13 calls in 34 entries

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) on Sep 5, 2014 — 17 contests and 12.1 years ago.

  • last GC Sep 5, 2014
  • 12.1 years ago

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOOTIE-Q in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Bubba Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

Boom or bust

±12.50% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±12.50% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 92.3% of a perfect score
  • best 97.5%

The long haul

6,744 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,744 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 854 miles to 8th Annual Big Island BBQ.

  • 35 mapped stops
  • furthest 854 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #696 (547 pts) #775 (507 pts) #665 (612 pts) #586 (692 pts) #788 (482 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #159 (1,702 pts) #53 (2,032 pts) #334 (1,062 pts) #171 (1,502 pts) #227 (1,377 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #184 (1,565 pts) #383 (990 pts) #268 (1,255 pts) #248 (1,265 pts) #159 (1,635 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #149 (1,648 pts) #128 (1,588 pts) #278 (1,068 pts) #176 (1,383 pts) #139 (1,623 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Ash Kickin' BBQ
#439 of the rated field
1690 power rating
Contests
41
GCs
4
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1705

Careers of much the same size, 41 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 39 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2026
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RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS
#440 of the rated field
1690 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
4
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1690

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 43 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 43 contests
  • last seen Oct 14, 2016
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Curly Bird BBQ
#443 of the rated field
1689 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
7
Top-10s
65%
Peak
1707

Their rating is built on 7 Grand Championships in 46 contests, alongside a 65% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
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CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE
#442 of the rated field
1689 power rating
Contests
66
GCs
0
Top-10s
45%
Peak
1710

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 64 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2021
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RUB MY RACK
#447 of the rated field
1688 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
144
GCs
8
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1775
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIG WHISPERERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIG WHISPERERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 127 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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Yardogs BBQ
#444 of the rated field
1689 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
3
Top-10s
72%
Peak
1710

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

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
OLD PLANTATION BBQ 21 11 10 52% ⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 20 8 12 40% ⚔ compare
TENACIOUS Q 17 11 6 65% ⚔ compare
WICKED QUE 17 7 10 41% ⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q 15 14 1 93% ⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q 15 9 6 60% ⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW GA 15 5 10 33% ⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 14 14 0 100% ⚔ compare
ATLANTA BBQ STORE 14 9 5 64% ⚔ compare
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS 13 9 4 69% ⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare
J & B'S BBQ 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 34 19 4 8 178.8572 161.6456 171.90 top 30%
Pork Ribs 34 13 0 1 176 153.6572 167.50 top 42%
Pork 34 13 3 8 180 🔥 148.5600 169.07 top 35%
Brisket 35 18 3 7 180 🔥 144.5260 170.37 top 32%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)172top 20%
Large (40+)181top 32%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
GA312top 23%
MN10top 100%
AR10top 26%
MS11top 3%
NC10top 60%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) 4 1 1 top 25% Aug 5, 2016
Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 2 5 0 top 12% May 8, 2015
Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival 2 4 0 top 16% Apr 17, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 11 contests
Contests a season 8.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in GA 31 of 35 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 30 3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Brisket 35 entries · 3 wins · 18 calls
First title Aug 2, 2013 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Opponents faced 626 finished ahead 1,095 times, behind 393

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

20163 milestones
  1. 10th category win Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival
  2. Peak power rating (1699) Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival
  3. Most recent contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
20152 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Pork) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
  2. 25th tracked contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
20142 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)
  2. Career-best overall score701.7144 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
20139 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  2. First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5712 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  4. First category win (Brisket) Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)
  5. First overall top-10 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)
  6. First overall podium Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)
  7. First Reserve Championship Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)
  8. First Grand Championship Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
  9. Biggest field won (61 teams) Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.5Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 5, 2014
+15.3Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)Aug 2, 2013
+14.4Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier)May 10, 2013
+13Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)Apr 19, 2013
+12.7Sam's Club National BBQ TourMay 30, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-21.88th Annual Big Island BBQAug 28, 2015
-9.3BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)Apr 29, 2016
-7.6Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)May 23, 2014
-7.4Peak City Pig FestJun 20, 2014
-2Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)Aug 5, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20165021 80% top 39% 95.6% 94.1%
201511085 91% top 26% 96.1% 88.1%
201410242 90% top 27% 97.5% 93.8%
20139172 100% top 19% 96.6% 94.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 5, 2016 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA 25 / 56 (680.4456) 33 (170.2628) 8 (173.1200) 9 (174.2628) 45 (162.8000)
Jun 3, 2016 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA 8 / 32 (683.3256) 16 (170.8112) 9 (172.5716) 13 (169.1200) 10 (170.8228)
May 27, 2016 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 29 / 66 (670.6856) 50 (161.6456) 8 (174.2744) 43 (161.6456) 13 (173.1200)
Apr 29, 2016 BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA 23 / 35 (663.8400) 16 (169.6800) 30 (161.0856) 19 (167.3944) 23 (165.6800)
Apr 15, 2016 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA 4 / 30 (688.4684) 5 (174.2628) 16 (169.1200) 1 (177.7028) 16 (167.3828)
Dec 4, 2015 Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA 2 / 39 (690.2172) 1 (177.7028) 31 (160.5372) 2 (176.5600) 6 (175.4172)
Oct 3, 2015 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 6 / 41 (689.6456) 5 (176) 4 (175.4172) 12 (171.9656) 27 (166.2628)
Oct 2, 2015 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 5 / 52 (691.9316) 1 (178.8572) 16 (170.8344) 7 (174.2628) 26 (167.9772)
Aug 28, 2015 8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN 55 / 55 (144.5260) — — — 49 (144.5260)
Aug 14, 2015 Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA 13 / 40 (674.7200) 9 (173.1200) 37 (155.9200) 12 (170.2628) 5 (175.4172)
Jul 31, 2015 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA 18 / 55 (679.8972) 9 (174.2628) 27 (168.5488) 35 (166.8228) 17 (170.2628)
Jun 12, 2015 Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' Fitzgerald, GA 6 / 20 (681.6000) 1 (177.7028) 13 (169.1316) 15 (162.8000) 6 (171.9656)
May 22, 2015 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 6 / 65 (679.8856) 6 (175.4172) 11 (173.1084) 58 (157.6572) 11 (173.7028)
May 8, 2015 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA 5 / 39 (677.5888) 3 (174.2744) 21 (161.6572) 2 (173.1200) 10 (168.5372)
Apr 17, 2015 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival Cornelia, GA 5 / 29 (682.7656) 6 (174.2628) 19 (162.8000) 21 (165.7028) 1 (180)
Mar 27, 2015 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA 6 / 28 (687.3944) 9 (170.2744) 6 (172.5600) 1 (180) 17 (164.5600)
Sep 26, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 13 / 50 (692.5488) 30 (173.1200) 18 (172.5600) 16 (173.7144) 23 (173.1544)
Sep 5, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Southaven, MS 1 / 30 (701.7144) 2 (177.7144) 3 (176) 15 (168.5600) 2 (179.4400)
Aug 30, 2014 Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA 11 / 39 (670.1716) 28 (165.0856) 26 (162.8344) 11 (170.2628) 5 (171.9888)
Aug 1, 2014 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA 11 / 56 (678.7316) 34 (167.3828) 27 (166.2400) 15 (170.8344) 7 (174.2744)
Jun 20, 2014 Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC 29 / 48 (645.7712) 11 (170.2856) 6 (170.3200) 47 (148.5600) 30 (156.6056)
May 30, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA 1 / 29 (684.4340) 21 (163.9428) 4 (171.9656) 3 (170.8228) 1 (177.7028)
May 23, 2014 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA 44 / 65 (644.3772) 9 (171.4172) 55 (153.6572) 37 (159.9428) 44 (159.3600)
May 9, 2014 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA 5 / 42 (677.0284) 21 (166.2628) 6 (169.6800) 12 (166.8228) 4 (174.2628)
Apr 18, 2014 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) Cornelia, GA 4 / 27 (692.5144) 10 (170.8228) 11 (169.1200) 1 (174.8572) 2 (177.7144)
Mar 14, 2014 Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA 14 / 43 (666.1484) 24 (163.9772) 5 (173.7028) 25 (162.8116) 18 (165.6568)
Dec 6, 2013 Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA 6 / 65 (694.2860) 10 (174.8572) 37 (165.1316) 3 (176.5600) 3 (177.7372)
Nov 15, 2013 The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA 33 / 79 (675.2796) 12 (175.4056) 70 (157.0628) 43 (167.9656) 9 (174.8456)
Oct 11, 2013 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA 9 / 25 (670.2060) 5 (171.9888) 19 (157.6688) 3 (173.7028) 12 (166.8456)
Aug 16, 2013 Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA 6 / 34 (675.3144) 15 (168.5256) 16 (166.2516) 16 (166.2400) 4 (174.2972)
Aug 2, 2013 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA 1 / 61 (695.3600) 1 (177.7144) 15 (171.9772) 16 (171.9656) 14 (173.7028)
May 24, 2013 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 7 / 47 (679.4282) 11 (171.4286) 8 (170.2856) 22 (166.2856) 10 (171.4284)
May 10, 2013 Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 2 / 33 (691.4286) 3 (174.2858) 4 (171.4286) 7 (170.8572) 3 (174.8570)
Apr 19, 2013 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) Cornelia, GA 4 / 36 (688.5712) 2 (176.5714) 27 (160.5712) 5 (172) 1 (179.4286)
Feb 8, 2013 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA 11 / 33 (660.5712) 21 (165.1428) 6 (168) 6 (166.2858) 18 (161.1426)

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