A multi-meat day
1
contest 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 Smoke on the Water (May 5, 2018).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
The Pig's Blanket
The Pig's Blanket is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019). They are ranked #2868 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
peak 1518 · rated over 7 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Oct 17, 2014
latest Oct 25, 2019 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time
Category wins
3
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
22% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.30 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 663.96 (-0.66)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.00)
Road miles
1,735
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 222 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.96 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1040 (263 pts) | #944 (338 pts) | #1495 (148 pts) | #944 (338 pts) | #1081 (268 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2020 (105 pts) | #1736 (145 pts) | #2109 (105 pts) | #2114 (100 pts) | #1749 (135 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2040 (79 pts) | #2714 (59 pts) | #1497 (179 pts) | #2211 (64 pts) | #2000 (99 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1887 (111 pts) | #1928 (121 pts) | #2001 (106 pts) | #2706 (61 pts) | #1542 (176 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to The Pig's Blanket, each with one reason worth a look.
99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,859 of the rated field
- Contests
- 73
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1535
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The Pig's Blanket)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Pig's Blanket has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with The Pig's Blanket on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,865 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Fewer contests behind them than The Pig's Blanket has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 158.2056 | 168.14 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 155.4172 | 162.00 | top 63% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 155.4056 | 165.52 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 162.2400 | 169.26 | top 40% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 1 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 51% | Oct 18, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KY
3 of 9 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
8 entries · 1 win · 4 calls
First title
Oct 4, 2019
Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Opponents faced
233
finished ahead 138 times, behind 117
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Jul 1, 2016 → Mar 9, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First overall podium Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First Grand Championship Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
20186 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Water
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water
- First multi-meat day Smoke on the Water
- Career-best overall score689.0744 Smoke on the Water
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Smoke on the Water
- Peak power rating (1518) Smoke on the Water
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
- First call Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8116 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.2 | Smoke on the Water | May 5, 2018 |
| +8.6 | Smoke on the Shores | Mar 9, 2018 |
| +3.9 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 17, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) | Oct 25, 2019 |
| -7.1 | Fire on the Mountain | Jul 1, 2016 |
| -3.2 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival | Apr 17, 2015 |
| -0.6 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 18, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 48% | 95.5% | 92.6% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50% | top 26% | 95.7% | 94.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 15 / 20 (654.0568) | 17 (158.2056) | 16 (160.4912) | 8 (167.3944) | 14 (167.9656) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival 🏅 Nelsonville, OH | 17 / 28 (659.2568) | 7 (173.1428) | 24 (158.2056) | 16 (165.6684) | 21 (162.2400) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Harrodsburg, KY | 1 / 12 (687.3484) | — | — | — | 1 (176) |
| May 5, 2018 | Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN | 4 / 28 (689.0744) | 1 (177.7144) | 18 (163.9544) | 1 (176.5600) | 6 (170.8456) |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN | 32 / 87 (675.2912) | 44 (168.5256) | 60 (162.2400) | 29 (171.4172) | 17 (173.1084) |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 12 / 15 (638.8112) | 7 (164) | 12 (155.4172) | 13 (155.4056) | 8 (163.9884) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival Cornelia, GA | 20 / 29 (668.3884) | 24 (167.3712) | 5 (169.6800) | 23 (162.8116) | 16 (168.5256) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 15 / 36 (662.8116) | 13 (167.9888) | 16 (163.9772) | 31 (159.4172) | 6 (171.4284) |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.