High-water mark
670.1712
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1712 at Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-09-18
Porkmafia
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2014-05-23
latest 2026-05-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.65 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 622.58 (-4.92)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.53 · weakest Brisket (148.75)
Road miles
15,505
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 5247 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.58 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
Their season
2014
their best year
2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 61%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 61%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
3BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−14.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.78 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 36%.
- Brisket avg 148.75
- Chicken avg 163.53
- 1 calls in 11 entries
The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Twin Smoke (2022-07-02).
- last seen 2018-09-01
- back 2022-07-02
Chicken nemesis
4 of 4
shared chicken entries lost
Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
15,505
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,505 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,247 miles to World Food Championships.
- 11 mapped stops
- furthest 5,247 mi
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Twin Smoke every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 7th
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.
103 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Porkmafia)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Porkmafia has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Porkmafia's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5659 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5647 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Level with Porkmafia on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 172.5600 | 156.5372 | 163.53 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 141.1200 | 153.54 | top 71% |
| Pork | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 145.1200 | 156.75 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 134.8344 | 148.75 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 5 | 0 | top 73% |
| IL | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 70% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 72% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 5 | 7 | 0 | top 73% | 2026-05-15 |
| Red, White, And BBQ | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 74% | 2014-05-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12 yrs
2014-05-23 → 2026-05-15
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LT
5 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.53 · weakest Brisket (148.75)
Walk rate
36%
a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
18%
2 of 11 contests
Master average
622.58
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
296
102–274 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15,505
11 mapped stops · furthest 5,247 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,600
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2018-09-01 → 2022-07-02
Power rating
1446
peak 1446 · #5658 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Red, White, and BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1712 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score670.1712 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1497) Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 World Food Championships
- 2022
- First call Twin Smoke
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest Twin Smoke
- 2026
- Most recent contest Twin Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2014-09-18 |
| +1.7 | Twin Smoke | 2022-07-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest | 2024-05-24 |
| -10.4 | World Food Championships | 2015-11-03 |
| -8.5 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest | 2018-09-01 |
| -8.4 | Twin Smoke | 2026-05-15 |
| -7.6 | Twin Smoke | 2024-05-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 87% | 87% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 84.7% | 84% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 93.1% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 20 / 23 (626.1832) | 9 (166.8456) | 20 (146.2632) | 8 (166.2628) | 22 (146.8116) |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 7 / 11 (637.0976) | 3 (171.4284) | 8 (155.9888) | 8 (158.8344) | 9 (150.8460) |
| 2024-05-24 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA | 21 / 23 (610.1940) | 16 (164.0112) | 23 (141.1200) | 18 (153.6684) | 21 (151.3944) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 15 / 18 (599.2916) | 13 (156.5372) | 13 (149.6800) | 11 (158.2400) | 17 (134.8344) |
| 2023-05-20 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 11 / 14 (615.4972) | 8 (162.3084) | 11 (156.0228) | 7 (158.8800) | 13 (138.2860) |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 8 / 15 (596.5488) | 3 (156.6516) | 5 (155.9656) | 9 (145.1200) | 12 (138.8116) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 36 / 44 (622.2632) | 24 (163.4516) | 40 (148.5372) | 31 (158.2628) | 30 (152.0116) |
| 2015-11-03 | World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL | 55 / 58 (634.6400) | 18 (172.5600) | 58 (152.5372) | 56 (153.6228) | 55 (155.9200) |
| 2014-09-18 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 20 / 57 (670.1712) | 49 (159.9312) | 12 (171.4400) | 17 (169.6800) | 22 (169.1200) |
| 2014-05-24 | Red, White, And BBQ Westmont, IL | 49 / 72 (631.9544) | 27 (166.8456) | 46 (157.6916) | 56 (156.0344) | 61 (151.3828) |
| 2014-05-23 | Red, White, and BBQ Westmont, IL | 34 / 43 (604.4916) | 28 (158.2400) | 28 (153.7144) | 36 (145.6800) | 38 (146.8572) |