MUSIC CITY PIG PALS

MUSIC CITY PIG PALS is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest (2013). They are ranked #1833 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,833

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1546

peak 1580 · rated over 36 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013

latest May 19, 2017 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#168

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3256 / 720

Master · High on the Hog Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

667.97 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.55 (+3.42)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff

Consistency

±25.93

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.79)

Road miles

4,957

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 405 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Master avg

664.55 / 720

36 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 36 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 36 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.3256 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3256 at High on the Hog Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 17, 2015

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has finished one call ahead of MUSIC CITY PIG PALS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

21–0 behind in the head-to-head

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 21 of their 21 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 42%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.79
Chicken avg 170.60
9 calls in 36 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of The Spice Is Right in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

15 of 21 shared chicken entries lost

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has out-cooked them in 15 of 21 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

G-QUE KY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 36% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 36% across 7 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

7 April contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,957 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,957 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 405 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

36 mapped stops
furthest 405 mi

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1909 (105 pts)	#1690 (135 pts)	#1977 (100 pts)	#1923 (115 pts)	#1970 (105 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#530 (725 pts)	#355 (1,030 pts)	#543 (720 pts)	#471 (825 pts)	#642 (580 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#168 (1,534 pts)	#102 (1,746 pts)	#157 (1,461 pts)	#96 (1,718 pts)	#187 (1,381 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MUSIC CITY PIG PALS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TWISTED BRISKET BBQ

#1,841 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1567

Careers of much the same size, 42 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Mar 30, 2019

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M&G-BBQ

#1,840 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1546

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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OMERTA BBQ

#1,826 of the rated field

1547 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1552

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 55% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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Geaux 2 bbq

#1,842 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1613

They turned up 6 years after MUSIC CITY PIG PALS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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THE DEVINE SWINE

#1,837 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1565

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 22, 2016

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Badboy Butchers BBQ

#1,832 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1546

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWIGGIN PIG	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
HOUSE OF Q	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
South Pork	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
TNT BBQ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	15	1	4	180 🔥	162.2858	170.60	top 36%
Pork Ribs	36	9	0	0	176.5600	20	161.79	top 51%
Pork	36	13	1	3	177.1428	157.1428	168.22	top 40%
Brisket	36	3	0	1	175.4284	148.4684	163.94	top 56%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 49%
Large (40+)	23	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	24	top 52%
AL	3	top 27%
KY	3	top 29%
GA	2	top 42%
MS	2	top 43%
IN	1	top 25%
SC	1	top 48%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	3	10	0	top 37%	Apr 15, 2016
The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)	2	43	0	top 85%	May 28, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 18 contests

Contests a season 7.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 24 of 36 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 33 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 743 finished ahead 922 times, behind 671

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

20171 milestone

May 19 Most recent contest Southern Smoke BBQ Championship

20152 milestones

Apr 17 Career-best overall score691.3256 High on the Hog Festival
Apr 17 Peak power rating (1580) High on the Hog Festival

20142 milestones

Sep 5 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff
Sep 19 25th tracked contest 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest

20136 milestones

Mar 29 First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First overall top-10 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1426 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Jun 7 First category win (Pork) Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff
Jun 14 10th tracked contest Smokin' on the River

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.9	Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest	Apr 5, 2013
+11.2	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off	Mar 29, 2013
+10.2	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)	Nov 15, 2013
+10	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 17, 2015
+9.9	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest	Sep 19, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-18.3	Queen City Cook-Off	Jun 21, 2013
-11.6	Smoke in the Valley	Aug 28, 2015
-9.6	Smoke on the Shores	Mar 10, 2017
-6.8	The National BBQ Cup (Day 2)	May 28, 2016
-6.8	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1)	May 27, 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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	0	50%	top 74%	93.6%	92%
2016	5	0	0	60%	top 65%	94%	93.3%
2015	4	1	0	75%	top 49%	96%	93.4%
2014	7	1	1	57%	top 43%	95.5%	93%
2013	18	7	1	78%	top 38%	95.5%	91.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 19, 2017	Southern Smoke BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	12 / 19 (673.5888)	6 (175.4172)	16 (162.8116)	8 (170.8228)	15 (164.5372)
Mar 10, 2017	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	52 / 62 (651.7828)	28 (170.2628)	52 (158.2172)	39 (165.0972)	52 (158.2056)
Nov 11, 2016	2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN	16 / 25 (676.4456)	12 (173.1084)	17 (166.8344)	8 (170.2628)	19 (166.2400)
May 28, 2016	The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) Nashville, TN	43 / 50 (669.6004)	46 (167.9656)	47 (159.9660)	9 (175.4172)	37 (166.2516)
May 27, 2016	The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) Nashville, TN	43 / 51 (668.4112)	19 (175.4056)	51 (154.7884)	26 (169.6800)	34 (168.5372)
Apr 15, 2016	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	31 / 56 (671.3368)	27 (169.7028)	31 (166.8456)	18 (172)	45 (162.7884)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	22 / 61 (674.1944)	15 (174.2628)	22 (167.9772)	3 (175.4400)	51 (156.5144)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	22 / 55 (671.2796)	2 (177.7028)	39 (161.6684)	22 (167.9656)	37 (163.9428)
Aug 28, 2015	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	22 / 26 (649.5428)	18 (170.8228)	25 (157.6572)	23 (158.2628)	16 (162.8000)
Apr 17, 2015	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	10 / 59 (691.3256)	34 (169.6800)	5 (176.5600)	8 (174.2628)	17 (170.8228)
Mar 6, 2015	"Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship Nashville, TN	14 / 25 (676.4688)	9 (173.7144)	15 (166.8344)	12 (169.6800)	14 (166.2400)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	12 / 75 (687.3372)	16 (171.4056)	10 (173.1316)	4 (175.4056)	30 (167.3944)
Sep 5, 2014	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	10 / 41 (685.1200)	1 (180)	29 (163.9772)	11 (172.5600)	18 (168.5828)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	23 / 40 (669.5884)	27 (166.8228)	28 (164.5600)	20 (169.6800)	19 (168.5256)
Jul 25, 2014	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	29 / 44 (659.9204)	26 (166.8228)	22 (166.2744)	22 (165.6916)	33 (161.1316)
May 23, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	16 / 30 (665.5540)	11 (170.2628)	17 (167.3944)	10 (167.3828)	27 (160.5140)
Apr 3, 2014	Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Summerville, GA	19 / 30 (643.2344)	19 (163.3828)	16 (161.0856)	19 (158.2288)	14 (160.5372)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	17 / 95 (678.1716)	2 (178.8572)	9 (173.7144)	31 (168.5372)	63 (157.0628)
Nov 15, 2013	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA	16 / 79 (687.3484)	26 (171.9884)	12 (173.1316)	8 (173.1084)	34 (169.1200)
Oct 18, 2013	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	20 / 40 (655.8972)	15 (166.2628)	14 (166.2744)	12 (167.9772)	28 (155.3828)
Sep 27, 2013	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	9 / 24 (677.0516)	5 (169.6800)	11 (168.5716)	3 (177.1428)	17 (161.6572)
Sep 20, 2013	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	36 / 53 (647.1768)	24 (167.3828)	14 (170.8228)	42 (160.5028)	49 (148.4684)
Sep 6, 2013	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	28 / 42 (663.2916)	6 (174.8572)	37 (159.3944)	22 (167.3828)	28 (161.6572)
Aug 23, 2013	Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN	13 / 55 (671.8512)	6 (173.1200)	12 (171.4172)	35 (161.0856)	19 (166.2284)
Jul 26, 2013	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	18 / 54 (671.3256)	8 (171.4056)	19 (168.5372)	40 (162.2628)	22 (169.1200)
Jun 21, 2013	Queen City Cook-Off Clarksville, TN	39 / 39 (526.8566)	21 (167.4284)	39 (20)	11 (170.8570)	15 (168.5712)
Jun 14, 2013	Smokin' on the River Jeffersonville, IN	13 / 52 (669.1424)	19 (166.8570)	10 (169.7142)	29 (162.8570)	12 (169.7142)
Jun 7, 2013	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	6 / 30 (661.1426)	10 (162.2858)	5 (167.4286)	1 (175.4286)	23 (155.9996)
May 31, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	13 / 27 (650.8568)	16 (164.5714)	9 (168.5714)	23 (157.1428)	13 (160.5712)
May 24, 2013	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-off Lewisburg, TN	7 / 36 (673.1424)	6 (172)	7 (168.5716)	19 (167.4284)	16 (165.1424)
May 17, 2013	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	24 / 47 (657.7136)	23 (166.2856)	19 (166.2856)	35 (163.4284)	28 (161.7140)
May 3, 2013	West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN	10 / 46 (660.5708)	10 (170.8572)	39 (151.4284)	7 (169.7140)	9 (168.5712)
Apr 19, 2013	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	24 / 60 (662.2856)	41 (162.2858)	22 (166.2856)	4 (174.2856)	37 (159.4286)
Apr 12, 2013	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	8 / 34 (674.8572)	8 (171.4286)	25 (161.1430)	11 (166.8572)	2 (175.4284)
Apr 5, 2013	Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest Somerville, TN	4 / 29 (681.1426)	7 (170.8570)	10 (166.8572)	7 (170.8570)	4 (172.5714)
Mar 29, 2013	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY	7 / 40 (669.1426)	2 (176.5714)	6 (169.7142)	24 (161.1428)	19 (161.7142)

MUSIC CITY PIG PALS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)