PIGHEADED BBQ

PIGHEADED BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 59 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 75 at the BBQ Gives Back (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #652 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#652

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1649

peak 1723 · rated over 59 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Oct 18, 2019 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#149

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve

Category wins

31 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 59 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

691.4060 / 720

Master · BBQ Gives Back

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

646.02 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 652.92 (-6.90)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · New Holland Summer Fest

Consistency

±17.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.50 · weakest Pork (160.82)

Road miles

5,134

across 59 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$35K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.92 / 720

59 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.5768 points from the title

Came within 1.5768 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Aug 15, 2014).

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.

Chicken ×1
Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 11% average finish here

New Jersey State Barbecue Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 4th
average top 11%

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 48 of 59 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 59 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.4060 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.4060 at BBQ Gives Back — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 23, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of PIGHEADED BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 15%.

10 contests
8 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 15%

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A tough matchup

33–11 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 33 of their 44 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.67 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 53%.

Pork avg 160.82
Chicken avg 167.50
16 calls in 59 entries

A strong matchup

22–8 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SLOWER LOWER BBQ in 22 of their 30 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

0 Grand Championships
59 contests

Going the wrong way

-30 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 30 points across 5 contests since Oct 19, 2018 — from 1679 down to 1649.

5 contests since Oct 19, 2018
now 1649

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

4:20 Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 13% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 13% across 4 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

4 July contests
top 32% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,134 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,134 miles across 59 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 200 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

59 mapped stops
furthest 200 mi

The metronome

±2.39% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
59 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 5th

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
2019 ↗	Master	#914 (300 pts)	#874 (350 pts)	#1026 (280 pts)	#899 (340 pts)	#649 (525 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#400 (863 pts)	#347 (988 pts)	#304 (1,048 pts)	#524 (703 pts)	#232 (1,278 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#325 (1,125 pts)	#205 (1,385 pts)	#482 (815 pts)	#402 (960 pts)	#337 (1,110 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#149 (1,720 pts)	#219 (1,345 pts)	#174 (1,510 pts)	#228 (1,355 pts)	#161 (1,630 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#317 (1,149 pts)	#186 (1,479 pts)	#454 (839 pts)	#384 (959 pts)	#210 (1,444 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#277 (1,244 pts)	#276 (1,190 pts)	#380 (985 pts)	#435 (870 pts)	#504 (745 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#252 (1,196 pts)	#122 (1,596 pts)	#199 (1,326 pts)	#314 (946 pts)	#376 (841 pts)

Overall rank by season

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DIG'N N PIG'N

#655 of the rated field

1648 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1648

5–2 in 7 shared contests (71% to PIGHEADED BBQ)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — PIGHEADED BBQ ahead 5–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 64 contests
last seen May 16, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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SWAMP BOYS

#650 of the rated field

1649 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1751

They've been 1751 at their best, 102 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 60 contests
last seen Nov 22, 2024

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HELL ON SQUEALS

#653 of the rated field

1649 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1673

Careers of much the same size, 60 contests to 59, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 58 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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BONE RUBBIN BBQ

#654 of the rated field

1648 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1650

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 58 contests, alongside a 47% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 57 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2026

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iQue

#651 of the rated field

1649 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1661

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

rated over 34 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2025

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Full Throttle BBQ

#649 of the rated field

1650 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1697

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

rated over 49 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	44	11	33	25%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	41	18	23	44%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	33	13	20	39%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	30	22	8	73%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	30	19	11	63%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	30	12	18	40%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	29	21	8	72%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	29	15	14	52%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	29	13	16	45%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	27	20	7	74%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	27	14	13	52%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	26	12	14	46%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	25	14	11	56%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	24	14	10	58%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	59	31	4	13	180 🔥	147.3600	167.50	top 29%
Pork Ribs	59	15	3	7	178.2972	138.8572	161.19	top 43%
Pork	59	16	1	5	173.1200	142.2056	160.82	top 46%
Brisket	59	21	3	6	180 🔥	145.6572	163.41	top 34%

“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 82%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 39%
Large (40+)	43	top 28%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	32	top 29%
DE	14	top 35%
MD	6	top 54%
NJ	4	top 13%
VA	3	top 29%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	7	5	top 24%	Aug 23, 2019
Que for the Troops	4	14	top 47%	Jun 1, 2018
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	3	7	top 37%	May 17, 2019
Boo-B-Que	3	11	top 44%	Oct 19, 2018
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	3	4	top 11%	Jul 10, 2015
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2	8	top 30%	Oct 5, 2018
Smoke in the Park	2	3	top 36%	Sep 28, 2018
Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2	5	top 23%	Jun 8, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	top 53%	Aug 5, 2016
Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	2	5	top 24%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 8.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 32 of 59 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 39 10 of them more than once

Opponents faced 819 finished ahead 2,207 times, behind 953

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

20191 milestone

Oct 18 Most recent contest Boo-B-Que

20184 milestones

Mar 23 10th category win BBQ Gives Back
Mar 23 Career-best overall score691.4060 BBQ Gives Back
Mar 23 Peak power rating (1723) BBQ Gives Back
Jun 8 50th tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition

20151 milestone

Aug 28 25th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest

20143 milestones

Apr 11 10th tracked contest Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair
May 9 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition
Aug 15 First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20136 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 17 First call Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 17 First overall top-10 Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 17 First overall podium Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.0002 Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 31 First category win (Chicken) Que for the Troops

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	Middletown BBQ Cook Off	May 17, 2013
+14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 15, 2014
+12.3	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 11, 2014
+11.6	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 22, 2014
+11.2	BBQ Gives Back	Mar 23, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.4	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 7, 2019
-13.2	Que for the Troops	Jun 6, 2014
-11.8	Boss Frogs BBQ	Apr 7, 2017
-11.8	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park	Jun 27, 2015
-11.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 16, 2013

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)
2019	4	0	0	75%	top 52%	92.2%	89.9%
2018	9	1	2	67%	top 47%	96%	90.3%
2017	9	4	1	89%	top 31%	94.4%	91.6%
2016	10	8	3	90%	top 15%	94.6%	92.9%
2015	9	4	2	89%	top 32%	93%	90.6%
2014	9	4	2	78%	top 32%	92.9%	89.8%
2013	9	3	1	78%	top 28%	90.6%	89%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 18, 2019	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	37 / 63 (638.1028)	58 (147.3600)	18 (164.5372)	24 (165.0856)	34 (161.1200)
Aug 23, 2019	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	24 / 65 (660.4340)	13 (168.5600)	47 (160.5256)	39 (160.5256)	7 (170.8228)
Jun 7, 2019	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	29 / 36 (627.8516)	33 (154.2400)	24 (155.9316)	33 (147.3600)	7 (170.3200)
May 17, 2019	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	14 / 44 (663.8740)	15 (166.8572)	30 (155.9084)	8 (171.4172)	10 (169.6912)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	44 / 73 (639.8400)	43 (162.8456)	65 (147.3372)	38 (161.1316)	21 (168.5256)
Oct 5, 2018	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	18 / 42 (655.3144)	22 (163.9656)	16 (162.8000)	35 (153.6916)	2 (174.8572)
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	20 / 31 (644.4460)	19 (161.6916)	17 (161.1200)	27 (152.5144)	13 (169.1200)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	30 / 71 (640.4340)	42 (157.6684)	3 (173.7028)	54 (149.6800)	30 (159.3828)
Aug 17, 2018	Smokin on The Dock of the Bay Crisfield, MD	21 / 32 (635.7828)	26 (154.7656)	19 (157.0972)	21 (158.8000)	13 (165.1200)
Jun 8, 2018	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	15 / 42 (656.4456)	6 (169.7144)	31 (154.8116)	32 (157.6340)	1 (174.2856)
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	28 / 61 (644.3996)	6 (173.1084)	58 (148.5372)	35 (157.6456)	19 (165.1084)
May 18, 2018	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	31 / 47 (641.6000)	24 (165.7372)	31 (161.0972)	46 (142.2056)	4 (172.5600)
Mar 23, 2018	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	2 / 75 (691.4060)	3 (174.8572)	1 (178.2972)	4 (172.5716)	28 (165.6800)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	39 / 69 (644.4228)	10 (171.9772)	45 (154.8228)	28 (163.3828)	49 (154.2400)
Oct 6, 2017	Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA	16 / 39 (654.6972)	1 (176.5600)	31 (154.8000)	31 (158.2400)	15 (165.0972)
Sep 22, 2017	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	3 / 44 (676.4916)	4 (173.1200)	4 (170.2744)	20 (163.3944)	8 (169.7028)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	24 / 69 (652.9940)	16 (166.2628)	48 (157.0856)	3 (173.1200)	41 (156.5256)
Jul 28, 2017	Smoke in the Grove (JUDGES FULL) Spring Grove, PA	10 / 51 (662.1256)	27 (163.9428)	16 (165.6684)	19 (165.6800)	13 (166.8344)
Jun 9, 2017	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	5 / 46 (671.3256)	2 (173.7144)	17 (162.2284)	11 (168.5256)	19 (166.8572)
Jun 2, 2017	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	14 / 63 (659.3944)	21 (165.7144)	45 (156.0116)	16 (165.7028)	5 (171.9656)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	7 / 53 (679.9656)	6 (174.8456)	17 (166.8228)	10 (169.7372)	8 (168.5600)
Apr 7, 2017	Boss Frogs BBQ Hurlock, MD	34 / 45 (636.3196)	22 (165.6684)	45 (140.4684)	35 (158.2172)	6 (171.9656)
Oct 21, 2016	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	11 / 67 (662.7200)	28 (163.9772)	7 (169.6800)	18 (164.5372)	15 (164.5256)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	8 / 47 (671.9432)	9 (170.8572)	15 (166.8460)	6 (171.4172)	17 (162.8228)
Sep 10, 2016	Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE Devon, PA	4 / 33 (670.1712)	19 (164.5372)	1 (175.4056)	11 (164.5256)	10 (165.7028)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	5 / 66 (671.8856)	27 (163.9656)	22 (165.1084)	29 (162.8116)	1 (180)
Aug 5, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	7 / 29 (675.8740)	3 (174.2856)	6 (173.1084)	18 (158.7884)	9 (169.6916)
Jun 10, 2016	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE	3 / 39 (681.0628)	4 (170.2628)	2 (171.4172)	2 (172)	9 (167.3828)
Jun 3, 2016	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	8 / 67 (660.9944)	33 (162.2284)	38 (159.3944)	8 (165.1088)	2 (174.2628)
May 20, 2016	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA	2 / 23 (670.8344)	5 (168.5828)	8 (162.2860)	1 (170.8572)	4 (169.1084)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	5 / 47 (674.1828)	2 (176.5600)	5 (167.9772)	28 (159.3712)	8 (170.2744)
Apr 8, 2016	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	26 / 75 (650.7316)	29 (164.5600)	40 (159.3944)	36 (159.3600)	16 (167.4172)
Oct 30, 2015	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	7 / 59 (659.3600)	27 (162.2512)	14 (164.0232)	40 (154.2056)	1 (178.8800)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	9 / 57 (668.4800)	3 (172.5484)	36 (157.1200)	23 (163.9544)	2 (174.8572)
Aug 28, 2015	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	12 / 70 (662.1828)	14 (169.1200)	35 (161.1200)	29 (161.0856)	5 (170.8572)
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	8 / 65 (657.6340)	1 (173.7256)	15 (165.1200)	6 (167.4056)	34 (151.3828)
Jun 27, 2015	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park Allentown, PA	14 / 17 (629.6232)	10 (163.4288)	12 (154.2400)	6 (166.2972)	16 (145.6572)
Jun 5, 2015	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	7 / 54 (669.6684)	2 (177.1428)	32 (161.1200)	32 (162.8572)	11 (168.5484)
May 29, 2015	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	15 / 32 (651.8056)	5 (173.1200)	4 (170.8344)	25 (158.2056)	26 (149.6456)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	11 / 57 (650.7656)	7 (170.2972)	28 (157.6456)	2 (172.5600)	39 (150.2628)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	68 / 99 (620.3428)	59 (157.6800)	65 (154.2400)	52 (159.3600)	75 (149.0628)
Sep 26, 2014	Lehigh Valley QueFest Allentown, PA	4 / 32 (665.0740)	2 (173.7372)	1 (173.1544)	5 (166.2284)	19 (151.9540)
Sep 5, 2014	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off York, PA	15 / 39 (649.5080)	5 (173.7028)	27 (154.7772)	22 (158.2284)	11 (162.7996)
Aug 29, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	23 / 30 (649.5996)	23 (166.8228)	14 (165.1200)	19 (159.9656)	21 (157.6912)
Aug 22, 2014	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	5 / 70 (658.1944)	8 (170.2972)	20 (163.3828)	3 (171.9772)	38 (152.5372)
Aug 15, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	2 / 28 (669.1544)	6 (170.2628)	4 (170.3200)	10 (163.9772)	11 (164.5944)
Jul 11, 2014	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	4 / 65 (654.2172)	2 (176.0228)	12 (161.7144)	29 (155.3600)	14 (161.1200)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	55 / 65 (598.1596)	55 (149.6684)	63 (138.8572)	36 (155.9312)	33 (153.7028)
May 9, 2014	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	20 / 54 (631.9084)	1 (180)	38 (145.0972)	34 (149.6684)	20 (157.1428)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	19 / 109 (644.0232)	7 (171.4172)	56 (153.1544)	77 (149.6916)	7 (169.7600)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	15 / 85 (639.3712)	3 (169.7028)	13 (164.5944)	64 (146.8228)	18 (158.2512)
Sep 20, 2013	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	11 / 45 (652.4568)	6 (169.6912)	12 (162.8344)	24 (158.8112)	16 (161.1200)
Sep 6, 2013	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	7 / 31 (650.1600)	13 (161.0856)	6 (164.5716)	6 (168.5256)	15 (155.9772)
Aug 23, 2013	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	15 / 71 (649.0284)	12 (166.2628)	3 (170.8800)	47 (153.6228)	25 (158.2628)
Aug 16, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	24 / 29 (628.4000)	16 (163.9428)	24 (155.9544)	26 (149.6456)	21 (158.8572)
Jul 12, 2013	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	10 / 65 (636.4228)	6 (165.6912)	3 (166.2516)	15 (157.6684)	34 (146.8116)
May 31, 2013	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	17 / 46 (623.4282)	1 (168.5712)	17 (157.7142)	30 (150.2856)	31 (146.8572)
May 17, 2013	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	3 / 56 (652.0002)	7 (166.2854)	12 (160.5718)	4 (166.2858)	12 (158.8572)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	28 / 106 (633.1424)	12 (166.8570)	42 (155.4286)	62 (154.8570)	49 (155.9998)

PIGHEADED BBQ

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Always the bridesmaid

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)