FLAMING PIG

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#741

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1635

peak 1644 · rated over 29 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2018-08-03

Best ToY finish

#384

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

687.8968 / 720

Master · Flames on the Flint

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

655.98 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 666.26 (-10.29)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±12.15

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.09 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.82)

Road miles

22,085

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 4367 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Master avg

666.26 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (14 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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

Brisket ×1

A multi-meat day

1 contests 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 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (2014-06-13).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.8968 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.8968 at Flames on the Flint — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-03-13

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKE ON THIS has finished one call ahead of FLAMING PIG 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

15–4 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead in 79% of their meetings

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has come out ahead in 15 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 45%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.82
Chicken avg 169.09
4 calls in 29 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOBO'S QUE in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 13 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SMOKIN SKULLIES has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 22% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 22% across 5 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.

5 June contests
top 32% the rest of the year

The long haul

22,085 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 22,085 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,367 miles to Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival.

29 mapped stops
furthest 4,367 mi

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
29 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Pigs & Pedals every year from 2014 to 2018 — 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.

My Smokin' Grillfriend

#744 of the rated field

1635 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1646

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2021-05-28

⚔ Head-to-head

THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS

#739 of the rated field

1635 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1662

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 37 contests, alongside a 46% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2022-05-06

⚔ Head-to-head

Not So Famous Dave's BBQ

#742 of the rated field

1635 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1635

No shared contest yet.

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 2022-10-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD BONES BBQ

#740 of the rated field

1635 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1635

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2019-08-17

⚔ Head-to-head

SECOND CITY SMOKE

#743 of the rated field

1635 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1635

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before FLAMING PIG's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BAREKNUCKLES BBQ

#737 of the rated field

1635 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1635

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FLAMING PIG)

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

rated over 38 contests
last seen 2018-05-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
BOBO'S QUE	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	13	2	4	177.7028	157.6800	169.09	top 35%
Pork Ribs	29	4	1	1	174.2628	149.6572	163.82	top 49%
Pork	29	8	1	3	173.7028	156.5028	166.51	top 39%
Brisket	29	11	2	4	180.0000 🔥	154.8000	166.85	top 36%

“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	Avg finish
NC	17	top 30%
VA	5	top 45%
SC	2	top 33%
GA	2	top 27%
DE	1	top 41%
FL	1	top 21%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	13	0	top 35%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 30%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	5	7	top 45%	2018-08-03
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	5	top 42%	2016-08-12
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	3	10	top 25%	2015-06-12
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	14	top 22%	2015-05-08
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	4	top 33%	2017-08-11
Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	2	14	top 27%	2016-03-11

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.2 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2018-08-03

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 17 of 29 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 2 wins · 13 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.09 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.82)

Walk rate 79% a top-10 call in 23 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 34% 10 of 29 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 666.26 out of 720 · 29 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 685 1,008–402 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 22,085 29 mapped stops · furthest 4,367 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Power rating 1635 peak 1644 · #741 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First call Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9998 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 6 First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
2014
Jun 6 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 13 First multi-meat day Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Aug 1 10th tracked contest Pigs & Pedals
2015
Mar 13 Career-best overall score687.8968 Flames on the Flint
2016
May 20 Peak power rating (1644) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
Aug 5 25th tracked contest Pigs & Pedals
2018
Aug 3 Most recent contest Pigs & Pedals

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2013-06-14
+13.2	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2013-09-20
+11.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-06
+11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-08-23
+9.6	Flames on the Flint	2015-03-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.8	Pigs & Pedals	2018-08-03
-3.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2014-08-29
-3	Pigs & Pedals	2016-08-05
-2.7	*Pigs & Pedals	2017-08-04
-1.5	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival	2016-07-23

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 63%	90.1%	90.1%
2017	2	0	1	50%	top 52%	92.9%	91.1%
2016	5	2	0	60%	top 38%	94%	92.4%
2015	9	4	1	78%	top 27%	95.5%	93.4%
2014	6	1	3	100%	top 32%	94.6%	92.5%
2013	6	3	1	100%	top 26%	95%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-03	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	30 / 48 (648.4228)	42 (157.6800)	21 (166.2744)	39 (158.7884)	26 (165.6800)
2017-08-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	14 / 27 (669.0628)	24 (160.5600)	1 (173.7144)	20 (163.3828)	8 (171.4056)
2017-08-04	*Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	24 / 46 (642.6400)	26 (159.9428)	34 (154.2288)	13 (167.3828)	29 (161.0856)
2016-08-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	10 / 28 (662.7428)	6 (172.5828)	11 (167.4172)	17 (163.3944)	17 (159.3484)
2016-08-05	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	25 / 47 (657.0176)	12 (171.9772)	35 (155.9660)	30 (161.0972)	15 (167.9772)
2016-07-23	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	12 / 29 (676.4684)	13 (171.4056)	11 (169.6800)	10 (172.0000)	18 (163.3828)
2016-05-20	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	8 / 30 (661.7260)	13 (166.2628)	14 (164.0116)	6 (168.5716)	14 (162.8800)
2016-03-11	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	31 / 89 (667.3140)	25 (170.2744)	63 (162.8228)	23 (169.1084)	37 (165.1084)
2015-11-06	* Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	10 / 60 (681.0512)	7 (174.8456)	17 (169.1200)	31 (165.1200)	12 (171.9656)
2015-09-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	14 / 30 (670.1828)	5 (174.8456)	21 (164.5716)	12 (167.9772)	19 (162.7884)
2015-08-15	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein ,	6 / 22 (647.2572)	17 (159.3712)	14 (157.1088)	1 (173.1200)	11 (157.6572)
2015-07-31	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	7 / 31 (672.4916)	15 (165.7144)	16 (164.5488)	14 (167.3712)	2 (174.8572)
2015-06-12	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	34 / 78 (658.6968)	40 (166.8228)	33 (165.1200)	15 (169.6684)	52 (157.0856)
2015-06-05	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	6 / 30 (685.0396)	19 (166.2628)	10 (171.9656)	7 (172.5484)	4 (174.2628)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	17 / 74 (673.6000)	33 (167.9888)	21 (170.2628)	30 (167.3828)	22 (167.9656)
2015-03-13	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	14 / 72 (687.8968)	7 (175.4172)	12 (174.2628)	38 (169.1084)	33 (169.1084)
2015-01-30	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	13 / 62 (673.6228)	37 (166.2400)	47 (157.6800)	2 (173.7028)	5 (176.0000)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	19 / 53 (655.2912)	10 (170.2628)	44 (153.1200)	18 (166.2284)	19 (165.6800)
2014-08-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	20 / 30 (655.2456)	3 (175.4056)	23 (162.8344)	16 (161.6456)	24 (155.3600)
2014-08-01	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	11 / 32 (656.4228)	11 (169.1200)	29 (149.6572)	2 (171.9656)	6 (165.6800)
2014-06-13	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	15 / 73 (681.0284)	1 (177.7028)	38 (163.3828)	52 (161.6456)	1 (178.2972)
2014-06-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	4 / 28 (679.9316)	16 (165.1200)	16 (165.6916)	5 (169.1200)	1 (180.0000)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	15 / 80 (667.9428)	3 (176.5600)	63 (153.1316)	26 (165.1084)	6 (173.1428)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	20 / 55 (650.2172)	8 (169.7028)	22 (162.2516)	23 (162.2628)	38 (156.0000)
2013-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	6 / 72 (683.9656)	10 (173.7028)	24 (167.4056)	13 (171.9772)	10 (170.8800)
2013-09-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Chesapeake, VA	17 / 30 (653.0056)	1 (176.5828)	11 (165.1200)	22 (156.5028)	23 (154.8000)
2013-08-23	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	5 / 29 (665.6572)	8 (166.8572)	4 (167.4172)	7 (166.2628)	9 (165.1200)
2013-06-14	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	10 / 97 (673.7138)	7 (173.7142)	40 (162.8570)	17 (169.7142)	22 (167.4284)
2013-05-10	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	14 / 58 (663.9998)	32 (160.5714)	9 (169.1428)	45 (156.5712)	2 (177.7144)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1913 (80 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1491 (172 pts)	#1934 (117 pts)	#1052 (337 pts)	#1416 (197 pts)	#1384 (207 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#728 (517 pts)	#692 (582 pts)	#826 (477 pts)	#752 (522 pts)	#814 (462 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#384 (971 pts)	#441 (881 pts)	#532 (731 pts)	#393 (941 pts)	#339 (1051 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#500 (765 pts)	#292 (1155 pts)	#821 (445 pts)	#489 (795 pts)	#322 (1105 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#412 (749 pts)	#426 (724 pts)	#544 (609 pts)	#586 (569 pts)	#434 (729 pts)