FLAMING PIG

FLAMING PIG is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They are ranked #743 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#743

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1635

peak 1645 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Aug 3, 2018 · 5.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#384

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

34% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±12.15

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.09 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.82)

Road miles

22,085

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 4,367 mi

Schedule strength

46%

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

Master avg

666.26 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

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 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (Jun 13, 2014).

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
Mar 13, 2015

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

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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

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	#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 (1,051 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#500 (765 pts)	#292 (1,155 pts)	#821 (445 pts)	#489 (795 pts)	#322 (1,105 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#412 (749 pts)	#426 (724 pts)	#544 (609 pts)	#586 (569 pts)	#434 (729 pts)

Overall rank by season

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BAREKNUCKLES BBQ

#742 of the rated field

1635 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 May 11, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

My Smokin' Grillfriend

#747 of the rated field

1634 power rating

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

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 May 28, 2021

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DEGUELLO BBQ

#746 of the rated field

1635 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1643

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before FLAMING PIG's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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Not So Famous Dave's BBQ

#744 of the rated field

1635 power rating

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

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 Oct 14, 2022

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SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE

#748 of the rated field

1634 power rating

Contests: 56
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1651

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 56 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 55 contests
last seen Aug 20, 2021

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SECOND CITY SMOKE

#745 of the rated field

1635 power rating

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

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2015

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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
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	13	9	4	69%	⚔ 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
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 🔥	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Pigs & Pedals	5	7	top 45%	Aug 3, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	5	top 42%	Aug 12, 2016
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	3	10	top 25%	Jun 12, 2015
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	14	top 22%	May 8, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	4	top 33%	Aug 11, 2017
Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	2	14	top 27%	Mar 11, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 9 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 17 of 29 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 16 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 680 finished ahead 1,008 times, behind 402

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

20181 milestone

Aug 3 Most recent contest Pigs & Pedals

20162 milestones

May 20 Peak power rating (1645) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
Aug 5 25th tracked contest Pigs & Pedals

20151 milestone

Mar 13 Career-best overall score687.8968 Flames on the Flint

20143 milestones

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

20135 milestones

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)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	Jun 14, 2013
+13.2	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Sep 20, 2013
+11.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 6, 2014
+11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 23, 2013
+9.6	Flames on the Flint	Mar 13, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.8	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 3, 2018
-3.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 29, 2014
-3	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 5, 2016
-2.7	Pigs & Pedals	Aug 4, 2017
-1.5	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 23, 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)
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
Aug 3, 2018	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	30 / 48 (648.4228)	42 (157.6800)	21 (166.2744)	39 (158.7884)	26 (165.6800)
Aug 11, 2017	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)
Aug 4, 2017	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	24 / 46 (642.6400)	26 (159.9428)	34 (154.2288)	13 (167.3828)	29 (161.0856)
Aug 12, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	10 / 28 (662.7428)	6 (172.5828)	11 (167.4172)	17 (163.3944)	17 (159.3484)
Aug 5, 2016	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	25 / 47 (657.0176)	12 (171.9772)	35 (155.9660)	30 (161.0972)	15 (167.9772)
Jul 23, 2016	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	12 / 29 (676.4684)	13 (171.4056)	11 (169.6800)	10 (172)	18 (163.3828)
May 20, 2016	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)
Mar 11, 2016	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	31 / 89 (667.3140)	25 (170.2744)	63 (162.8228)	23 (169.1084)	37 (165.1084)
Nov 6, 2015	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	10 / 60 (681.0512)	7 (174.8456)	17 (169.1200)	31 (165.1200)	12 (171.9656)
Sep 4, 2015	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)
Aug 15, 2015	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein	6 / 22 (647.2572)	17 (159.3712)	14 (157.1088)	1 (173.1200)	11 (157.6572)
Jul 31, 2015	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	7 / 31 (672.4916)	15 (165.7144)	16 (164.5488)	14 (167.3712)	2 (174.8572)
Jun 12, 2015	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	34 / 78 (658.6968)	40 (166.8228)	33 (165.1200)	15 (169.6684)	52 (157.0856)
Jun 5, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	6 / 30 (685.0396)	19 (166.2628)	10 (171.9656)	7 (172.5484)	4 (174.2628)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	17 / 74 (673.6000)	33 (167.9888)	21 (170.2628)	30 (167.3828)	22 (167.9656)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	14 / 72 (687.8968)	7 (175.4172)	12 (174.2628)	38 (169.1084)	33 (169.1084)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	13 / 62 (673.6228)	37 (166.2400)	47 (157.6800)	2 (173.7028)	5 (176)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	19 / 53 (655.2912)	10 (170.2628)	44 (153.1200)	18 (166.2284)	19 (165.6800)
Aug 29, 2014	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)
Aug 1, 2014	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	11 / 32 (656.4228)	11 (169.1200)	29 (149.6572)	2 (171.9656)	6 (165.6800)
Jun 13, 2014	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	15 / 73 (681.0284)	1 (177.7028)	38 (163.3828)	52 (161.6456)	1 (178.2972)
Jun 6, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	4 / 28 (679.9316)	16 (165.1200)	16 (165.6916)	5 (169.1200)	1 (180)
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	15 / 80 (667.9428)	3 (176.5600)	63 (153.1316)	26 (165.1084)	6 (173.1428)
Oct 11, 2013	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	20 / 55 (650.2172)	8 (169.7028)	22 (162.2516)	23 (162.2628)	38 (156)
Sep 20, 2013	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)
Sep 6, 2013	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)
Aug 23, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	5 / 29 (665.6572)	8 (166.8572)	4 (167.4172)	7 (166.2628)	9 (165.1200)
Jun 14, 2013	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	10 / 97 (673.7138)	7 (173.7142)	40 (162.8570)	17 (169.7142)	22 (167.4284)
May 10, 2013	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	14 / 58 (663.9998)	32 (160.5714)	9 (169.1428)	45 (156.5712)	2 (177.7144)

FLAMING PIG

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 (14 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

A multi-meat day

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

A June 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)