High-water mark
666.8568
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8568 at Peak City Pig Fest — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-06-21
PIT QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1529 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2013-10-11
Best ToY finish
#622
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.40
last 4 Master vs avg 658.40 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±6.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.00)
Road miles
252
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
Master avg
658.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PICKIN' PORKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PICKIN' PORKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
PIT QUE has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 76 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after PIT QUE did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 153.6456 | 163.70 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 151.4284 | 163.00 | top 43% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 160.5714 | 165.14 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 158.8572 | 166.56 | top 22% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 31% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2013-10-11
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.00)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
658.40
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
146
134–52 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
252
4 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
Power rating
1529
peak 1529 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- First call BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5712 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2856 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- First overall top-10 Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best overall score666.8568 Peak City Pig Fest
- Peak power rating (1529) Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | Peak City Pig Fest | 2013-06-21 |
| +7.5 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2013-05-10 |
| +6.1 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | 2013-10-11 |
| +5.1 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2013-04-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 92.6% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 8 / 25 (658.1712) | 23 (153.6456) | 5 (168.5600) | 9 (168.0000) | 4 (167.9656) |
| 2013-06-21 | Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 7 / 36 (666.8568) | 11 (166.8570) | 25 (157.7142) | 5 (169.7142) | 4 (172.5714) |
| 2013-05-10 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 16 / 58 (660.5712) | 14 (166.8570) | 3 (174.2856) | 37 (160.5714) | 29 (158.8572) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 25 / 71 (647.9994) | 15 (167.4284) | 55 (151.4284) | 40 (162.2856) | 9 (166.8570) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #622 (506 pts) | #734 (446 pts) | #589 (561 pts) | #707 (471 pts) | #492 (646 pts) |