Happy hunting ground
Top 9%
average finish here
Oinktoberfest is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 6th
- average top 9%
PIG IRON
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1546
peak 1560 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2015-07-10
Best ToY finish
#544
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.51 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 648.42 (-3.91)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±14.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.76 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.07)
Road miles
731
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
648.42 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 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.
They almost always walk
83%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 10 of 12 contests
A top-10 category call in 83% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
663.4744
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4744 at Oinktoberfest — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-09-20
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
JACK9 BBQ has finished one call ahead of PIG IRON 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 20%.
- 3 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 20%
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
Priorville ahead in 100% of their meetings
Priorville has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.69 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 58%.
- Pork Ribs avg 156.07
- Chicken avg 167.76
- 2 calls in 12 entries
A strong matchup
8–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KISS MY BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
FATTY MAC BARBECUE ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, FATTY MAC BARBECUE has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±1.95%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.95% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.1% of a perfect score
- 12 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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1546
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PIG IRON)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIG IRON has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1566
6–2 in 8 shared contests (75% to PIG IRON)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 24 contests to 12.
⚔ Head-to-head#1820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 46%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1554
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after PIG IRON did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#1830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIG IRON on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KISS MY BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GOOD CUE CREW | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| THREE DOGS BBQ | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| RED VALLEY BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Q'N CANUCKS | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| THE 5TH ARTERY | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM EATAPEDIA | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| BLACK DAWG BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BEHIND BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 176.0572 | 158.2972 | 167.76 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 137.1316 | 156.07 | top 60% |
| Pork | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 169.1084 | 154.8000 | 162.16 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 172.5600 | 144.5716 | 162.42 | top 35% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 10 | 0 | top 34% |
| ON | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 34% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 45% | 2015-06-19 |
| Roc City Rib Fest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 58% | 2015-05-23 |
| Oinktoberfest | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 9% | 2014-09-20 |
| Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 38% | 2014-08-08 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2015-07-10
Busiest season
2014
5 contests
Contests a season
4
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
10 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.76 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.07)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 10 of 12 contests
Overall top-10 rate
42%
5 of 12 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
648.42
out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
219
351–189 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
731
12 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1546
peak 1560 · #1825 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Boston Hill BBQ Fest
- First call Boston Hill BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Boston Hill BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8574 Boston Hill BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score663.4744 Oinktoberfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0572 Oinktoberfest
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1560) Salt City BBQ Festival
- 10th tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
- Most recent contest Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Oinktoberfest | 2013-09-20 |
| +12.2 | Boston Hill BBQ Fest | 2013-06-28 |
| +12.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2014-09-20 |
| +11.2 | Warren County All American BBQ Festival | 2014-07-18 |
| +7.7 | Salt City BBQ Festival | 2015-05-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval | 2015-07-10 |
| -5.6 | Roc City Rib Fest | 2014-05-24 |
| -5.6 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2015-06-19 |
| -0.4 | Roc City Rib Fest | 2015-05-23 |
| -0.3 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | 2014-08-08 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 52% | 90.5% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80% | top 33% | 91.8% | 90.4% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 92.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-10 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval Drayton, ON | 13 / 18 (642.2628) | 9 (166.8800) | 15 (157.1200) | 14 (158.2856) | 11 (159.9772) |
| 2015-06-19 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 29 / 47 (621.6688) | 25 (158.2972) | 46 (137.1316) | 3 (167.4172) | 17 (158.8228) |
| 2015-05-23 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 28 / 57 (646.1596) | 17 (168.5484) | 32 (159.3944) | 44 (155.9540) | 28 (162.2628) |
| 2015-05-15 | Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY | 5 / 21 (651.3712) | 3 (168.5140) | 11 (158.2400) | 14 (156.5828) | 3 (168.0344) |
| 2014-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 6 / 66 (661.0968) | 8 (169.7028) | 43 (152.0000) | 11 (167.4056) | 4 (171.9884) |
| 2014-08-08 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | 16 / 39 (656.4912) | 17 (166.2856) | 21 (159.9772) | 7 (169.1084) | 16 (161.1200) |
| 2014-07-18 | Warren County All American BBQ Festival Pittsfield, PA | 4 / 21 (658.8000) | 3 (171.4284) | 10 (160.0116) | 15 (154.8000) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2014-06-13 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 13 / 47 (654.7772) | 9 (168.0116) | 32 (155.9428) | 12 (166.2400) | 12 (164.5828) |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 57 / 86 (621.5772) | 13 (167.4056) | 60 (151.9544) | 50 (157.6456) | 78 (144.5716) |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 7 / 71 (663.4744) | 2 (176.0572) | 13 (164.5716) | 10 (166.2628) | 31 (156.5828) |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | 11 / 31 (640.5140) | 3 (172.5828) | 30 (149.1200) | 14 (159.4056) | 11 (159.4056) |
| 2013-06-28 | Boston Hill BBQ Fest Hamburg, NY | 7 / 49 (662.8574) | 25 (159.4286) | 4 (167.4288) | 16 (166.8572) | 4 (169.1428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #851 (394 pts) | #726 (509 pts) | #1026 (329 pts) | #754 (494 pts) | #744 (494 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #544 (702 pts) | #494 (787 pts) | #857 (427 pts) | #620 (622 pts) | #493 (767 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #643 (485 pts) | #562 (580 pts) | #793 (415 pts) | #863 (380 pts) | #761 (425 pts) |