High-water mark
677.0968
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0968 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 18, 2015
Piggin-A-Pit
Piggin-A-Pit is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 4th of 41 at the Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2015). They are ranked #3865 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Piggin A Pit”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1500 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 25, 2013
latest Oct 23, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.68 · weakest Brisket (152.30)
Road miles
532
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
634.95 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Piggin-A-Pit, each with one reason worth a look.
148 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
They turned up 6 years after Piggin-A-Pit did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with Piggin-A-Pit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,889 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,880 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 146.1828 | 156.17 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 149.0628 | 161.80 | top 62% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 154.2744 | 164.68 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 143.3372 | 152.30 | top 74% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border War BBQ | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 90% | Oct 23, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
153
finished ahead 62 times, behind 124
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20155 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- First overall top-10 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score677.0968 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Most recent contest Border War BBQ
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Border War Barbecue
- First call Border War Barbecue
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3944 Border War Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1500) Border War Barbecue
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.7 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Sep 18, 2015 |
| +0.1 | Border War Barbecue | Oct 25, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Border War BBQ | Oct 24, 2014 |
| -10.6 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | Sep 26, 2014 |
| -7.9 | Border War BBQ | Oct 23, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 48% | 94% | 90.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.7% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2015 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 30 / 35 (623.7828) | 31 (159.9656) | 28 (159.9428) | 28 (160.5372) | 33 (143.3372) |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 4 / 41 (677.0968) | 33 (155.9656) | 2 (177.7372) | 1 (174.8456) | 11 (168.5484) |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 39 / 41 (608.9372) | 41 (146.1828) | 26 (161.6572) | 34 (154.2744) | 37 (146.8228) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 41 / 47 (609.5544) | 40 (150.7772) | 43 (149.0628) | 18 (165.1428) | 44 (144.5716) |
| Oct 25, 2013 | Border War Barbecue Osawatomie, KS | 15 / 27 (655.3944) | 11 (167.9772) | 19 (160.5828) | 8 (168.5944) | 17 (158.2400) |