High-water mark
686.7884
career-best overall
95.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.7884 at BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest — 95.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 28, 2017
PIGS GONE WILD
PIGS GONE WILD is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 26 at the BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest (2017). They finished #1562 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 21, 2015
latest Aug 23, 2019 · 4 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.63)
Road miles
226
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$6,950
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
653.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 149.0972 | 165.69 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 142.2288 | 158.63 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 162.2284 | 167.21 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 155.3712 | 162.26 | top 50% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
148
finished ahead 65 times, behind 89
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Jul 28, 2017 → Aug 23, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
20174 milestones
- First overall top-10 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
- Career-best overall score686.7884 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
- Peak power rating (1522) BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- First call Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3256 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 38 / 39 (615.2344) | 38 (149.0972) | 39 (142.2288) | 28 (162.2284) | 22 (161.6800) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 7 / 26 (686.7884) | 3 (174.8456) | 9 (171.4056) | 12 (170.8228) | 10 (169.7144) |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 13 / 58 (659.3256) | 5 (173.1200) | 26 (162.2516) | 11 (168.5828) | 32 (155.3712) |