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
- 2017-07-28
PIGS GONE WILD
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-21
latest 2019-08-23
Best ToY finish
#1562
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.78
last 3 Master vs avg 653.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.63)
Road miles
226
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.78 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Great Americana BBQ Festival (2019-08-23).
- last seen 2017-07-28
- back 2019-08-23
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.
PIGS GONE WILD has 3 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 116 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.
#2927 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1540
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIGS GONE WILD)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIGS GONE WILD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIGS GONE WILD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2019-08-23
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.63)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
653.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
65–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
226
3 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,950
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2017-07-28 → 2019-08-23
Power rating
1507
peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- 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
- 2017
- 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
- 2019
- Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | *BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | 2017-07-28 |
| +10.3 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2015-08-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | 2019-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 38 / 39 (615.2344) | 38 (149.0972) | 39 (142.2288) | 28 (162.2284) | 22 (161.6800) |
| 2017-07-28 | *BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 7 / 26 (686.7884) | 3 (174.8456) | 9 (171.4056) | 12 (170.8228) | 10 (169.7144) |
| 2015-08-21 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 13 / 58 (659.3256) | 5 (173.1200) | 26 (162.2516) | 11 (168.5828) | 32 (155.3712) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1562 (156 pts) | #1337 (226 pts) | #1730 (136 pts) | #1931 (116 pts) | #1767 (126 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1456 (185 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1727 (130 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |