High-water mark
673.6344
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6344 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2019
3 PUTTIN PIGGIES
3 PUTTIN PIGGIES is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 9th of 14 at the 2017 Smokin' in the Forest (2017). They are ranked #4655 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 3, 2016
latest Sep 9, 2022 · 6.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Best overall
673.6344 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.14 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 601.49 (+45.65)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
172.5484
Consistency
±118.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.14 · weakest Brisket (154.07)
Road miles
111
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
601.49 / 720
7 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 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,638 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1470
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1470
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,650 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1470
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1500
They turned up 7 years after 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 162.8344 | 167.14 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 137.6800 | 155.60 | top 82% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 151.4172 | 164.83 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 142.2172 | 154.07 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 75% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 53% | Sep 6, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
140
finished ahead 53 times, behind 152
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Sep 6, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
20191 milestone
- Career-best overall score673.6344 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
20182 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.0912 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5484 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)
20172 milestones
- First call 2017 Smokin' in the Forest
- First overall top-10 2017 Smokin' in the Forest
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1493) Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | Sep 6, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Southaven Springfest | Apr 22, 2022 |
| -7.8 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -6.9 | Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash | Jun 3, 2016 |
| -5.1 | Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest | Jun 4, 2021 |
| -3.4 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | Sep 7, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.9% | 88.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN | 34 / 38 (640.4000) | 28 (165.0972) | 38 (153.0856) | 31 (159.9544) | 28 (162.2628) |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 34 / 36 (628.9140) | 25 (168.5140) | 35 (147.3372) | 28 (162.2400) | 33 (150.8228) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest 🏅 Covington, TN | 27 / 34 (642.6628) | 19 (168.5372) | 20 (165.7028) | 23 (165.1084) | 32 (143.3144) |
| Sep 6, 2019 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN | 12 / 32 (673.6344) | 13 (171.4172) | 25 (160.5028) | 11 (170.8572) | 10 (170.8572) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN | 23 / 34 (650.0912) | 21 (166.2284) | 26 (160.5372) | 6 (172.5484) | 28 (150.7772) |
| Apr 14, 2017 | 2017 Smokin' in the Forest Millington, TN | 9 / 14 (639.8516) | 6 (167.3828) | 11 (158.8344) | 6 (171.4172) | 12 (142.2172) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN | 20 / 25 (647.2804) | 21 (162.8344) | 17 (161.1200) | 17 (165.1088) | 20 (158.2172) |