PIGGIE SMALLS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2486

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1520

peak 1530 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-08-24

latest 2022-04-22

Best ToY finish

#856

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4340 / 720

Master · DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

640.55 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 652.50 (-11.96)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off

Consistency

±57.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.19 · weakest Pork (165.60)

Road miles

231

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$58K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.50 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.4340 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4340 at DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-06-18

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.59 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 38%.

Pork avg 165.60
Chicken avg 172.19
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE DANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±8.04% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.04% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
best 95.1%

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.

79 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

RANKIN COUNTY BBQ

#2480 of the rated field

1520 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1520

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PIGGIE SMALLS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIGGIE SMALLS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-10-20

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JACK'S OLD SOUTH

#2496 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 115
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1697

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PIGGIE SMALLS)

They've been 1697 at their best, 177 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 109 contests
last seen 2025-07-25

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POTBELLY COOKERS

#2481 of the rated field

1520 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before PIGGIE SMALLS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

I Cinghiali

#2490 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-06-20

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Givey's Que

#2485 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after PIGGIE SMALLS did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS

#2483 of the rated field

1520 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Level with PIGGIE SMALLS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BEER-B-QUE BOYS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	1	1	180.0000 🔥	163.9428	172.19	top 35%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	1	175.4400	163.9428	167.89	top 54%
Pork	8	2	0	0	171.4056	154.7656	165.60	top 53%
Brisket	8	2	0	0	173.1200	162.7884	167.82	top 46%

“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
MS	7	0	top 43%
TN	1	0	top 98%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 43%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 57%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	2	11	0	top 46%	2018-08-25

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.7 yrs 2018-08-24 → 2022-04-22

Busiest season 2021 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 172.19 · weakest Pork (165.60)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 652.50 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 171 152–151 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 231 8 mapped stops · furthest 130 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $58,000 listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2019-06-14 → 2020-06-19

Power rating 1520 peak 1530 · #2486 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2018
Aug 24 First tracked contest *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
Aug 24 First call *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
Aug 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.2340 *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
2019
Apr 26 First overall top-10 Southaven Springfest
Jun 14 First category win (Chicken) Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
Jun 14 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
2020
Jun 19 Peak power rating (1530) Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
2021
Jun 18 Career-best overall score684.4340 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
2022
Apr 22 Most recent contest Southaven Springfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Southaven Springfest	2019-04-26
+6.9	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	2018-08-25
+6.7	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off	2019-06-14
+4.7	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	2021-06-18
+2.1	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)	2018-08-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)	2021-04-09
-1.9	Southaven Springfest	2022-04-22

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 64%	91.8%	91.8%
2021	2	0	0	0%	top 70%	95.1%	82.3%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 53%	93.7%	93.7%
2019	2	1	1	100%	top 25%	94.8%	94.7%
2018	2	0	0	100%	top 46%	93.2%	92.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-04-22	Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS	23 / 36 (660.9600)	6 (175.4056)	27 (163.9660)	33 (154.7656)	17 (166.8228)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS	20 / 48 (684.4340)	17 (171.9656)	23 (169.6684)	16 (170.8344)	19 (171.9656)
2021-04-09	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	43 / 44 (500.9824)	11 (173.1084)	—	30 (163.9428)	25 (163.9312)
2020-06-19	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	25 / 47 (674.7428)	23 (169.7144)	24 (170.8228)	34 (164.5372)	20 (169.6684)
2019-06-14	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off 🏅 Hernado, MS	17 / 49 (681.6228)	1 (180.0000)	33 (164.5372)	16 (171.4056)	29 (165.6800)
2019-04-26	Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS	5 / 31 (682.7540)	6 (173.7028)	3 (175.4400)	23 (160.4912)	7 (173.1200)
2018-08-25	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) Brandon, MS	11 / 28 (671.3028)	15 (169.6800)	21 (163.9428)	9 (169.1200)	10 (168.5600)
2018-08-24	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS	15 / 28 (663.2340)	22 (163.9428)	14 (166.8228)	5 (169.6800)	17 (162.7884)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#874 (70 pts)	#900 (65 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#819 (85 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#958 (281 pts)	#762 (431 pts)	#1001 (291 pts)	#1355 (171 pts)	#1161 (221 pts)