The heartbreaker
3.9884
points from the title
Came within 3.9884 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) (Jul 15, 2023).
Piggy's Kin
Piggy's Kin is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1001 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1605
peak 1605 · rated over 8 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Oct 28, 2022
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 10% of the time
Category wins
1
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
80% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 18%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
342.13 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 342.94 (-0.82)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.74
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.69)
Road miles
1,037
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1624)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
342.94 / 360
9 Backyard contests · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 Piggy's Kin, each with one reason worth a look.
32 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 48
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1610
4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to Piggy's Kin)
These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — Piggy's Kin ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,004 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 59%
- Peak
- 1620
27 contests to 10: their number has had years to settle where Piggy's Kin's is still finding its level.
⚔ Compare careers#1,006 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1626
28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 32% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#1,000 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1606
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1635
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Piggy's Kin's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1606
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Piggy's Kin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 8 | 6 | 1 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushwood BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 'n Magic | 7 | 5 | 1 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Reds Backyard BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Split Borders BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| T-Dawg BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Sauced BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 178.2972 | 167.9656 | 173.25 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 161.6572 | 169.69 | top 23% |
“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 | 1 | top 5% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 14% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 26% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 17% | Oct 25, 2024 |
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 17% | Jul 19, 2025 |
| Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 10% | Jul 15, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them more than once
First title
Oct 4, 2024
Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Opponents faced
247
finished ahead 325 times, behind 132
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1605) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)
20242 milestones
- First Grand Championship Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score354.3316 Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
20234 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1)
- First overall podium Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1)
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1)
- First Reserve Championship Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2)
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
- First call Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.7884 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.2 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) | Jul 15, 2023 |
| +16.4 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) | Jul 14, 2023 |
| +15 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 4, 2024 |
| +13.7 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) | Jul 18, 2025 |
| +13 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | Oct 28, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 28% | 95.5% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 10% | 98.4% | 96.3% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 13% | 97.3% | 96% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 7 / 28 (335.9200) | 3 (174.2628) | 9 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 3 / 32 (343.9428) | 2 (174.2628) | 5 (169.6800) | — | — |
| May 25, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | 35 / 70 (337.6456) | 31 (170.8228) | 36 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 8 / 53 (338.8000) | 7 (173.1200) | 12 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 1 / 19 (354.3316) | 2 (177.1772) | 3 (177.1544) | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 8 / 47 (343.4060) | 2 (178.2972) | 18 (165.1088) | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) 🏅 Butler, MO | 2 / 21 (343.3944) | 3 (173.1200) | 2 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) 🏅 Butler, MO | 3 / 27 (350.2628) | 4 (170.2628) | 1 (180) | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 8 / 40 (338.7884) | 9 (167.9656) | 7 (170.8228) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.