The comeback
9.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 9.6 years, then back at ND BBQ Championship (May 1, 2026).
- last seen Oct 14, 2016
- back May 1, 2026
Slim Piggins
Slim Piggins is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 68th of 71 at the ND BBQ Championship (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2026
latest May 1, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.85 · weakest Chicken (141.68)
Road miles
1,153
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,102 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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Slim Piggins has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2015, 11 years before Slim Piggins's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Slim Piggins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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Level with Slim Piggins on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Slim Piggins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Slim Piggins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.6800 | 141.6800 | 141.68 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 162.2284 | 162.23 | top 82% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 162.8456 | 162.85 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 159.9772 | 159.98 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 3 times, behind 67
Longest layoff
9.6 yrs
Oct 14, 2016 → May 1, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score626.7312 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.8456 ND BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87% | 87% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 68 / 71 (626.7312) | 71 (141.6800) | 58 (162.2284) | 53 (162.8456) | 55 (159.9772) |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC | — | — | — | — | — |