High-water mark
331.4632
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.4632 at Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition — 92.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 26, 2019
Zen Piggy
Zen Piggy is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 32 at the Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Aug 20, 2021 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
25% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.94)
Road miles
1,194
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
325.28 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Zen Piggy has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 83 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Zen Piggy on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before Zen Piggy's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Zen Piggy's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before Zen Piggy's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1543
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2628 | 162.2400 | 164.25 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 154.2056 | 157.94 | top 42% |
“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 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 13% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
3 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 102 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Jun 7, 2019 → Aug 20, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
20197 milestones
- First overall top-10 Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- First overall podium Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4632 Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- Career-best overall score331.4632 Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- First call Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2628 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1526) Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +11.1 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 7, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.8 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 90% | 90% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 13% | 92.1% | 90.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD | 11 / 18 (323.9200) | 10 (162.2400) | 11 (161.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 5 / 31 (320.4684) | 2 (166.2628) | 7 (154.2056) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA | 3 / 32 (331.4632) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 31, 2018 | West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Ranson, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2017 | 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |