THE GIGGLIN PIG BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5047

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1461

peak 1461 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-23

latest 2019-05-24

Best ToY finish

#1066

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6004 / 720

Master · *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.39 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.46 (+3.93)

Walk rate

23%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±17.42

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.88 · weakest Brisket (156.26)

Road miles

1,295

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$40K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.46 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

669.6004 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6004 at *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-26

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 63%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 63%

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.63 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 15%.

Brisket avg 156.26
Pork Ribs avg 162.88
0 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of E.T.'S BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 11 shared pork ribs entries lost

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.42% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.42% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.4% of a perfect score
13 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 40th

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.

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

SAPONI SMOKERS

#5039 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1461

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE GIGGLIN PIG BBQ)

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2021-09-24

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BIG SEXY BBQ

#5064 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-07-05

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THE B TEAM

#5052 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-03-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Coulbourn Creek Q

#5031 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-05-16

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THE BREADMAN

#5037 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-03-28

⚔ Head-to-head

AJAK BBQ

#5029 of the rated field

1461 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE GIGGLIN PIG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
QUEOLOGY	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PALMETTO PITMASTERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	0	172.5828	150.2744	162.16	top 69%
Pork Ribs	13	2	1	174.8572	151.3828	162.88	top 60%
Pork	13	1	0	171.9888	154.2056	162.15	top 64%
Brisket	13	0	0	165.6800	130.2288	156.26	top 75%

“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	Avg finish
GA	6	top 77%
NC	5	top 76%
SC	2	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	4	40	0	top 71%	2019-05-24
Jiggy With the Piggy	3	54	0	top 81%	2018-05-04

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2014-05-23 → 2019-05-24

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 6 of 13 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.88 · weakest Brisket (156.26)

Walk rate 23% a top-10 call in 3 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 13 contests

Master average 643.46 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 346 228–609 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,295 13 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi

Schedule strength 1584 average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests

Purse competed for $40,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1461 peak 1461 · #5047 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 23 First tracked contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
May 23 Peak power rating (1488) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
2015
Jul 9 First call SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Jul 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.2800 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Jul 9 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
2017
May 26 Career-best overall score669.6004 *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 13 10th tracked contest *Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off
2019
May 24 Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2015-07-09
+2.1	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2017-05-26
+1.8	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-05-27
+1.2	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	2015-09-11
+0.2	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2018-05-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-05-23
-9.7	Jiggy With the Piggy	2018-05-04
-6.7	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	2015-05-22
-5.9	Jiggy With the Piggy	2016-05-06
-5.8	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2019-05-24

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 89%	89.6%	89.6%
2018	2	0%	top 84%	90.7%	88.8%
2017	3	33%	top 68%	93%	90.3%
2016	2	0%	top 69%	90.8%	89.4%
2015	4	50%	top 63%	91.6%	90.5%
2014	1	0%	top 95%	82.8%	82.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	64 / 72 (644.9372)	64 (161.0856)	40 (167.3944)	42 (165.0972)	68 (151.3600)
2018-05-25	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	53 / 72 (652.9944)	62 (161.6572)	63 (158.8344)	34 (166.8344)	43 (165.6684)
2018-05-04	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	66 / 70 (626.0916)	67 (150.2744)	60 (154.7888)	39 (163.3828)	64 (157.6456)
2017-10-13	*Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC	20 / 29 (643.3140)	21 (159.3944)	19 (158.8228)	9 (169.7028)	24 (155.3940)
2017-05-26	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	42 / 67 (669.6004)	38 (169.6800)	47 (165.1316)	15 (171.9888)	45 (162.8000)
2017-05-05	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	54 / 75 (637.0064)	58 (158.2516)	40 (163.4288)	38 (163.9544)	59 (151.3716)
2016-05-27	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	40 / 66 (653.5660)	28 (169.6800)	47 (161.1088)	51 (159.3600)	38 (163.4172)
2016-05-06	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	59 / 76 (633.5888)	57 (158.8228)	53 (159.4288)	63 (155.9656)	45 (159.3716)
2015-09-11	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	16 / 29 (659.3372)	6 (172.5828)	6 (173.7144)	29 (155.3600)	24 (157.6800)
2015-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	42 / 90 (655.2800)	52 (162.8000)	3 (174.8572)	69 (157.0972)	50 (160.5256)
2015-05-22	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	54 / 65 (645.4972)	39 (166.2400)	24 (168.5716)	55 (160.5028)	62 (150.1828)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	50 / 74 (647.3372)	64 (157.0856)	50 (160.0116)	41 (164.5600)	34 (165.6800)
2014-05-23	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	62 / 65 (596.3772)	50 (160.5600)	59 (151.3828)	58 (154.2056)	65 (130.2288)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1310 (199 pts)	#1446 (194 pts)	#1421 (204 pts)	#1119 (309 pts)	#1516 (179 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1066 (279 pts)	#976 (349 pts)	#721 (529 pts)	#1320 (234 pts)	#1240 (239 pts)