A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Electro-Que-ted ahead in 100% of their meetings
Electro-Que-ted has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
J. Piggy's BBQ
J. Piggy's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 23 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They are ranked #4594 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 13, 2025
latest Mar 6, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.78
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.93 · weakest Brisket (156.81)
Road miles
1,055
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 312 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
617.82 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
324.32 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 J. Piggy's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before J. Piggy's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before J. Piggy's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,581 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with J. Piggy's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 150.2400 | 159.51 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 143.3488 | 156.86 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 155.4056 | 160.93 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 153.0744 | 156.81 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
174
finished ahead 45 times, behind 175
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1489) Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.9316 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6916 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score631.8628 Uniquely Union Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 13, 2025 |
| -9.3 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 10, 2025 |
| -7.5 | Uniquely Union Festival | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -1.6 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 1, 2025 |
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 55% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 92.2% | 87.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 24 / 44 (327.3944) | 26 (160.5600) | 18 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Uniquely Union Festival 🏅 Union, SC | 23 / 25 (631.8628) | 24 (150.2400) | 20 (163.3944) | 23 (157.6912) | 22 (160.5372) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 16 / 23 (331.9316) | 12 (169.1200) | 18 (162.8116) | 11 (169.6916) | — |
| Jul 10, 2025 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 61 / 66 (603.7716) | 60 (151.9428) | 63 (143.3488) | 63 (155.4056) | 58 (153.0744) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 33 / 35 (313.6344) | 29 (165.7028) | 34 (147.9316) | — | — |