Giggly Pig BBQ Team

Giggly Pig BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 7th of 43 at the Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival (2014). They are ranked #2637 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,637

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1515

peak 1521 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013

latest Jun 24, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9544 / 720

Master · Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.63

last 5 Master vs avg 650.95 (-0.32)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

Consistency

±16.39

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.78 · weakest Chicken (158.46)

Road miles

360

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

650.95 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

679.9544 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9544 at Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 12, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 35%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.32 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.

Chicken avg 158.46
Pork avg 167.78
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOLDERING Q in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The teams rated closest to Giggly Pig BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKING NEIGHBOURS

#2,632 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Feb 28, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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Hillbilly Deluxe

#2,644 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1519

Level with Giggly Pig BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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Fat Texan

#2,636 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2019

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HOG SHACK COOKHOUSE

#2,630 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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BIG STOGIE SMOKERS

#2,640 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1517

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2015

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Uncle G's BBQ

#2,642 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1515

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Mac Attack BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOLDERING Q	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
OMG-BBQ-TX	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE CREW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	0	0	166.3200	153.6800	158.46	top 66%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	0	168.5714	150.8000	159.01	top 57%
Pork	6	3	1	2	176.5600	158.7884	167.78	top 33%
Brisket	6	2	1	2	178.8572	154.8000	165.69	top 36%

“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)	5	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 16%

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 6 a different one every time

Opponents faced 98 finished ahead 112 times, behind 86

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 19, 2015 → Jun 24, 2016

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

20161 milestone

Jun 24 Most recent contest 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff

20145 milestones

Sep 12 First category win (Brisket) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 12 First overall top-10 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best overall score679.9544 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Peak power rating (1521) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

20133 milestones

Jun 21 First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5708 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 12, 2014
+6.5	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	Jun 20, 2014
+2.9	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	Jun 21, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.1	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff	Jun 24, 2016
-0.8	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	Jun 19, 2015
-0.1	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	Aug 22, 2014

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 73%	86.6%	86.6%
2015	1	0	1	100%	top 56%	90.1%	90.1%
2014	3	1	1	67%	top 35%	94.4%	91.7%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 43%	90.6%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 24, 2016	8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 30 (623.8516)	22 (153.6800)	25 (150.8000)	12 (164.5716)	20 (154.8000)
Jun 19, 2015	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	18 / 32 (648.4800)	27 (153.7028)	23 (154.2628)	1 (176.5600)	14 (163.9544)
Sep 12, 2014	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	7 / 43 (679.9544)	16 (166.3200)	22 (162.8116)	10 (171.9656)	1 (178.8572)
Aug 22, 2014	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	21 / 39 (654.1024)	23 (163.4056)	31 (155.3484)	29 (158.7884)	2 (176.5600)
Jun 20, 2014	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	11 / 31 (646.7428)	23 (158.8228)	11 (162.2512)	15 (162.2516)	13 (163.4172)
Jun 21, 2013	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	13 / 30 (652.5708)	21 (154.8568)	6 (168.5714)	3 (172.5714)	16 (156.5712)

Giggly Pig BBQ Team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)