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
- 2014-09-12
Giggly Pig BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1521 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.63
last 5 Master vs avg 650.95 (-0.32)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.78 · weakest Chicken (158.46)
Road miles
360
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
650.95 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
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-10s
- 1 category wins
- 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.
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.
85 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2621 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Giggly Pig BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2627 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.78 · weakest Chicken (158.46)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
650.95
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
112–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
360
6 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2016-06-24
Power rating
1516
peak 1521 · #2629 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5708 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
- 2014
- First category win (Brisket) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score679.9544 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1521) Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
| +6.5 | 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off | 2014-06-20 |
| +2.9 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | 2013-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | 8th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cookoff | 2016-06-24 |
| -0.8 | 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | 2015-06-19 |
| -0.1 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue | 2014-08-22 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 56% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 35% | 94.4% | 91.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | 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) |
| 2015-06-19 | 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) |
| 2014-09-12 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 7 / 43 (679.9544) | 16 (166.3200) | 22 (162.8116) | 10 (171.9656) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2014-08-22 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 21 / 39 (654.1024) | 23 (163.4056) | 31 (155.3484) | 29 (158.7884) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2014-06-20 | 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) |
| 2013-06-21 | 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) |