High-water mark
671.4286
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.4286 at Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-10
Fatbacks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1520 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.75
last 5 Master vs avg 649.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.88 · weakest Brisket (155.63)
Road miles
636
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
649.75 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 37%
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
JIGGY PIGGY ahead in 100% of their meetings
JIGGY PIGGY has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−12.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.26 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 155.63
- Pork avg 167.88
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A May team
Top 39%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 39% across 3 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.
- 3 May contests
- top 51% the rest of the year
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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Fatbacks did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Fatbacks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5714 | 155.9428 | 161.69 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2858 | 154.2172 | 164.55 | top 45% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 156.5714 | 167.88 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 143.9656 | 155.63 | top 67% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-01
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.88 · weakest Brisket (155.63)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
649.75
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
237
128–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
636
5 mapped stops · furthest 295 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1501
peak 1520 · #3149 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First call West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7142 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score671.4286 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1520) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- 2015
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2013-05-10 |
| +7.6 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
| -6.9 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship | 2013-08-23 |
| -4.4 | Music City BBQ Festival | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 93.3% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 48 / 63 (638.1256) | 57 (155.9428) | 31 (166.8344) | 35 (166.2628) | 62 (149.0856) |
| 2014-08-22 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | 28 / 41 (653.0168) | 37 (157.1084) | 19 (166.8228) | 17 (168.5828) | 28 (160.5028) |
| 2013-08-23 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 39 / 55 (628.4456) | 45 (157.1200) | 40 (154.2172) | 7 (173.1428) | 49 (143.9656) |
| 2013-05-10 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 7 / 58 (671.4286) | 3 (172.5714) | 30 (160.5714) | 5 (174.8572) | 20 (163.4286) |
| 2013-05-03 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 13 / 46 (657.7142) | 24 (165.7140) | 2 (174.2858) | 30 (156.5714) | 20 (161.1430) |