High-water mark
685.6228
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6228 at Homecoming 2016 — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 2, 2016
Gettin' Piggy With It BBQ
Gettin' Piggy With It BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 26 at the Homecoming 2016 (2016). They finished #335 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “GETTIN PIGGY WITH IT BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 2, 2016
latest Jul 26, 2025 · 8.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.25
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.82 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.68)
Road miles
599
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
685.62 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.96 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 151.9544 | 165.11 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 154.2400 | 160.68 | top 57% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 168.5372 | 168.54 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 170.8228 | 170.82 | top 19% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 58% | Jul 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
133
finished ahead 68 times, behind 102
Longest layoff
4.6 yrs
Sep 2, 2016 → Apr 23, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
20168 milestones
- First tracked contest Homecoming 2016
- First call Homecoming 2016
- First category win (Chicken) Homecoming 2016
- First overall top-10 Homecoming 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6228 Homecoming 2016
- Career-best overall score685.6228 Homecoming 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Homecoming 2016
- Peak power rating (1514) Homecoming 2016
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Homecoming 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| +2.3 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 23, 2021 |
| -4.1 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 90% | 90% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 19% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 21 / 32 (325.6344) | 21 (161.6572) | 17 (163.9772) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 17 / 34 (323.9084) | 11 (169.6684) | 21 (154.2400) | — | — |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 27 / 29 (307.3372) | 28 (151.9544) | 22 (155.3828) | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Homecoming 2016 Vernon, IN | 5 / 26 (685.6228) | 1 (177.1428) | 10 (169.1200) | 12 (168.5372) | 5 (170.8228) |