High-water mark
675.9316
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9316 at Minnesota in May — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 10, 2024
Gettin' Piggy With It!
Gettin' Piggy With It! is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 43 at the Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2017). They are ranked #5956 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Gettin' Piggy With It”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1437
peak 1437 · rated over 12 contests
Contests
17
in the data
First seen
Jun 28, 2013
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 13 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 17 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.84 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 620.28 (+36.56)
Walk rate
24%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±51.89
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.50 · weakest Chicken (147.70)
Road miles
25,538
across 17 mapped stops · furthest 9,400 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.28 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
638.14 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1228 (65 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Gettin' Piggy With It!, each with one reason worth a look.
61 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Gettin' Piggy With It!)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Gettin' Piggy With It! has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,953 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Gettin' Piggy With It!'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#5,941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NECTAR OF THE HOGS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 20 | 147.70 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 47.5200 | 150.36 | top 67% |
| Pork | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 149.7028 | 160.50 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 130.2972 | 155.97 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 69% | May 9, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
1.9
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
6 of 17 contests · 7 states in all
Contests visited
11
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
569
finished ahead 181 times, behind 589
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
Aug 4, 2017 → Jan 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1772 Minnesota in May
20242 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9316 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score675.9316 Minnesota in May
20171 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Grillin' in Grafton
- Peak power rating (1485) Grillin' in Grafton
- First call Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
| +1.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 12, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | Grillin' in Grafton | Jun 28, 2013 |
| -14.5 | Poor Que | Jun 6, 2014 |
| -9.9 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -8.1 | Smokefest | Aug 21, 2015 |
| -7.8 | Minnesota in May | May 13, 2016 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 49% | 89.3% | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 87.8% | 78% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 88.7% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 26 / 40 (666.1944) | 7 (173.1428) | 6 (170.8572) | 36 (160.5144) | 30 (161.6800) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 18 (166.2972) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 44 / 58 (667.9312) | 55 (161.6800) | 9 (173.1772) | 32 (170.8112) | 46 (162.2628) |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 43 (47.5200) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 36 / 58 (675.9316) | 24 (172.5600) | 32 (169.1316) | 44 (167.9656) | 43 (166.2744) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 40 / 51 (638.1376) | 16 (166.8572) | 41 (158.2288) | 51 (150.8116) | 27 (162.2400) |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 12, 2017 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 50 / 71 (631.3144) | 67 (148.5484) | 27 (165.1200) | 50 (159.3944) | 46 (158.2516) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 12 / 43 (642.8112) | 11 (164.5484) | 36 (143.4172) | 4 (171.4284) | 11 (163.4172) |
| May 13, 2016 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 60 / 71 (627.7940) | 65 (155.3828) | 57 (155.3828) | 42 (161.6800) | 54 (155.3484) |
| Apr 22, 2016 | CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Smokefest Marshall, MN | 37 / 42 (632.4232) | 34 (159.9544) | 29 (163.3944) | 41 (149.7028) | 30 (159.3716) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 18 / 18 (490.7316) | 18 (20) | 15 (159.9772) | 16 (156.5372) | 14 (154.2172) |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 38 / 38 (577.1888) | 36 (141.7600) | 28 (152.5372) | 34 (152.5944) | 38 (130.2972) |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS | 55 / 74 (638.7660) | 63 (156.5372) | 66 (150.8344) | 9 (172.5600) | 48 (158.8344) |
| Jun 28, 2013 | Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI | 32 / 33 (572) | 29 (151.4286) | 32 (129.1430) | 27 (151.9998) | 31 (139.4286) |