Gettin' Piggy With It!

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5900

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1437 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-28

latest 2026-06-12

Best ToY finish

#1182

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9316 / 720

Master · Minnesota in May

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.84 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 620.28 (+36.56)

Walk rate

24%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1772

Pork Ribs · Minnesota in May

Consistency

±51.89

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.50 · weakest Chicken (147.70)

Road miles

25,538

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 9400 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 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

620.28 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

638.14 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.

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Storylines (9 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.

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
2024-05-10

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.8 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.80 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 17%.

Chicken avg 147.70
Pork avg 160.50
1 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Don't Tread on Meat in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

5.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2023-01-27).

last seen 2017-08-04
back 2023-01-27

Pork nemesis

6 of 6 shared pork entries lost

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±26.11% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±26.11% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
best 177.3%

The long haul

25,538 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 25,538 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,400 miles to Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival.

17 mapped stops
furthest 9,400 mi

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.

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

RAGING MEAT SWEATS

#5889 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

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.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Chubby Cheeks BBQ

#5887 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Hickswood BBQ

#5890 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN CHEESE HEADS

#5899 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

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.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

KING COAL AND THE SOUL SMOKERS

#5895 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2020-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM

#5891 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Level with Gettin' Piggy With It! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	1	173.1428	20.0000	147.70	top 70%
Pork Ribs	14	2	173.1772	47.5200	150.36	top 67%
Pork	12	2	172.5600	149.7028	160.50	top 69%
Brisket	12	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MN	5	top 76%
WI	3	top 87%
FL	1	top 78%
VA	1	top 100%
KS	1	top 74%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 98%
Large (40+)	9	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Minnesota in May	2	36	0	top 69%	2025-05-09

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 13 yrs 2013-06-28 → 2026-06-12

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 6 of 17 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.50 · weakest Chicken (147.70)

Walk rate 24% a top-10 call in 4 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 17 contests

Master average 620.28 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 638.14 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 569 181–589 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 25,538 17 mapped stops · furthest 9,400 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests

Purse competed for $32,925 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.5 yrs 2017-08-04 → 2023-01-27

Power rating 1437 peak 1437 · #5900 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 28 First tracked contest Grillin' in Grafton
Jun 28 Peak power rating (1485) Grillin' in Grafton
Aug 1 First call Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge
2017
Jun 16 10th tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
2023
Jan 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score638.1376 Lakeland Pig Festival
2024
May 10 Career-best overall score675.9316 Minnesota in May
2025
May 9 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1772 Minnesota in May
2026
Jun 12 Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival	2017-02-04
+1.9	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2026-06-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Grillin' in Grafton	2013-06-28
-14.5	Poor Que	2014-06-06
-9.9	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades	2015-07-10
-8.1	Smokefest	2015-08-21
-7.8	Minnesota in May	2016-05-13

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	50%	top 65%	92.5%	92.5%
2025	2	50%	top 76%	92.8%	92.8%
2024	1	0%	top 62%	93.9%	93.9%
2023	1	0%	top 78%	177.3%	177.3%
2017	4	25%	top 49%	89.3%	88.5%
2016	2	0%	top 85%	87.2%	87.2%
2015	2	0%	top 94%	87.8%	78%
2014	1	0%	top 100%	80.2%	80.2%
2013	2	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
2026-06-12	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)
2026-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	18 (166.2972)	—	—
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	44 / 58 (667.9312)	55 (161.6800)	9 (173.1772)	32 (170.8112)	46 (162.2628)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	43 (47.5200)	—	—
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	36 / 58 (675.9316)	24 (172.5600)	32 (169.1316)	44 (167.9656)	43 (166.2744)
2023-01-27	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	40 / 51 (638.1376)	16 (166.8572)	41 (158.2288)	51 (150.8116)	27 (162.2400)
2017-08-04	Smithfield BBQ Classic Smithfield, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2017-06-16	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV	—	—	—	—	—
2017-05-12	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	50 / 71 (631.3144)	67 (148.5484)	27 (165.1200)	50 (159.3944)	46 (158.2516)
2017-02-04	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008	12 / 43 (642.8112)	11 (164.5484)	36 (143.4172)	4 (171.4284)	11 (163.4172)
2016-05-13	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	60 / 71 (627.7940)	65 (155.3828)	57 (155.3828)	42 (161.6800)	54 (155.3484)
2016-04-22	CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN	—	—	—	—	—
2015-08-21	Smokefest Marshall, MN	37 / 42 (632.4232)	34 (159.9544)	29 (163.3944)	41 (149.7028)	30 (159.3716)
2015-07-10	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	18 / 18 (490.7316)	18 (20.0000)	15 (159.9772)	16 (156.5372)	14 (154.2172)
2014-06-06	Poor Que Montello, WI	38 / 38 (577.1888)	36 (141.7600)	28 (152.5372)	34 (152.5944)	38 (130.2972)
2013-08-01	Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS	55 / 74 (638.7660)	63 (156.5372)	66 (150.8344)	9 (172.5600)	48 (158.8344)
2013-06-28	Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI	32 / 33 (572.0000)	29 (151.4286)	32 (129.1430)	27 (151.9998)	31 (139.4286)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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)