High-water mark
497.0400
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 497.0400 at Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.0% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Sep 6, 2019
Slingin Pig Meat
Slingin Pig Meat is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 48 at the Poosa-Q (2019). They are ranked #2113 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Slingin' Pig Meat”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1534
peak 1538 · rated over 18 contests
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2019
latest Sep 20, 2025 · 6.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
21% of 34 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
338.45 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 334.86 (+3.59)
Walk rate
41%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.66
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.84 · weakest Brisket (157.11)
Road miles
1,670
across 34 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)
Purse competed for
$162K
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
334.86 / 360
16 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
491.02 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Slingin Pig Meat, each with one reason worth a look.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1558
7–6 in 13 shared contests (54% to Slingin Pig Meat)
These two have cooked 13 of the same contests — Slingin Pig Meat ahead 7–6 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1558
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Slingin Pig Meat's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,122 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1534
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
Fewer contests behind them than Slingin Pig Meat has cooked, 12 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1545
28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 18% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#2,107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1541
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Slingin Pig Meat's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 14 | 5 | 8 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Life | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| DANG GOOD BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Simply Smoked | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| JT'S SMOKE SHACK | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Thin Blue Swine | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 151.3600 | 167.78 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 155.3600 | 167.84 | top 48% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 162.8000 | 166.45 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1088 | 157.1088 | 157.11 | top 89% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 40% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 5 | 9 | 0 | top 60% | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 63% | Sep 20, 2025 |
| Poosa Q | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 39% | Oct 5, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
5 contests
Contests a season
2.6
across 13 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
30 of 34 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
10
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
449
finished ahead 499 times, behind 497
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 6, 2019 → Sep 18, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD)
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1538) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
20231 milestone
- 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
20194 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.7888 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Poosa-Q
- Career-best overall score497.0400 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
20161 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
20141 milestone
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Poosa-Q | Jun 14, 2019 |
| +11.2 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 8, 2022 |
| +10.6 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +9.9 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| +9.4 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Sep 20, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 12, 2022 |
| -7.5 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Sep 19, 2025 |
| -7.5 | Smoke on the Falls | Sep 18, 2020 |
| -5.6 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
| -4.6 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 65% | 94% | 93% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 41% | 95.5% | 93.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 61% | 94.4% | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 95.1% | 92.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 107% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 95.9% | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2025 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL | 11 / 22 (338.2284) | 10 (169.6684) | 12 (168.5600) | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Don't Burn the Brisket" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Glencoe, AL | — | — | — | — | 17 (157.1088) |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 25 / 30 (328.4916) | 22 (168.5372) | 25 (159.9544) | 20 (169.6800) | — |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 19 / 31 (338.2172) | 22 (169.6800) | 16 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 6 / 18 (343.9312) | 13 (170.8228) | 5 (173.1084) | 14 (163.9772) | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 9 / 33 (343.3828) | 17 (168.5256) | 4 (174.8572) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 19 / 31 (321.0172) | 20 (155.9200) | 14 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 50 / 73 (322.7772) | 59 (151.3600) | 16 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 24 / 58 (339.9428) | 30 (167.3828) | 19 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 28 / 39 (328.4916) | 8 (173.1316) | 40 (155.3600) | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 30 / 35 (484.9944) | 30 (162.2400) | 29 (159.9544) | 26 (162.8000) | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 9 / 34 (342.2400) | 6 (174.2628) | 20 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 23 / 38 (333.0856) | 37 (159.3828) | 5 (173.7028) | — | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 30 / 28 (325.0400) | 12 (169.6800) | 42 (155.3600) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 8 / 19 (497.0400) | 17 (159.3484) | 2 (174.2744) | 11 (163.4172) | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 5 / 48 (345.1200) | 2 (178.2972) | 17 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 8 / 25 (335.9544) | 10 (166.8228) | 8 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 10 / 30 (341.0972) | 4 (174.2628) | 23 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 19 / 34 (330.7888) | 5 (169.6916) | 29 (161.0972) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 10 (170.2744) | 7 (170.2744) | 20 (165.7028) | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2016 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 31, 2015 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 6 (175.4400) | 2 (177.7028) | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 15 (168.5828) | 4 (172) | 6 (173.1084) | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2014 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |