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Pigs & Cows Gone Wild

Pigs & Cows Gone Wild is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 9th of 87 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #2090 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,090
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1535
peak 1535 · rated over 5 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

14
in the data

First seen

Aug 31, 2017
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 7.2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
7% of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 28%
overall standings

Best overall

696.5600 / 720
Master · 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

685.51 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 684.97 (+0.54)

Walk rate

14%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Pork Ribs · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Consistency

±8.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 172.92 · weakest Chicken (169.27)

Road miles

1,081
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 532 mi

Schedule strength

71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)

Purse competed for

$333K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.97 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

10–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 91% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of InTheRedZoneBBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 11 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 7 of 11 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.18% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.18% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 95.1% of a perfect score
  • 14 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Pigs & Cows Gone Wild, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BLUE RIDGE SMOKERS
#2,093 of the rated field
1535 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Pigs & Cows Gone Wild's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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GSP Barbecue
#2,086 of the rated field
1535 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1536

Fewer contests behind them than Pigs & Cows Gone Wild has cooked, 6 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
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Grillas bbq team
#2,089 of the rated field
1535 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1543

Level with Pigs & Cows Gone Wild on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Mar 12, 2021
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STOKIN SMOKE BBQ
#2,100 of the rated field
1534 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1540

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Apr 12, 2019
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RWQ/SKIP HIGHFILL
#2,095 of the rated field
1535 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Pigs & Cows Gone Wild's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 6 contests
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FIRE FIGHTIN' COOKIN' CREW
#2,088 of the rated field
1535 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Pigs & Cows Gone Wild's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 6 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 11 6 5 55% ⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey 11 6 5 55% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 11 3 8 27% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 10 6 4 60% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC 10 4 6 40% ⚔ compare
913 BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 11 0 0 0 174.8572 161.1200 169.27 top 50%
Pork Ribs 11 1 0 0 178.8572 167.4400 172.51 top 31%
Pork 11 1 0 0 178.2972 165.6684 172.92 top 27%
Brisket 11 0 0 0 175.4400 161.0856 170.26 top 39%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS100top 30%
TN10top 10%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 3 27 0 top 32% Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 64 0 top 33% Sep 27, 2023
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 19 0 top 19% Sep 1, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 4 contests
Contests a season 2.8 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 13 of 14 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once
Opponents faced 1,170 finished ahead 2,211 times, behind 1,116
Longest layoff 4 yrs Sep 1, 2017 → Sep 16, 2021

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

20244 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
  2. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
  3. Peak power rating (1535) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  4. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20231 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20174 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  2. First call 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score696.5600 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
  4. Career-best overall score696.5600 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+11.638th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 1, 2017
+10.9American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021
+8.3American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTESTSep 29, 2022
+2.3American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestOct 30, 2024
+1.7American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestSep 27, 2023

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20244010 25% top 26% 96.6% 95.7%
20233000 0% top 40% 95.8% 94.5%
20223000 0% top 42% 94.5% 94.3%
20212000 0% top 14% 96.3% 95.4%
20172000 50% top 19% 96.7% 95.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 221 / 444 (676.4684) 347 (162.7884) 20 (177.7144) 273 (166.2628) 158 (169.7028)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 29 / 169 (694.2284) 50 (174.8572) 7 (178.8572) 104 (170.2512) 94 (170.2628)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 11, 2024 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 9 / 87 (695.3600) 15 (174.2744) 38 (171.9772) 11 (175.4056) 18 (173.7028)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 59 / 211 (689.6340) 64 (174.8456) 153 (167.9656) 11 (177.1544) 122 (169.6684)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 253 / 487 (671.8740) 132 (173.1084) 136 (172.0116) 302 (165.6684) 345 (161.0856)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 1, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 164 / 505 (677.7028) 396 (161.1200) 230 (167.9656) 100 (173.1772) 36 (175.4400)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS 130 / 249 (680.4800) 149 (170.2628) 68 (173.1200) 46 (175.4172) 224 (161.6800)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 64 / 467 (681.0740) 242 (165.6800) 80 (172.5828) 35 (175.4056) 171 (167.4056)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS 27 / 185 (693.0856) 125 (168.5484) 30 (176) 26 (175.4172) 54 (173.1200)
Sep 1, 2017 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 97 / 407 (678.1940) 222 (165.6800) 159 (167.4400) 124 (169.6684) 27 (175.4056)
Aug 31, 2017 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 19 / 129 (696.5600) 71 (170.8456) 49 (172) 7 (178.2972) 24 (175.4172)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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