High-water mark
678.2288
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2288 at Bands & BBQ at the Point — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 11, 2026
Getting Piggy With It
Getting Piggy With It is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Getting' Piggy With It”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 8, 2016
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 10.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±30.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.53 · weakest Brisket (153.52)
Road miles
2,791
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 760 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.03 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
321.10 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Getting Piggy With It, each with one reason worth a look.
Getting Piggy With It has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,140 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
They turned up 6 years after Getting Piggy With It did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Level with Getting Piggy With It on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,104 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Getting Piggy With It's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 152.5484 | 163.53 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.2972 | 145.0400 | 156.99 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 152.5600 | 160.69 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 141.6344 | 153.52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 6 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
218
finished ahead 56 times, behind 164
Longest layoff
4.3 yrs
Oct 4, 2019 → Jan 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2288 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best overall score678.2288 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
20181 milestone
- First call New Albany BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20161 milestone
- Peak power rating (1492) Chillin & Grillin In The Glades
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Chillin & Grillin In The Glades | Jul 8, 2016 |
| -5.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -3.1 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 11, 2026 |
| -2.6 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Oct 4, 2019 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 94.2% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2015 | 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 11, 2026 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 22 / 38 (678.2288) | 7 (176) | 25 (166.2972) | 34 (163.9544) | 11 (171.9772) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 45 / 61 (321.0968) | 45 (158.8340) | 40 (162.2628) | 34 (160.5256) | 54 (141.6344) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship 🏅 Sheridan, AR | 18 / 26 (625.5884) | 19 (152.5484) | 21 (150.2516) | 10 (165.7028) | 17 (157.0856) |
| Sep 29, 2018 | New Albany BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) New Albany, IN | — | 2 (164) | 2 (161.0856) | — | — |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Chillin & Grillin In The Glades Wise, VA | 24 / 26 (607.2684) | 11 (166.2856) | 24 (145.0400) | 24 (152.5600) | 26 (143.3828) |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |