PIGGIN' OUT

PIGGIN' OUT is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the 'Que at the View (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #801 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#801

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1628

peak 1648 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 22, 2013

latest Apr 7, 2023 · 10.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#416

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

18 podiums

Overall top-10s

43% of 28 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8800 / 720

Master · 'Que at the View

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

662.85 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 673.94 (-11.09)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD)

Consistency

±11.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.26 · weakest Brisket (167.47)

Road miles

3,551

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 601 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$21K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.94 / 720

28 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Against the odds

19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 'Que at the View (Apr 8, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N.

Giant slayer

43 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at 'Que at the View.

Apr 8, 2016

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge (May 2, 2014).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8800 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8800 at 'Que at the View — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 8, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

The Specialists has finished one call ahead of PIGGIN' OUT 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2014 1 Grand Championship

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 23%

A tough matchup

10–3 behind in the head-to-head

CAJUN BLAZE ahead in 77% of their meetings

CAJUN BLAZE has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

The drought

13 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at 'Que at the View on Apr 8, 2016 — 13 contests and 10.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 8, 2016
10.5 years ago

A strong matchup

13–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GENERAL LEE SMOKING in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

The comeback

3.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (Apr 7, 2023).

last seen Dec 6, 2019
back Apr 7, 2023

Chicken nemesis

16 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

HAULIN' BUTT BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HAULIN' BUTT BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 24 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

The Specialists has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

3,551 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,551 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 601 miles to Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition.

28 mapped stops
furthest 601 mi

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.6% of a perfect score
28 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smokin In the Square every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2020 ↗	Master	#590 (155 pts)	#807 (95 pts)	#760 (115 pts)	#418 (275 pts)	#773 (105 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#910 (301 pts)	#1040 (261 pts)	#1044 (271 pts)	#738 (441 pts)	#1161 (221 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#712 (471 pts)	#790 (431 pts)	#825 (426 pts)	#829 (411 pts)	#754 (466 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1170 (253 pts)	#911 (428 pts)	#1341 (228 pts)	#1196 (273 pts)	#1150 (278 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#416 (941 pts)	#618 (661 pts)	#333 (1,096 pts)	#607 (661 pts)	#443 (906 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#520 (727 pts)	#576 (677 pts)	#575 (677 pts)	#557 (697 pts)	#682 (547 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#553 (676 pts)	#605 (641 pts)	#630 (606 pts)	#562 (696 pts)	#695 (536 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#806 (378 pts)	#1116 (268 pts)	#626 (533 pts)	#1048 (293 pts)	#652 (498 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PIGGIN' OUT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

CRASH TEST SMOKERS

#805 of the rated field

1627 power rating

Contests: 83
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1702

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PIGGIN' OUT)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIGGIN' OUT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 83 contests
last seen Aug 27, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

THE PIT CREW GA

#803 of the rated field

1627 power rating

Contests: 108
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1812

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to PIGGIN' OUT)

They've been 1812 at their best, 184 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 108 contests
last seen May 13, 2022

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CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ

#798 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1643

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before PIGGIN' OUT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 30 contests

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FAT ANDY'S BBQ

#797 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1633

Careers of much the same size, 30 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2017

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HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE

#800 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1628

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 27 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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DIZZY PIG

#799 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1651

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Jun 22, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HAULIN' BUTT BBQ	24	9	15	38%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
RED EYED SMOKERS	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
GENERAL LEE SMOKING	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
South Pork	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
WINK'S BARBEQUE	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
DOUBLE DUECE SMOKIN BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	8	2	5	180 🔥	161.1200	169.26	top 43%
Pork Ribs	28	15	1	4	176.6172	158.8574	168.88	top 37%
Pork	28	12	1	4	178.2972	158.8116	168.32	top 40%
Brisket	28	11	2	5	177.1544	153.1424	167.47	top 43%

“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)	3	1	top 27%
Medium (20–39)	16	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	9	1	top 31%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	13	0	top 38%
MS	9	2	top 24%
FL	5	0	top 41%
NC	1	0	top 86%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin In the Square	5	6	0	top 41%	Mar 16, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	10	0	top 52%	Feb 24, 2017
George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	3	1	1	top 26%	May 6, 2016
'Que at the View	3	1	1	top 20%	Apr 8, 2016
World Barbecue Championship	2	15	0	top 31%	Nov 8, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 13 of 28 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 16 5 of them more than once

First title May 2, 2014 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge

Opponents faced 527 finished ahead 692 times, behind 366

Longest layoff 3.3 yrs Dec 6, 2019 → Apr 7, 2023

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

20231 milestone

Apr 7 Most recent contest Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

20183 milestones

Feb 23 First Reserve Championship D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Feb 23 Peak power rating (1648) D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL)
May 4 25th tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival

20171 milestone

May 19 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD)

20162 milestones

Apr 8 Biggest field won (43 teams) 'Que at the View
Apr 8 Career-best overall score694.8800 'Que at the View

20151 milestone

Apr 3 10th tracked contest 'Que at the View

20143 milestones

May 2 First overall podium George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
May 2 First Grand Championship George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
May 2 First multi-meat day George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge

20135 milestones

Feb 22 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 22 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4278 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 27 First category win (Pork Ribs) PorktoberQue
Sep 27 First overall top-10 PorktoberQue

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	May 2, 2014
+14.1	'Que at the View	Apr 8, 2016
+13.7	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	May 1, 2015
+13	PorktoberQue	Sep 27, 2013
+12.3	Smokin In The Square	Mar 18, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	Apr 7, 2023
-10.8	Smokin In the Square	Mar 16, 2018
-5.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Feb 24, 2017
-5.3	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	May 6, 2016
-4.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Feb 22, 2013

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)
2023	1	0	0	0	0%	top 86%	90.5%	90.5%
2019	2	0	2	1	100%	top 36%	94%	92.6%
2018	3	0	2	1	67%	top 42%	94.5%	93%
2017	4	0	0	1	25%	top 55%	94.9%	93.2%
2016	6	1	4	0	100%	top 25%	96.5%	94.8%
2015	5	0	1	0	100%	top 27%	95.6%	94.3%
2014	4	1	2	2	100%	top 23%	96%	94%
2013	3	0	1	1	100%	top 40%	94.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 7, 2023	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC	24 / 28 (651.8516)	22 (163.9428)	18 (167.9772)	28 (158.8116)	26 (161.1200)
Dec 6, 2019	COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL	7 / 25 (677.0400)	16 (162.8000)	12 (167.9656)	1 (178.2972)	14 (167.9772)
Feb 22, 2019	D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival 🏅 Diberville, MS	7 / 16 (657.0396)	5 (166.2628)	6 (163.4056)	5 (167.9656)	10 (159.4056)
May 4, 2018	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	6 / 19 (669.6572)	10 (167.3828)	8 (165.6800)	2 (173.1772)	9 (163.4172)
Mar 16, 2018	Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL	42 / 49 (658.6856)	33 (168.5256)	40 (162.2516)	46 (159.3600)	25 (168.5484)
Feb 23, 2018	D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) D'Iberville, MS	2 / 27 (680.5028)	2 (173.7028)	3 (172)	14 (161.6800)	1 (173.1200)
Nov 8, 2017	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	42 / 93 (671.2912)	21 (172.5484)	77 (161.6572)	45 (167.3944)	30 (169.6912)
May 19, 2017	Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD) Birmingham, AL	12 / 25 (683.3484)	1 (180)	17 (166.8228)	17 (166.8456)	11 (169.6800)
Mar 17, 2017	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	21 / 38 (671.8164)	20 (170.8228)	15 (167.3712)	17 (169.1084)	25 (164.5140)
Feb 24, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	20 / 28 (658.7656)	21 (165.6684)	20 (163.4172)	11 (165.6800)	16 (164)
Dec 2, 2016	Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	9 / 34 (682.8228)	24 (162.8228)	5 (173.7028)	5 (174.8572)	12 (171.4400)
Nov 11, 2016	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	15 / 89 (687.9200)	15 (174.2628)	10 (175.4288)	36 (169.6800)	39 (168.5484)
May 6, 2016	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	16 / 27 (667.3484)	24 (161.1200)	6 (173.1428)	11 (168.5256)	19 (164.5600)
Apr 8, 2016	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	1 / 43 (694.8800)	2 (175.4400)	2 (174.2972)	9 (170.2628)	3 (174.8800)
Mar 18, 2016	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	6 / 43 (688.4684)	22 (170.2628)	3 (175.4056)	25 (166.2400)	3 (176.5600)
Feb 26, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	10 / 30 (675.8972)	17 (169.1316)	13 (168.5372)	18 (166.8228)	6 (171.4056)
Dec 4, 2015	Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL	12 / 36 (670.1600)	12 (170.2628)	13 (167.9888)	9 (167.9772)	21 (163.9312)
May 1, 2015	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	3 / 27 (687.9660)	11 (171.4516)	9 (170.2744)	6 (173.1200)	7 (173.1200)
Apr 3, 2015	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	11 / 40 (675.8856)	2 (174.8572)	7 (172.5600)	6 (170.8112)	31 (157.6572)
Mar 6, 2015	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	13 / 48 (681.0400)	27 (167.9656)	5 (175.4172)	28 (166.8344)	17 (170.8228)
Feb 27, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	11 / 30 (680.5488)	14 (170.8344)	22 (165.1544)	8 (171.4400)	8 (173.1200)
Sep 26, 2014	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	9 / 29 (665.6340)	8 (169.6684)	12 (164.5484)	9 (168.5600)	11 (162.8572)
May 2, 2014	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	1 / 15 (691.3944)	1 (176)	4 (168.5600)	3 (169.6800)	1 (177.1544)
Apr 4, 2014	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	11 / 36 (667.3260)	15 (167.9772)	17 (164.5488)	3 (175.4172)	23 (159.3828)
Mar 7, 2014	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	11 / 46 (682.7544)	16 (171.4056)	5 (175.4288)	18 (169.6800)	24 (166.2400)
Sep 27, 2013	PorktoberQue Dothan, AL	4 / 29 (677.1656)	14 (165.1312)	1 (176.6172)	12 (167.4056)	6 (168.0116)
Mar 8, 2013	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL	22 / 56 (661.7140)	32 (164.5712)	39 (158.8574)	28 (163.4284)	2 (174.8570)
Feb 22, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	19 / 29 (651.4278)	19 (164.5714)	5 (169.7142)	16 (163.9998)	25 (153.1424)

PIGGIN' OUT

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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