Piggy & Swine BBQ

Piggy & Swine BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 70 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) (2025). They are ranked #679 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#679

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1645

peak 1670 · rated over 51 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 21, 2022

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 3.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#72

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 1% of the time

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

47% of 70 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

706.8112 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

684.51 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 682.50 (+2.01)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

Consistency

±9.80

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.64)

Road miles

5,136

across 70 mapped stops · furthest 546 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)

Purse competed for

$331K

listed at 59 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 51 state-championship entries

Master avg

682.50 / 720

39 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard avg

336.92 / 360

10 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

516.23 / 540

2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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.

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Brisket ×1

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) (Jul 25, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1).

Jul 25, 2025

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 16%

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 59 of 70 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 70 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

706.8112 career-best overall

98.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 706.8112 at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) — 98.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2025

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 51 entries at contests carrying the title.

51 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has finished one call ahead of Piggy & Swine BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–9 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 72% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 23 of their 32 shared contests.

A strong matchup

17–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 74% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM in 17 of their 23 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

22 of 32 shared chicken entries lost

FIRE & SHINE BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE & SHINE BBQ has out-cooked them in 22 of 32 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Oct 21, 2022).

Oct 21, 2022
29-team field

Going the wrong way

-25 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 25 points across 9 contests since Mar 27, 2026 — from 1670 down to 1645.

9 contests since Mar 27, 2026
now 1645

Built for the big stage

Top 41% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 41% finish in large fields against top 54% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 41% (7)
Small (<20 teams): top 54% (7)

Looking over their shoulder

6× one call behind them

Leaning Jowler BBQ has landed one call behind them 6 times.

An October team

Top 24% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 24% across 8 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

8 October contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,136 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,136 miles across 70 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 546 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

70 mapped stops
furthest 546 mi

The metronome

±1.55% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.55% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.6% of a perfect score
70 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 3rd

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
2026 ↗	Master	#208 (894 pts)	#190 (1,011 pts)	#115 (1,333 pts)	#156 (1,029 pts)	#188 (949 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#72 (1,811 pts)	#92 (1,614 pts)	#123 (1,528 pts)	#43 (1,905 pts)	#68 (1,742 pts)
2024 ↗	Backyard	#175 (306 pts)	#150 (408 pts)	#166 (332 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	#105 (1,418 pts)	#72 (1,650 pts)	#50 (1,837 pts)	#149 (1,215 pts)	#35 (1,825 pts)
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#30 (1,086 pts)	#91 (725 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	#1092 (115 pts)	#1033 (144 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#126 (336 pts)	#136 (291 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Piggy & Swine BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JL Smokers

#678 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1645

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Piggy & Swine BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Piggy & Swine BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 56 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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Buckshot's BBQ

#683 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1680

5–10 in 16 shared contests (31% to Piggy & Swine BBQ)

They've been 1680 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Mar 28, 2026

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SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED

#680 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 78%
Peak: 1678

Fewer contests behind them than Piggy & Swine BBQ has cooked, 37 to 70, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2025

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SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM

#677 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 84
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1674

84 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 81 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC

#682 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 94
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1736

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Piggy & Swine BBQ's first contest.

rated over 90 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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KOSMO'S Q

#681 of the rated field

1645 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1645

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Piggy & Swine BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Capt. Blue BBQ	33	10	22	30%	⚔ compare
All About the Wood	32	20	9	63%	⚔ compare
Leaning Jowler BBQ	32	15	16	47%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	32	8	23	25%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	31	12	17	39%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	29	8	21	28%	⚔ compare
FIRE & SHINE BBQ	28	12	15	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	28	10	18	36%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
Castleton Q	26	13	12	50%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	26	7	18	27%	⚔ compare
Oink N' Doink BBQ	25	13	12	52%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	25	10	14	40%	⚔ compare
The Swine Doctor's BBQ	24	14	9	58%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' WITH POPS BBQ TEAM	23	17	6	74%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	60	32	3	7	180 🔥	163.3944	172.24	top 40%
Pork Ribs	62	28	0	6	177.7144	156.5372	168.64	top 48%
Pork	44	18	2	7	178.8572	158.8000	170.26	top 48%
Brisket	40	19	4	8	180 🔥	156.5028	170.76	top 41%

“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)	7	0	top 54%
Medium (20–39)	38	1	top 37%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
VA	17	0	top 45%
PA	14	1	top 39%
NJ	8	0	top 25%
DE	4	0	top 33%
DC	2	0	top 48%
MD	2	0	top 36%
MA	2	0	top 39%
NC	2	0	top 75%
TN	1	0	top 19%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	7	3	0	top 39%	Jun 13, 2026
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	6	3	0	top 47%	Mar 28, 2026
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	5	6	0	top 48%	May 16, 2026
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl	3	10	0	top 66%	Apr 24, 2026
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2	1	1	top 16%	Jul 26, 2025
Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle	2	13	0	top 48%	Jun 26, 2026
Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2)	2	3	0	top 18%	Aug 9, 2025
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	3	0	top 24%	May 3, 2025
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	9	0	top 33%	Oct 19, 2024
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	8	0	top 39%	Sep 21, 2024
Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2	9	0	top 61%	Aug 10, 2024
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2)	2	7	0	top 32%	Apr 20, 2024
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	6	0	top 22%	Oct 21, 2023
Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	3	0	top 18%	May 6, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 27 contests

Contests a season 14 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 25 of 70 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 25 14 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 62 entries · 0 wins · 28 calls

First title Jul 25, 2025 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Opponents faced 526 finished ahead 1,434 times, behind 958

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

20262 milestones

Mar 27 Peak power rating (1670) BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
Sep 25 Most recent contest First State BBQ Bash

20256 milestones

May 3 First perfect 180 (Chicken) New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
Jun 27 50th tracked contest York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 25 First Grand Championship Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 25 First state championship Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 25 Biggest field won (30 teams) Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 25 Career-best overall score706.8112 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

20241 milestone

Jun 29 25th tracked contest York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)

20232 milestones

May 6 First category win (Chicken) Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
Oct 20 10th tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

20225 milestones

Oct 21 First tracked contest Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 21 First call Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 21 First overall top-10 Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 21 First overall podium Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.3944 Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 21, 2022
+14.2	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 23, 2024
+13.8	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)	Jul 25, 2025
+13.3	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 22, 2023
+12.7	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	May 6, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	Mar 28, 2026
-12.2	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	Aug 10, 2024
-11.7	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl	Apr 24, 2026
-11.1	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	May 17, 2024
-10.6	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1	May 3, 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)
2026	12	0	5	1	75%	top 52%	96.5%	94.8%
2025	19	1	8	5	84%	top 34%	98.2%	95.5%
2024	27	0	11	2	85%	top 46%	97.3%	94.3%
2023	10	0	7	1	90%	top 24%	96.3%	93.9%
2022	2	0	2	0	100%	top 22%	95.4%	94%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2026	First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	23 / 39 (669.6572)	14 (173.1200)	17 (170.8344)	20 (169.2000)	34 (156.5028)
Jun 27, 2026	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC	—	—	8 (173.1544)	—	—
Jun 26, 2026	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	14 / 31 (693.7260)	14 (171.9772)	7 (175.4288)	11 (174.3200)	16 (172)
Jun 13, 2026	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	10 / 13 (683.8972)	9 (169.6800)	5 (173.1200)	9 (169.6800)	6 (171.4172)
Jun 12, 2026	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	5 / 25 (694.7772)	4 (175.4172)	11 (171.9656)	12 (170.8344)	2 (176.5600)
May 16, 2026	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	9 / 17 (680.5028)	1 (180)	17 (156.5372)	11 (168.5600)	3 (175.4056)
May 15, 2026	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	7 / 25 (682.1828)	3 (175.4172)	15 (167.3712)	11 (170.2744)	5 (169.1200)
Apr 24, 2026	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	16 / 20 (674.1488)	17 (168.5372)	16 (166.2400)	2 (175.4172)	16 (163.9544)
Mar 28, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	30 / 36 (675.8856)	16 (175.4172)	33 (165.0972)	31 (165.7028)	25 (169.6684)
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	10 / 40 (688.5144)	9 (175.4172)	27 (166.2744)	8 (174.8456)	14 (171.9772)
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA	—	19 (166.8344)	—	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) Urbanna, VA	—	—	2 (176.5600)	—	—
Oct 10, 2025	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	17 / 90 (694.8228)	49 (171.9656)	27 (174.8572)	11 (177.7028)	46 (170.2972)
Aug 9, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Doswell, VA	6 / 25 (689.0860)	15 (170.2744)	6 (176.0116)	13 (173.1200)	11 (169.6800)
Aug 8, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Doswell, VA	3 / 25 (691.9660)	8 (171.9772)	4 (173.7144)	8 (173.7028)	11 (172.5716)
Aug 8, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Doswell, VA	—	7 (171.9772)	—	—	—
Aug 8, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Doswell, VA	—	—	8 (167.3944)	—	—
Jul 26, 2025	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	8 / 27 (683.3596)	12 (170.8456)	8 (173.1084)	16 (167.4400)	6 (171.9656)
Jul 25, 2025	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	1 / 30 (706.8112)	4 (177.7028)	10 (171.4056)	3 (177.7028)	1 (180)
Jun 28, 2025	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	4 / 10 (688.4916)	4 (177.1544)	10 (162.8000)	1 (178.8572)	6 (169.6800)
Jun 27, 2025	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	3 / 26 (689.6228)	11 (170.8344)	11 (169.6800)	2 (176.5600)	6 (172.5484)
Jun 21, 2025	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	13 / 26 (685.6572)	11 (174.8572)	16 (169.6800)	2 (177.7144)	17 (163.4056)
Jun 21, 2025	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC	—	—	19 (157.6340)	—	—
May 3, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	13 / 34 (682.2056)	1 (180)	23 (165.1428)	17 (169.6800)	19 (167.3828)
May 3, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Blairstown, NJ	—	—	2 (174.2628)	—	—
May 2, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	3 / 33 (696.5372)	10 (173.7028)	11 (169.7144)	5 (174.2628)	1 (178.8572)
May 2, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ	—	6 (173.1200)	—	—	—
Apr 26, 2025	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	11 / 16 (685.0284)	12 (170.8112)	12 (172.5600)	12 (169.6916)	9 (171.9656)
Apr 25, 2025	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	10 / 20 (678.7544)	17 (167.3828)	18 (159.3600)	1 (178.2972)	3 (173.7144)
Mar 22, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	28 / 43 (678.1944)	34 (168.5256)	8 (175.4516)	38 (163.3828)	19 (170.8344)
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	25 / 45 (677.0404)	18 (173.1316)	41 (164.5488)	25 (169.6800)	15 (169.6800)
Oct 19, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ	9 / 26 (687.3140)	13 (172.5484)	11 (169.6800)	20 (167.3828)	2 (177.7028)
Oct 19, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbia, NJ	—	—	3 (173.1200)	—	—
Oct 18, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ	9 / 28 (685.0744)	13 (169.6800)	17 (165.7144)	8 (171.9772)	1 (177.7028)
Oct 18, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Columbia, NJ	—	9 (170.8228)	—	—	—
Oct 11, 2024	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	5 / 26 (687.3484)	12 (169.6684)	13 (169.1200)	9 (171.4172)	1 (177.1428)
Sep 27, 2024	"The First State" BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	10 / 26 (686.1828)	11 (173.1200)	4 (177.1544)	18 (170.8228)	18 (165.0856)
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	8 / 27 (689.0400)	4 (177.7028)	15 (170.8228)	23 (165.0972)	4 (175.4172)
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA	—	5 (174.2744)	—	—	—
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA	—	—	6 (169.6800)	—	—
Sep 20, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	12 / 25 (677.0628)	14 (171.4056)	23 (159.9544)	5 (175.4400)	7 (170.2628)
Aug 10, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 🏅 Ashland, VA	25 / 28 (663.8512)	24 (166.2284)	27 (160.5028)	20 (167.4400)	13 (169.6800)
Aug 9, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Ashland, VA	9 / 27 (689.6112)	12 (173.1084)	3 (176)	24 (166.2400)	8 (174.2628)
Aug 9, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Ashland, VA	—	5 (174.8572)	—	—	—
Aug 9, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Ashland, VA	—	—	2 (177.7144)	—	—
Jun 29, 2024	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	13 / 19 (672.4112)	7 (173.1084)	9 (169.6916)	18 (161.6456)	12 (167.9656)
Jun 28, 2024	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	8 / 29 (685.5996)	14 (169.6684)	10 (171.9772)	10 (171.4056)	8 (172.5484)
Jun 1, 2024	The Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD	10 / 19 (679.3484)	10 (171.9772)	15 (165.0856)	6 (173.1428)	12 (169.1428)
May 18, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	19 / 26 (658.1484)	20 (163.3944)	5 (172.5484)	23 (158.8000)	17 (163.4056)
May 17, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	26 / 37 (655.9196)	22 (167.4056)	25 (162.2628)	24 (162.8456)	21 (163.4056)
May 4, 2024	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	27 / 35 (680.4456)	7 (177.7028)	16 (173.1200)	32 (165.0972)	28 (164.5256)
May 3, 2024	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	33 / 45 (673.5768)	5 (176.5600)	38 (162.7884)	41 (161.6684)	18 (172.5600)
Apr 20, 2024	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	7 / 25 (686.2400)	15 (171.9656)	2 (176.0228)	15 (165.6916)	8 (172.5600)
Apr 19, 2024	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	9 / 25 (684.4684)	2 (176.5600)	18 (168.5372)	10 (171.4056)	17 (167.9656)
Mar 23, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	3 / 42 (350.2628)	4 (174.2628)	4 (176)	18 (162.2516)	—
Mar 22, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	20 / 45 (327.3832)	10 (170.2860)	25 (157.0972)	10 (169.1200)	—
Mar 22, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	—	20 (165.0856)	—	—	—
Mar 22, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	—	—	20 (165.0972)	—	—
Oct 21, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	6 / 29 (337.6688)	2 (177.7144)	18 (159.9544)	—	—
Oct 21, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Jackson, NJ	—	—	7 (167.3944)	—	—
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	8 / 34 (332.5028)	5 (167.9656)	11 (164.5372)	—	—
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Jackson, NJ	—	11 (167.4172)	—	—	—
Sep 23, 2023	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	11 / 20 (512.5256)	7 (174.2628)	11 (170.2628)	13 (168)	—
Sep 22, 2023	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	3 / 24 (519.9428)	13 (170.8228)	10 (171.4056)	2 (177.7144)	—
Jun 16, 2023	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	9 / 29 (337.0972)	7 (170.2628)	13 (166.8344)	—	—
May 19, 2023	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	6 / 37 (341.0972)	3 (174.2628)	9 (166.8344)	—	—
May 6, 2023	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Lincoln, DE	3 / 19 (338.8348)	1 (175.4288)	5 (163.4060)	—	—
May 5, 2023	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Lincoln, DE	4 / 20 (327.9316)	4 (166.2400)	5 (161.6916)	—	—
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	9 / 27 (333.0744)	5 (170.8344)	16 (162.2400)	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	3 / 29 (343.3944)	6 (171.9772)	4 (171.4172)	—	—

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

Piggy & Swine BBQ

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

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Going the wrong way

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

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)