High-water mark
670.2176
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2176 at Buckeye BBQ Classic — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 17, 2026
Pink Piggy BBQ
Pink Piggy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 35 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022). They are ranked #4140 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1509 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2022
latest Jul 17, 2026 · 3.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.82 · weakest Brisket (157.53)
Road miles
660
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 430 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.00 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
333.09 / 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Pink Piggy BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Level with Pink Piggy BBQ 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
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Pink Piggy BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Pink Piggy BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Pink Piggy BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,132 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Pink Piggy BBQ'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 149.6340 | 162.82 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 151.9200 | 161.68 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 158.2288 | 162.12 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 135.9200 | 157.53 | top 67% |
“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 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye BBQ Classic | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 85% | Jun 26, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
178
finished ahead 90 times, behind 147
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
Sep 8, 2022 → Jul 18, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score670.2176 Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8460 Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Buckeye BBQ Classic
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First call Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.0860 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1509) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 18, 2025 |
| -9.2 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -6.7 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Jun 26, 2026 |
| -1.6 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 17, 2026 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 93.1% | 92.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 89.1% | 86.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 21 / 30 (670.2176) | 24 (163.9772) | 25 (167.9772) | 22 (167.4172) | 9 (170.8460) |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 32 / 39 (658.2516) | 27 (165.1200) | 30 (163.4288) | 31 (162.2972) | 19 (167.4056) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 37 / 42 (641.5428) | 33 (166.2628) | 32 (161.1084) | 39 (158.2288) | 38 (155.9428) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 39 / 40 (597.9996) | 40 (149.6340) | 39 (151.9200) | 34 (160.5256) | 40 (135.9200) |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 12 / 35 (333.0860) | 9 (169.1200) | 15 (163.9660) | — | — |