Two studies were conducted to determine the effects of diet form (meal vs. pellet) and feeder design (conventional dry vs. wet/dry) on finisher pig performance. Experiments were arranged as 2 × 2 factorials with 11 replications per treatment and 26 to 29 pigs per pen. In Exp. 1, pigs (n = 1,290; initial BW 46.8 kg) were used in a 91-d study. Pelleted diets averaged approximately 35% fines throughout the study. Overall, pigs fed pelleted diets or via wet/dry feeders had greater (P < 0.07 and 0.001, respectively) ADG than pigs fed meal diets or fed with a dry feeder. Diet form × feeder interactions (P < 0.02) were observed for G:F. Pigs fed either meal or pelleted diets via a wet/dry feeder had similar G:F, but pigs fed pelleted diets in dry feeders had poorer G:F than pigs with meal diets in dry feeders. In Exp. 2, pigs (n = 1,146; initial BW 38.2 kg) were used in a 104-d study. From d 0 to 28, a diet form × feeder design interaction (P < 0.01) was observed for ADG, which was due to decreased ADG in pigs fed pelleted diets from a conventional dry feeder compared with pigs fed meal diets from the same feeder type whereas there was no difference in wet/dry feeders based on diet form. Pigs fed pelleted diets had poorer (P < 0.01) G:F than pigs fed meal diets. This result appeared to be due to poor pellet quality (39.6% fines). From d 42 to 86, pellet quality improved (4.4% fines) and a diet form × feeder interaction was observed for ADG in which pigs fed meal diets in a dry feeder had decreased (P < 0.05) ADG than pigs fed pelleted diets in dry feeders or pigs presented either diet in wet/dry feeders. Pigs fed pelleted diets had improved (P < 0.001) G:F. Pigs fed via wet/dry feeders had increased (P < 0.03) ADFI and G:F compared with pigs fed via dry feeders. Overall, pigs fed with wet/dry feeders had increased (P < 0.02) ADG and ADFI and poorer G:F than pigs with dry feeders whereas pigs given pelleted diets had improved (P = 0.05) G:F compared with pigs presented meal diets. These studies found that pigs fed from wet/dry feeders had increased ADG and ADFI compared with pigs fed via dry feeders regardless of diet form. Additionally, pellet quality appeared to influence responses because pigs fed high-quality pellets via dry feeders had better growth performance than pigs fed meal diets. Conversely, if pellet quality was poor, the feed efficiency benefits associated with pelleting were lost.