SWINE DOCTORS

SWINE DOCTORS is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 16th of 27 at the Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival (2015). They are ranked #5692 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,692

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Apr 8, 2016 · 2.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#794

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

647.2112 / 720

Master · Griller's Cup

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.39 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 629.52 (-1.14)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2744

Chicken · Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±13.33

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.26 · weakest Brisket (152.79)

Road miles

1,826

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

629.52 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.47 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 18%.

Brisket avg 152.79
Chicken avg 162.26
1 call in 11 entries

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.85% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.85% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.4% of a perfect score
11 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2910 (55 pts)	#2228 (80 pts)	#2928 (55 pts)	#2298 (65 pts)	#2143 (95 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1514 (154 pts)	#1449 (189 pts)	#1596 (159 pts)	#1604 (159 pts)	#1661 (139 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1657 (148 pts)	#1807 (138 pts)	#1548 (173 pts)	#1919 (123 pts)	#1455 (193 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#794 (386 pts)	#663 (491 pts)	#845 (381 pts)	#606 (546 pts)	#743 (436 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SWINE DOCTORS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SLOW GROOVIN BBQ

#5,691 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SWINE DOCTORS)

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 29, 2015

⚔ Head-to-head

Kan-Ok BBQ

#5,688 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1446

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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SMOKIN' ASS BBQ

#5,709 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 26, 2022

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PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ

#5,678 of the rated field

1447 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1447

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Mar 31, 2023

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BAD MOTHER SMOKERS

#5,698 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 5, 2017

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BBQ'S DUNN

#5,684 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

Level with SWINE DOCTORS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Feb 28, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
G "QUE"	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
OOPS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
STARS AND STRIPES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	2	1	174.2744	154.2516	162.26	top 53%
Pork Ribs	11	0	0	166.8228	142.7544	153.83	top 76%
Pork	11	1	0	168	148.5712	160.65	top 63%
Brisket	11	1	0	163.9544	135.3600	152.79	top 68%

“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)	8	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	7	top 70%
WY	2	top 67%
UT	1	top 93%
NE	1	top 95%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	3	28	0	top 79%	Sep 11, 2015
Griller's Cup	2	19	0	top 67%	Jul 16, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 7 of 11 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 208 finished ahead 98 times, behind 266

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

20161 milestone

Apr 8 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20151 milestone

Sep 11 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

20141 milestone

Aug 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge

20134 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 Peak power rating (1486) North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 31 First call Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
Jul 19 Career-best overall score647.2112 Griller's Cup

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival	May 3, 2013
-9.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 8, 2016
-8.2	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 11, 2015
-6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 13, 2013
-5.5	Griller's Cup	Jul 16, 2014

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 93%	87.2%	87.2%
2015	2	50%	top 73%	87.7%	86.1%
2014	3	33%	top 70%	88.8%	88.4%
2013	5	40%	top 72%	89.9%	87.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 8, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	28 / 30 (627.8164)	20 (158.2856)	30 (147.3712)	23 (159.3712)	17 (162.7884)
Sep 11, 2015	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	28 / 32 (608.3424)	24 (157.0856)	30 (142.7544)	28 (157.1312)	26 (151.3712)
Jun 26, 2015	Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO	16 / 27 (631.2920)	10 (165.1200)	15 (157.6688)	15 (159.9888)	19 (148.5144)
Sep 12, 2014	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	34 / 47 (635.2688)	29 (163.3828)	40 (156.5716)	31 (163.3828)	37 (151.9316)
Aug 15, 2014	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	26 / 43 (639.2120)	2 (174.2744)	38 (146.7660)	24 (161.6688)	24 (156.5028)
Jul 16, 2014	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	20 / 26 (634.1260)	22 (154.2516)	15 (163.9544)	25 (154.8228)	11 (161.0972)
Sep 21, 2013	Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO	18 / 25 (642.1600)	11 (166.2744)	21 (153.0628)	11 (167.4056)	20 (155.4172)
Sep 13, 2013	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	32 / 42 (627.8856)	18 (166.2628)	26 (158.2628)	16 (168)	41 (135.3600)
Jul 19, 2013	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	19 / 33 (647.2112)	24 (155.9312)	12 (166.8228)	21 (160.5028)	8 (163.9544)
May 31, 2013	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO	20 / 33 (631.4288)	21 (160.0002)	27 (151.4286)	6 (166.2858)	21 (153.7142)
May 3, 2013	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE	36 / 38 (599.9994)	12 (164.0002)	34 (147.4284)	36 (148.5712)	35 (139.9996)

SWINE DOCTORS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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)

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)