SWINE DOCTORS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5653

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2016-04-08

Best ToY finish

#794

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.26 · weakest Brisket (152.79)

Road miles

1,826

mi 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

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Storylines (4 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

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 calls 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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

103 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

#5648 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 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 2015-05-29

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Porkmafia

#5658 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-05-15

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PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ

#5646 of the rated field

1446 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-03-31

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BAD MOTHER SMOKERS

#5659 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-05-05

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BBQ'S DUNN

#5647 of the rated field

1446 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2020-02-28

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CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM

#5644 of the rated field

1446 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-09-08

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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	168.0000	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 state / province

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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	3	28	0	top 79%	2015-09-11
Griller's Cup	2	19	0	top 67%	2014-07-16

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.9 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2016-04-08

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 7 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.26 · weakest Brisket (152.79)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 629.52 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 208 98–266 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,826 11 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength 1531 average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests

Power rating 1446 peak 1446 · #5653 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
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
2014
Aug 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge
2015
Sep 11 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2016
Apr 8 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival	2013-05-03
-9.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-04-08
-8.3	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2015-09-11
-6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2013-09-13
-5.5	Griller's Cup	2014-07-16

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

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
2016-04-08	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)
2015-09-11	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	28 / 32 (608.3424)	24 (157.0856)	30 (142.7544)	28 (157.1312)	26 (151.3712)
2015-06-26	Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO	16 / 27 (631.2920)	10 (165.1200)	15 (157.6688)	15 (159.9888)	19 (148.5144)
2014-09-12	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	34 / 47 (635.2688)	29 (163.3828)	40 (156.5716)	31 (163.3828)	37 (151.9316)
2014-08-15	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	26 / 43 (639.2120)	2 (174.2744)	38 (146.7660)	24 (161.6688)	24 (156.5028)
2014-07-16	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	20 / 26 (634.1260)	22 (154.2516)	15 (163.9544)	25 (154.8228)	11 (161.0972)
2013-09-21	Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO	18 / 25 (642.1600)	11 (166.2744)	21 (153.0628)	11 (167.4056)	20 (155.4172)
2013-09-13	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	32 / 42 (627.8856)	18 (166.2628)	26 (158.2628)	16 (168.0000)	41 (135.3600)
2013-07-19	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	19 / 33 (647.2112)	24 (155.9312)	12 (166.8228)	21 (160.5028)	8 (163.9544)
2013-05-31	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)
2013-05-03	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)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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)