SWINOS

SWINOS is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 49 at the Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest (2015). They are ranked #4711 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,711

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1514 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Jan 27, 2023 · 10 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#856

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

678.3084 / 720

Master · Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.84 (+1.10)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Lakeland Pig Festival

Consistency

±16.80

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.50 · weakest Brisket (158.37)

Road miles

172

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$67K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.84 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

678.3084 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.3084 at Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 20, 2015

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

HOGS GONE WILD BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWINOS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.13 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 158.37
Pork Ribs avg 163.50
2 calls in 18 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pig In or Pig Out in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (Jan 27, 2023).

last seen Jan 24, 2020
back Jan 27, 2023

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Pork Ribs nemesis

13 of 17 shared pork ribs entries lost

SWAMP BOYS ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SWAMP BOYS has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

The BBQ Shack has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A November team

Top 51% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 51% across 8 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

8 November contests
top 61% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.33% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.8% of a perfect score
18 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Lakeland Pig Festival every year from 2017 to 2020 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 32nd

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1166 (95 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#819 (85 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#1836 (85 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1726 (139 pts)	#1507 (189 pts)	#1781 (139 pts)	#1360 (224 pts)	#979 (339 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#903 (329 pts)	#1104 (274 pts)	#1039 (299 pts)	#805 (409 pts)	#843 (374 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

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

COME AND TAKE IT BBQ

#4,702 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1500

They've been 1500 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 25, 2018

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Too Sauced to Pork

#4,732 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1503

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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Bonnie Blue BBQ

#4,696 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1504

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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BULLY BBQ

#4,700 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1514

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2025

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MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ

#4,703 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1469

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before SWINOS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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BAM BAM'S BBQ WINCHESTER VA

#4,717 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWAMP BOYS	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
Two Crackers Cooking	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
Hardwood BBQ, Inc.	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Pig In or Pig Out	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHACK BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Slimz	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
United Pork Smokers	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	3	2	2	176.5600	147.9428	162.31	top 57%
Pork Ribs	18	3	0	1	174.8688	150.2858	163.50	top 52%
Pork	18	4	0	2	173.7144	145.0856	162.67	top 54%
Brisket	18	2	0	1	173.1428	143.3372	158.37	top 59%

“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)	4	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	5	32	top 71%	Jan 27, 2023
Plant City Pig Jam	3	8	top 49%	Nov 22, 2019
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	19	top 63%	Jan 29, 2016
Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	2	25	top 73%	Nov 16, 2018
When Pigs Fly South	2	19	top 51%	Nov 6, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 18 of 18 contests

Contests visited 8 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 501 finished ahead 400 times, behind 679

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jan 24, 2020 → Jan 27, 2023

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

20231 milestone

Jan 27 Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20171 milestone

Jan 27 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival

20162 milestones

Jan 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 29 Peak power rating (1514) Lakeland Pig Festival

20152 milestones

Nov 20 First category win (Chicken) Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Nov 20 Career-best overall score678.3084 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

20134 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Nov 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0056 When Pigs Fly South
Nov 22 First call Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 22 First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 22, 2013
+12.9	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest	Nov 20, 2015
+7.5	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 29, 2016
+2.2	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 15, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 30, 2015
-8.7	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 22, 2019
-8.3	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 27, 2017
-8.1	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 16, 2018
-7.8	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 73%	92.2%	92.2%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 60%	91.7%	91.7%
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 74%	90.2%	89.3%
2018	3	0	0	33%	top 74%	91.4%	89.9%
2017	2	0	0	50%	top 71%	89.2%	87.8%
2016	1	0	1	100%	top 33%	92.6%	92.6%
2015	3	1	1	67%	top 52%	94.2%	89.9%
2014	2	0	0	100%	top 62%	88.7%	88.7%
2013	3	1	0	33%	top 44%	93.2%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 27, 2023	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	37 / 51 (663.8632)	44 (164.5372)	29 (167.3944)	43 (161.0972)	18 (170.8344)
Jan 24, 2020	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	32 / 53 (659.8968)	23 (170.8112)	19 (169.1200)	31 (164.5600)	39 (155.4056)
Nov 22, 2019	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	27 / 39 (649.5196)	30 (158.8228)	25 (164.5256)	30 (161.0856)	20 (165.0856)
Jan 25, 2019	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	46 / 58 (636.3540)	47 (157.0856)	39 (162.2400)	27 (166.8456)	51 (150.1828)
Nov 16, 2018	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	38 / 44 (630.0692)	42 (149.0860)	24 (166.2516)	41 (157.0628)	35 (157.6688)
Sep 1, 2018	Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL	18 / 24 (658.1372)	21 (161.0856)	5 (173.1316)	3 (173.7144)	23 (150.2056)
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	37 / 60 (652.9716)	16 (169.6800)	34 (163.9428)	37 (162.2744)	42 (157.0744)
Nov 17, 2017	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	25 / 42 (642.0796)	36 (147.9428)	6 (174.2972)	13 (167.3712)	28 (152.4684)
Jan 27, 2017	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	50 / 60 (622.1028)	51 (156.5256)	33 (162.8344)	47 (157.6684)	53 (145.0744)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	19 / 58 (666.7768)	1 (176.5600)	34 (161.7028)	21 (167.4056)	31 (161.1084)
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	8 / 49 (678.3084)	1 (174.8572)	31 (161.7028)	9 (170.8684)	11 (170.8800)
Nov 6, 2015	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	19 / 35 (634.1488)	10 (164.0228)	2 (174.8688)	27 (151.9200)	31 (143.3372)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	53 / 62 (628.3772)	55 (156.5140)	55 (151.9544)	55 (154.8116)	29 (165.0972)
Nov 21, 2014	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	25 / 39 (638.7312)	15 (165.6800)	28 (154.8228)	35 (145.0856)	2 (173.1428)
Jan 23, 2014	The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	42 / 69 (638.0684)	45 (159.9428)	49 (151.3256)	9 (170.8456)	46 (155.9544)
Nov 22, 2013	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	8 / 53 (671.3028)	20 (165.6800)	19 (165.0972)	3 (170.8456)	5 (169.6800)
Nov 15, 2013	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	23 / 49 (653.0056)	20 (162.8000)	16 (167.4172)	29 (161.6800)	20 (161.1084)
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	50 / 70 (619.4282)	42 (159.9998)	57 (150.2858)	23 (162.8570)	56 (146.2856)

SWINOS

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A November team

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

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 — 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)