High-water mark
671.4282
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.4282 at Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-06-28
SWEDISH PIG
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1514 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2015-08-28
Best ToY finish
#1029
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.23 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 641.82 (-2.59)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±20.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.05 · weakest Brisket (156.72)
Road miles
3,880
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 989 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
641.82 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.33 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 14%.
- Brisket avg 156.72
- Chicken avg 165.05
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BOAR-N-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A July team
Top 43%
average finish in July
Something about July: average finish in the top 43% across 3 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.
- 3 July contests
- top 52% the rest of the year
The long haul
3,880
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,880 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 989 miles to Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 989 mi
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.
96 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SWEDISH PIG did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEDISH PIG on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2822 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0000 | 151.9656 | 165.05 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 146.8572 | 158.84 | top 50% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9998 | 149.1430 | 161.21 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 143.4282 | 156.72 | top 61% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
| MN | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 43% | 2015-07-03 |
| Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 72% | 2014-10-18 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
3 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.05 · weakest Brisket (156.72)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
29%
2 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
641.82
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
162
110–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,880
7 mapped stops · furthest 989 mi
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 36% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-07-04 → 2014-07-04
Power rating
1510
peak 1514 · #2828 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- First call Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- First overall top-10 Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4282 Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- Career-best overall score671.4282 Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- First category win (Chicken) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1514) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Big Island BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2013-07-04 |
| +6.6 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off | 2013-06-28 |
| +3.8 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2015-07-03 |
| +0.8 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ | 2014-10-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | 2014-10-18 |
| -0.9 | 8th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2015-08-28 |
| -0.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 2014-07-04 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 89.5% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 67% | 91.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 31% | 93.3% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | 8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 32 / 55 (644.4348) | 24 (165.6800) | 35 (161.0972) | 28 (162.2860) | 38 (155.3716) |
| 2015-07-03 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 31 (624.5944) | 11 (161.1656) | 10 (157.7260) | 15 (157.1200) | 23 (148.5828) |
| 2014-10-18 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) Marshalltown, IA | 23 / 27 (657.6344) | 17 (168.0000) | 22 (158.8344) | 17 (165.7028) | 20 (165.0972) |
| 2014-10-17 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ Marshalltown, IA | 20 / 34 (657.5652) | 18 (165.1084) | 15 (163.3828) | 18 (167.9656) | 20 (161.1084) |
| 2014-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 15 / 27 (611.9316) | 21 (151.9656) | 17 (146.8572) | 9 (154.2400) | 9 (158.8688) |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 8 / 28 (625.1426) | 1 (176.0000) | 9 (156.5714) | 14 (149.1430) | 19 (143.4282) |
| 2013-06-28 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off Mankato, MN | 10 / 30 (671.4282) | 15 (167.4284) | 11 (167.4286) | 7 (171.9998) | 14 (164.5714) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1879 (111 pts) | #1737 (126 pts) | #1736 (131 pts) | #1980 (106 pts) | #2173 (66 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1179 (248 pts) | #1227 (258 pts) | #1176 (268 pts) | #1043 (323 pts) | #1075 (298 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1029 (278 pts) | #842 (383 pts) | #1138 (263 pts) | #1119 (268 pts) | #1344 (193 pts) |