SAUCY SWINE-O'S

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

Power ranking

#1981

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1540 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2017-06-23

Best ToY finish

#765

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4056 / 720

Master · Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.96 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.04 (-2.08)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1

Consistency

±13.80

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.14 · weakest Brisket (164.32)

Road miles

4,222

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 437 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

664.04 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

695.4056 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.4056 at Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-03-18

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HISTORIC BBQ has finished one call ahead of SAUCY SWINE-O'S 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork entries lost

HISTORIC BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HISTORIC BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.

A March team

Top 29% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 29% across 5 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

5 March contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,222 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,222 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 437 miles to Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel.

15 mapped stops
furthest 437 mi

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
15 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.

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

HAWGAMANIA

#1968 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1540

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SAUCY SWINE-O'S)

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

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2022-04-22

⚔ Head-to-head

OAK STREET BBQ CO.

#1991 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1539

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SAUCY SWINE-O'S)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-03-24

⚔ Head-to-head

16 Mesh BBQ

#1984 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-07-12

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Belly Buss Barbeque

#1971 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 44% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2021-09-25
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS

#1986 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

MEAT MITCH

#1983 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Level with SAUCY SWINE-O'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
HISTORIC BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BARK BROTHERS BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM RINE-O	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
PRATER'S BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Starboars	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	1	178.2972	154.8116	166.99	top 47%
Pork Ribs	15	2	0	1	173.1772	152.0116	165.59	top 45%
Pork	15	3	0	2	178.2972	157.6800	167.14	top 46%
Brisket	15	2	1	1	176.5600	152.5028	164.32	top 52%

“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
OH	7	top 46%
MS	6	top 36%
VA	1	top 63%
KY	1	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	5	top 28%	2017-03-17
The River Grill before the Big Chill	2	19	top 53%	2015-10-09
Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2	19	top 53%	2015-05-15

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2017-06-23

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 7 of 15 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.14 · weakest Brisket (164.32)

Walk rate 47% a top-10 call in 7 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 2 of 15 contests

Master average 664.04 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 484 516–337 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,222 15 mapped stops · furthest 437 mi

Schedule strength 1544 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

Power rating 1539 peak 1540 · #1981 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5712 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Sep 27 First call Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue
2014
May 16 First category win (Brisket) Buckeye State BBQ Championship
2015
Jul 10 10th tracked contest 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
2016
Mar 18 Career-best overall score695.4056 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Mar 18 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
2017
Mar 17 Peak power rating (1540) Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Jun 23 Most recent contest *Covington Cork & Pork Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2016-03-18
+12.2	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13
+12.2	Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue	2013-09-27
+6.8	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14
+3.5	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2014-07-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.4	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2015-10-02
-6	Hog Wild BBQ Festival	2014-10-02
-4.3	The River Grill before the Big Chill	2015-10-09
-1.5	Buckeye State BBQ Championship	2015-05-15
-1.1	*Covington Cork & Pork Festival	2017-06-23

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	0	50%	top 56%	92.8%	91.6%
2016	1	1	0	100%	top 5%	96.6%	96.6%
2015	5	0	0	20%	top 53%	94.8%	92%
2014	5	0	1	60%	top 46%	93.9%	91.9%
2013	2	1	0	50%	top 31%	92.9%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-06-23	*Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	20 / 32 (650.7316)	3 (175.4172)	25 (157.6916)	12 (165.1200)	28 (152.5028)
2017-03-17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	34 / 68 (668.4916)	22 (170.8572)	45 (163.3828)	40 (166.2744)	34 (167.9772)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	5 / 95 (695.4056)	26 (171.9656)	29 (168.5828)	3 (178.2972)	6 (176.5600)
2015-10-09	The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH	30 / 45 (646.7200)	31 (164.5372)	37 (156.5372)	28 (165.7028)	32 (159.9428)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	35 / 45 (648.4452)	42 (158.2284)	17 (171.4400)	37 (161.1084)	39 (157.6684)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	19 / 39 (667.9544)	16 (170.2628)	15 (169.1544)	20 (168.5600)	29 (159.9772)
2015-05-15	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	20 / 36 (666.8456)	4 (178.2972)	14 (168.0000)	29 (162.2856)	27 (158.2628)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	14 / 94 (682.2284)	32 (169.1428)	35 (166.2628)	12 (174.2628)	19 (172.5600)
2014-10-10	The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH	19 / 49 (676.4340)	17 (170.8228)	30 (164.5256)	6 (175.4056)	19 (165.6800)
2014-10-02	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	22 / 32 (659.2912)	17 (169.6684)	24 (164.5484)	29 (157.6800)	20 (167.3944)
2014-07-11	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	18 / 42 (660.5144)	25 (163.3828)	3 (173.1772)	21 (165.1200)	25 (158.8344)
2014-05-16	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	19 / 38 (642.1948)	30 (154.8116)	27 (152.0116)	23 (159.9544)	1 (175.4172)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	28 / 95 (669.5772)	40 (165.6684)	12 (171.9772)	61 (163.3944)	27 (168.5372)
2013-09-27	Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue Xenia, OH	6 / 35 (669.1656)	15 (166.3084)	5 (169.1428)	2 (176.0000)	28 (157.7144)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	45 / 100 (656.5712)	83 (155.4286)	28 (167.4284)	23 (168.0000)	42 (165.7142)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1625 (142 pts)	#1112 (307 pts)	#1957 (117 pts)	#1481 (182 pts)	#1943 (117 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1431 (185 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#1345 (235 pts)	#1560 (175 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#825 (410 pts)	#746 (495 pts)	#815 (445 pts)	#923 (390 pts)	#1000 (330 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#765 (446 pts)	#868 (416 pts)	#656 (581 pts)	#774 (481 pts)	#595 (616 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1109 (250 pts)	#1395 (185 pts)	#1148 (260 pts)	#923 (345 pts)	#1663 (135 pts)