BOVINE & SWINE

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

Power ranking

#3601

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1491 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-17

latest 2017-08-25

Best ToY finish

#1251

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

655.8972 / 720

Master · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.59 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 627.14 (+6.45)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Pork · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±16.48

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.81 · weakest Brisket (149.83)

Road miles

1,330

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 375 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

627.14 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

PIGHEADED BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings

PIGHEADED BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 9%.

Brisket avg 149.83
Chicken avg 159.81
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

PIGHEADED BBQ ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PIGHEADED BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.29% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.29% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.1% of a perfect score
11 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 27th

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.

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

PIG PEN BBQ

#3607 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1552

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to BOVINE & SWINE)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — PIG PEN BBQ ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 54 contests
last seen 2021-10-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Dyin Breed BBQ

#3612 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

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 2022-07-22

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ

#3580 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1491

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 2022-04-01

⚔ Head-to-head

FLAMIN' M&M

#3629 of the rated field

1490 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BOVINE & SWINE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-10-29

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HAWG HEAVEN

#3593 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Hardwood BBQ, Inc.

#3594 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2020-03-06

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Bad Dog BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
FLYING PORKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Big D's BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	167.4400	153.1200	159.81	top 49%
Pork Ribs	11	2	1	174.8572	141.0628	157.73	top 51%
Pork	11	2	0	174.8800	150.2056	159.76	top 47%
Brisket	11	0	0	167.4056	131.3028	149.83	top 71%

“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
PA	5	top 54%
DE	5	top 66%
NC	1	top 36%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	5	27	0	top 54%	2017-08-25

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-05-17 → 2017-08-25

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 5 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.81 · weakest Brisket (149.83)

Walk rate 45% a top-10 call in 5 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 627.14 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 398 332–472 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,330 11 mapped stops · furthest 375 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests

Power rating 1491 peak 1491 · #3601 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 17 First tracked contest Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 17 Peak power rating (1500) Middletown BBQ Cook Off
Aug 23 First call New Holland Summer Fest
2014
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8972 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 9 Career-best overall score655.8972 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 9 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
2017
Jun 9 10th tracked contest Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Aug 25 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2014-05-09
+5.6	New Holland Summer Fest	2015-08-28
+1.8	New Holland Summer Fest	2016-08-26
+0.6	New Holland Summer Fest	2017-08-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	New Holland Summer Fest	2013-08-23
-5.4	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval	2016-04-08
-4.6	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	2014-04-11
-2.7	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	2015-04-10
-2.4	New Holland Summer Fest	2014-08-22

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)
2017	2	50%	top 60%	89.4%	88.8%
2016	2	50%	top 63%	88.9%	86.6%
2015	2	50%	top 52%	89.3%	88%
2014	3	33%	top 56%	91.1%	86.9%
2013	2	50%	top 59%	85.4%	85.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	38 / 69 (643.3256)	8 (167.4400)	26 (162.8344)	31 (161.0856)	52 (151.9656)
2017-06-09	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	30 / 46 (635.3372)	25 (161.1200)	20 (161.6800)	37 (154.2628)	32 (158.2744)
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	33 / 66 (639.8744)	40 (158.2172)	3 (174.8572)	57 (152.5028)	41 (154.2972)
2016-04-08	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	57 / 75 (606.6856)	44 (158.8000)	54 (152.5028)	55 (151.9884)	65 (143.3944)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	27 / 70 (642.7312)	38 (159.4056)	8 (170.2628)	14 (167.3828)	54 (145.6800)
2015-04-10	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	65 / 99 (623.8512)	71 (153.1200)	95 (141.0628)	36 (162.2628)	20 (167.4056)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	43 / 70 (619.2456)	29 (162.2628)	49 (154.2172)	19 (162.8456)	64 (139.9200)
2014-05-09	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	29 / 80 (655.8972)	37 (163.9656)	57 (157.1088)	6 (174.8800)	46 (159.9428)
2014-04-11	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	76 / 109 (602.1028)	32 (161.1088)	89 (142.2284)	75 (150.2056)	71 (148.5600)
2013-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	47 / 71 (615.2112)	44 (157.0856)	24 (161.1200)	8 (165.7028)	69 (131.3028)
2013-05-17	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	29 / 56 (614.2846)	27 (155.4284)	19 (157.1426)	34 (154.2856)	43 (147.4280)

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	#1722 (120 pts)	#1363 (215 pts)	#1683 (145 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1137 (295 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1349 (215 pts)	#1537 (175 pts)	#1629 (145 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1251 (225 pts)	#1323 (225 pts)	#1327 (225 pts)	#960 (370 pts)	#1306 (225 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1421 (185 pts)	#1182 (245 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)