SWINEFELD

SWINEFELD is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 17th of 25 at the Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge (2014). They are ranked #5116 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,116

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1460 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Aug 13, 2021 · 8.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1510

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

658.7200 / 720

Master · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.92 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 643.99 (-7.07)

Walk rate

18%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1772

Pork · Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±18.78

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.50 · weakest Brisket (157.32)

Road miles

189

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.99 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.18 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 157.32
Chicken avg 164.50
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Brew-N-Que in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).

last seen May 3, 2019
back Aug 13, 2021

Chicken nemesis

11 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared chicken entries.

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 30th

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#1988 (100 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1510 (165 pts)	#1293 (235 pts)	#1814 (135 pts)	#1586 (170 pts)	#1573 (170 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1615 (137 pts)	#1486 (162 pts)	#1731 (132 pts)	#957 (332 pts)	#1688 (132 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Yeti Mafia BBQ

#5,130 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1500

They've been 1500 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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ON THE SPOT BBQ

#5,103 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before SWINEFELD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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Florida Boys

#5,118 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

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 Nov 21, 2025

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MEAT BEATERS

#5,138 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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FLAMIN YAWNS

#5,098 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 11, 2021

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STRUGGLETOWN BBQ

#5,129 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1460

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Brew-N-Que	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
T&J's Dirty Butts	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PIG'N & CHIK'N	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	0	0	171.4172	152.5600	164.50	top 61%
Pork Ribs	11	1	0	174.2628	139.3600	161.78	top 60%
Pork	11	1	1	177.1772	140.5372	160.38	top 62%
Brisket	11	0	0	165.7028	148.5256	157.32	top 77%

“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)	2	0	top 72%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	30	0	top 65%	May 3, 2019
Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	2	17	0	top 72%	Oct 10, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 367 finished ahead 220 times, behind 507

Longest layoff 2.3 yrs May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Aug 13 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20191 milestone

May 3 10th tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20151 milestone

May 1 Career-best overall score658.7200 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20135 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Peak power rating (1495) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Oct 11 First call Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Oct 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7996 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Oct 11 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1772 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.5	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	May 2, 2014
+0.5	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.4	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Aug 13, 2021
-9.6	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest	Sep 19, 2014
-8.8	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
-5.2	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2013
-5	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	Oct 11, 2013

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 96%	82%	82%
2019	1	0%	top 70%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	1	0%	top 90%	89.1%	89.1%
2017	1	0%	top 64%	91%	91%
2016	1	0%	top 60%	90.1%	90.1%
2015	1	100%	top 56%	91.5%	91.5%
2014	3	0%	top 67%	91.5%	90.1%
2013	2	50%	top 71%	90.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	47 / 49 (590.7316)	47 (152.5600)	49 (139.3600)	48 (140.5372)	41 (158.2744)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	38 / 54 (648.4456)	41 (159.9772)	15 (170.8344)	18 (169.1084)	51 (148.5256)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	55 / 61 (641.5768)	41 (165.7256)	31 (166.8344)	61 (143.9312)	38 (165.0856)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	44 / 69 (655.3484)	31 (167.4172)	40 (164.5484)	50 (162.2744)	45 (161.1084)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	40 / 67 (648.4916)	33 (168.0116)	43 (159.3600)	39 (163.9772)	47 (157.1428)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	35 / 63 (658.7200)	17 (171.4172)	8 (174.2628)	53 (155.3600)	53 (157.6800)
Oct 10, 2014	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	17 / 25 (655.8164)	18 (165.6684)	23 (158.1940)	16 (166.2512)	16 (165.7028)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	64 / 75 (631.2800)	70 (155.3484)	48 (161.1316)	70 (152.5028)	43 (162.2972)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	30 / 62 (658.7088)	25 (167.9772)	14 (171.9772)	21 (166.2400)	52 (152.5144)
Oct 11, 2013	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	24 / 32 (654.7996)	19 (166.8684)	27 (158.8228)	2 (177.1772)	31 (151.9312)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	42 / 62 (639.9994)	25 (168.5714)	53 (154.2854)	25 (166.8570)	50 (150.2856)

SWINEFELD

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 (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

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)