J&J SWINE & BOVINE

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

Power ranking

#4490

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1473

peak 1502 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2019-06-21

Best ToY finish

#1524

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

651.4512 / 720

Master · Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.61

last 5 Master vs avg 628.24 (+0.36)

Walk rate

15%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7600

Chicken · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle

Consistency

±16.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.13 · weakest Brisket (152.41)

Road miles

2,228

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$18K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

628.24 / 720

13 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.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 52%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.72 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 8%.

Brisket avg 152.41
Chicken avg 161.13
1 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of B&D BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 49% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 49% across 6 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

6 June contests
top 64% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.24% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.3% of a perfect score
13 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.

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

Smoke on the Water and Fire in my Eye

#4505 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

5–1 in 6 shared contests (83% to J&J SWINE & BOVINE)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — J&J SWINE & BOVINE ahead 5–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

BLACK HAT BBQ

#4489 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to J&J SWINE & BOVINE)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2017-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS

#4473 of the rated field

1473 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

DOUBLE A'S BBQ

#4491 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

CROW RIVER BBQ

#4503 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

FEEL THE BURN BBQ

#4512 of the rated field

1472 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before J&J SWINE & BOVINE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Can't Beat Our Meat	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
B&D BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smoking Our Butts Off	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
BITE MY BUTT BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Fire in the Hole	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
RAW DAWGIN BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Rubbin It Raw	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Tool Time	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Every Man A Smoker	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Genuswine Brisket Authority	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Meaty Bone BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
No Clue BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Slow Cookin' Cats	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Smokin Engineers	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
The Drizzlers	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	173.7600	153.7372	161.13	top 54%
Pork Ribs	13	0	172.0228	142.2400	158.70	top 56%
Pork	13	0	166.2972	146.2628	155.99	top 70%
Brisket	13	1	173.1772	136.5368	152.41	top 65%

“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
KS	7	0	top 54%
OK	6	0	top 74%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 84%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	3	38	0	top 48%	2016-06-24
Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ	2	34	0	top 66%	2017-04-21

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.2 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2019-06-21

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 7 of 13 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.13 · weakest Brisket (152.41)

Walk rate 15% a top-10 call in 2 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 13 contests

Master average 628.24 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 552 654–820 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,228 13 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Purse competed for $18,425 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Power rating 1473 peak 1502 · #4490 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
2014
Jun 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4512 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 27 Career-best overall score651.4512 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 27 Peak power rating (1502) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
2017
Jun 23 First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Jun 23 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2018
Jun 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
2019
Jun 21 Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.1	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2014-06-27
+4	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle	2018-06-22
+3.2	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2016-06-24
+2	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2014-04-11
+0.6	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ	2016-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.4	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2013-04-19
-9.4	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	2014-08-22
-9.1	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2015-04-17
-7.9	13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2018-04-20
-7.6	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2015-06-26

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)
2019	1	0%	top 54%	88.7%	88.7%
2018	2	50%	top 68%	89%	86.2%
2017	2	50%	top 64%	88%	87.7%
2016	2	0%	top 53%	89.5%	89%
2015	2	0%	top 83%	85.4%	85.2%
2014	3	0%	top 52%	90.5%	88.1%
2013	1	0%	top 84%	84.9%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-21	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	99 / 183 (638.7084)	24 (169.7256)	30 (169.6800)	165 (150.8000)	154 (148.5028)
2018-06-22	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	80 / 185 (641.0396)	5 (173.7600)	165 (147.3712)	79 (162.2628)	92 (157.6456)
2018-04-20	13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	45 / 49 (599.9656)	46 (154.2972)	48 (142.2400)	41 (156.5828)	43 (146.8456)
2017-06-23	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	104 / 184 (629.6452)	128 (154.2628)	134 (152.5256)	155 (149.6796)	6 (173.1772)
2017-04-21	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	34 / 47 (633.6684)	34 (158.8228)	12 (172.0228)	31 (165.7256)	42 (137.0972)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	82 / 183 (637.0856)	52 (164.5372)	161 (145.1428)	47 (166.2628)	69 (161.1428)
2016-04-15	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	38 / 63 (644.5372)	41 (160.5256)	17 (166.2744)	52 (154.9028)	34 (162.8344)
2015-06-26	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	142 / 183 (614.7652)	89 (160.5256)	71 (162.2744)	127 (155.4284)	173 (136.5368)
2015-04-17	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	66 / 75 (612.4340)	62 (154.8228)	55 (158.8228)	75 (146.2628)	60 (152.5256)
2014-08-22	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	21 / 25 (607.8856)	22 (153.7372)	19 (157.6456)	20 (150.8572)	20 (145.6456)
2014-06-27	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	38 / 184 (651.4512)	33 (167.4512)	14 (170.8800)	30 (166.2972)	139 (146.8228)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	32 / 64 (644.5372)	29 (166.2744)	25 (163.9884)	54 (149.7144)	21 (164.5600)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	53 / 63 (611.4288)	44 (156.0000)	47 (154.2858)	57 (153.1428)	51 (148.0002)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2013 (65 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1138 (245 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1480 (185 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1285 (235 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2518 (70 pts)	#2633 (65 pts)	#2141 (80 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)