Shaky Swine

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

Power ranking

#2316

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1526

peak 1526 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2026-05-15

latest 2026-07-25

Best ToY finish

#69

Backyard 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

347.3828 / 360

Backyard · York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

340.40 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 338.89 (+1.51)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Consistency

±4.93

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.64)

Road miles

mi across 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)

Purse competed for

$21K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

338.89 / 360

6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.

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Storylines (4 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.

On the rise

+25 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 6 contests since 2026-05-15 — from 1500 up to 1526.

6 contests since 2026-05-15
now 1526

High-water mark

347.3828 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 347.3828 at York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) — 96.5% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
2026-06-12

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

B'S QUE ahead in 83% of their meetings

B'S QUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Estancia in 6 of their 6 shared 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.

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

Mo Betta BBQ

#2312 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-04-04
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Lakeland BBQ Company

#2315 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2016, 10 years before Shaky Swine's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

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SWEET CHEEKS PIT BBQ

#2326 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1543

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Shaky Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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B Squad BBQ

#2317 of the rated field

1526 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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PHAT CHANCE

#2322 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Shaky Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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DRAGGIN BOOTY BBQ

#2311 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Shaky Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Estancia	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
COAL CRACKER BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
PJ's Magic Smoke	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Clean Smoke BBQ Team	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Stroked Out Cooking Team	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Tame the Flame BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Ain't That Rich	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
All About the Wood	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BEER TIME BBQ	6	2	3	33%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Castleton Q	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
FIRE & SHINE BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Pinky Out BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Leaning Jowler BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	174.8572	165.0972	170.26	top 58%
Pork Ribs	6	2	173.1200	163.9428	168.64	top 52%
Pork	0	0	—	—	—	—
Brisket	0	0	—	—	—	—

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 93%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 36%
Large (40+)	1	top 35%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2	15	top 38%	2026-07-25
York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2	3	top 75%	2026-06-13
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	2	8	top 52%	2026-05-16

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

On the trail 0.2 yrs 2026-05-15 → 2026-07-25

Busiest season 2026 6 contests

Cooks most in PA 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 3 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.64)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 2 of 6 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Backyard average 338.89 out of 360 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 109 171–132 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 57 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1589 average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests

Purse competed for $21,000 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Power rating 1526 peak 1526 · #2316 of 6,413 rated

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

2026
May 15 First tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)
May 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3488 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)
May 16 First call Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
May 16 First overall top-10 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
Jun 12 First overall podium York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jun 12 Career-best overall score347.3828 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1526) Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)
Jul 25 Most recent contest Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	2026-06-12
+6.9	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)	2026-07-24
+6.2	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	2026-05-16
+4.6	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2026-07-25
+0.3	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	2026-05-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2026-06-13

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	6	0	2	0	50%	top 55%	96.5%	94.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-07-25	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	16 / 39 (338.2172)	18 (169.6684)	14 (168.5488)	—	—
2026-07-24	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	15 / 43 (338.8000)	7 (174.8572)	23 (163.9428)	—	—
2026-06-13	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	18 / 13 (335.9544)	17 (167.9772)	16 (167.9772)	—	—
2026-06-12	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	3 / 25 (347.3828)	6 (174.2628)	4 (173.1200)	—	—
2026-05-16	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	8 / 17 (341.6572)	11 (169.6800)	5 (171.9772)	—	—
2026-05-15	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	14 / 25 (331.3488)	16 (165.0972)	13 (166.2516)	—	—

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
2026 ↗	Backyard	#69 (674 pts)	#75 (624 pts)	#72 (677 pts)	—	—