SWINEHOLIO

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

Power ranking

#2943

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1507

peak 1510 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-12-06

latest 2015-06-05

Best ToY finish

#942

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6000 / 720

Master · Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.93

last 5 Master vs avg 664.93 (-0.00)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Brisket · Bourbon City BBQ Festival

Consistency

±3.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.91 · weakest Pork (161.34)

Road miles

1,919

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Master avg

664.93 / 720

5 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.

High-water mark

669.6000 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6000 at Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-08-22

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

6 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD PLANTATION BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD PLANTATION BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.57 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.

Pork avg 161.34
Brisket avg 168.91
1 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The metronome

±0.52% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±0.52% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
11 contests

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

RUB WON OUT

#2927 of the rated field

1507 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1540

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SWINEHOLIO)

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

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

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Willingham's

#2961 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1506

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SWINEHOLIO)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 89 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

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Twisted Smoke

#2955 of the rated field

1506 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than SWINEHOLIO has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-10-25

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FOUR GUYS PORKIN

#2937 of the rated field

1507 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after SWINEHOLIO did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-03-07

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MOKAN BBQ MOB

#2946 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

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BOSSMAN BAR-B-QUE

#2952 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than SWINEHOLIO has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-06-16

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	171.9772	162.8000	168.54	top 46%
Pork Ribs	5	2	171.9772	155.9544	166.14	top 47%
Pork	5	1	166.2628	156.5028	161.34	top 70%
Brisket	5	3	174.8800	164.5256	168.91	top 36%

“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
GA	4	0	top 49%
KY	1	0	top 68%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 52%

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

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2013-12-06 → 2015-06-05

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 5 of 11 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.91 · weakest Pork (161.34)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 664.93 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 159 94–104 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,919 11 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi

Schedule strength 1545 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

Power rating 1507 peak 1510 · #2943 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 11 First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
Dec 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1828 Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Aug 22 First call Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 22 Career-best overall score669.6000 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 10 10th tracked contest The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Oct 10 Peak power rating (1510) The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
2015
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8800 Bourbon City BBQ Festival
Jun 5 Most recent contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.8	Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA)	2014-09-27
+5.6	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2014-08-22
+0.3	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-10-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.4	Bourbon City BBQ Festival	2015-06-05
-2.6	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier)	2013-12-06

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)
2015	1	100%	top 68%	92.1%	92.1%
2014	6	50%	top 43%	93%	92.6%
2013	4	0%	top 66%	92%	92%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-06-05	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY	23 / 34 (663.3716)	15 (169.1200)	31 (155.9544)	28 (163.4172)	6 (174.8800)
2014-10-10	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Lyons, GA	14 / 25 (660.4228)	18 (162.8000)	14 (166.8344)	9 (166.2628)	14 (164.5256)
2014-09-27	Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA	12 / 34 (669.0744)	13 (170.2628)	6 (169.6916)	22 (161.1200)	9 (168.0000)
2014-08-22	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	17 / 45 (669.6000)	19 (168.5600)	8 (171.9772)	38 (156.5028)	10 (172.5600)
2014-06-06	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	—	—	—	—	—
2014-04-11	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL	—	—	—	—	—
2014-03-07	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2013-12-06	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	43 / 65 (662.1828)	21 (171.9772)	34 (166.2628)	53 (159.3828)	38 (164.5600)
2013-10-25	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2013-08-09	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	—	—	—	—	—
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	—	—	—	—	—

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2105 (69 pts)	#1947 (109 pts)	#2716 (59 pts)	#2733 (59 pts)	#1491 (174 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#942 (339 pts)	#1090 (304 pts)	#825 (444 pts)	#1161 (279 pts)	#868 (394 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#1946 (95 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)