Wine & Swine BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1630

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1556

peak 1556 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2014-08-08

Best ToY finish

#1343

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 26%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9428 / 720

Master · KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.23 (+0.95)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Brisket · KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off

Consistency

±12.19

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.70 · weakest Brisket (165.52)

Road miles

600

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

669.23 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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

+27 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 27 points across 5 contests since 2013-08-09 — from 1529 up to 1556.

5 contests since 2013-08-09
now 1556

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Med City BBQ & Musicfest is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 19%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off (2013-09-13).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9428 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9428 at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-09-13

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG T'Z Q CRU ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG T'Z Q CRU has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their pork, and turns into a call 43% of the time against 57%.

Brisket avg 165.52
Pork avg 169.70
3 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG APPROVED BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

Big Dogg BBQ

#1626 of the rated field

1556 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

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202 BBQ

#1632 of the rated field

1556 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

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Wink's BBQ

#1628 of the rated field

1556 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM

#1624 of the rated field

1556 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1563

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-09-22

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FLAVOR SAVOR

#1629 of the rated field

1556 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ

#1625 of the rated field

1556 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2022-05-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
PIG APPROVED BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
We Be Porken	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
C R BUTTS SMOKE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Hogline	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BIG T'Z Q CRU	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	0	0	174.2628	159.9772	168.15	top 41%
Pork Ribs	7	2	0	0	172.5714	161.1084	165.86	top 38%
Pork	7	4	1	2	177.7028	164.5372	169.70	top 23%
Brisket	7	3	1	1	177.7028	149.7140	165.52	top 38%

“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
MN	7	0	top 26%
MO	1	0	—

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 21%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 8%
Large (40+)	5	top 31%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Med City BBQ & Musicfest	2	6	0	top 19%	2014-08-08
Smokin in Steele	2	13	0	top 47%	2014-05-30

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

On the trail 1.2 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2014-08-08

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.70 · weakest Brisket (165.52)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 38% 3 of 8 contests

Master average 669.23 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 324 359–102 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 600 7 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi

Schedule strength 1525 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Power rating 1556 peak 1556 · #1630 of 6,413 rated

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

First tracked contest American Royal World Series Of Barbecue Rub Contest
2013
May 31 First call Smokin' in Steele
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.7142 Smokin' in Steele
Jun 21 First overall top-10 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
Sep 13 First category win (Pork) KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off
Sep 13 First overall podium KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off
Sep 13 First multi-meat day KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off
Sep 13 Career-best overall score691.9428 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off
Sep 13 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off
2014
Aug 8 Peak power rating (1556) Med City BBQ & Musicfest
Aug 8 Most recent contest Med City BBQ & Musicfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	2013-09-13
+10.9	Med City BBQ & Musicfest	2014-08-08
+10.8	Smoking Knights BBQ Competition	2013-06-21
+9.7	Med City BBQ & Musicfest	2013-08-09
+8.7	Smokin' in Steele	2013-05-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.2	Smokin in Steele	2014-05-30

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2014	3	1	0	67%	top 36%	93%	91.8%
2013	4	2	2	100%	top 19%	96.1%	93.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-08-08	Med City BBQ & Musicfest Rochester, MN	6 / 40 (669.6000)	20 (165.6800)	12 (166.8344)	5 (170.2744)	13 (166.8112)
2014-05-30	Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN	46 / 67 (650.1372)	59 (159.9772)	45 (162.2400)	39 (164.5372)	37 (163.3828)
2014-05-16	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	14 / 58 (662.7312)	24 (165.6800)	23 (161.1084)	6 (170.8572)	25 (165.0856)
2013-09-13	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	3 / 39 (691.9428)	9 (174.2628)	26 (162.2744)	1 (177.7028)	1 (177.7028)
2013-08-09	Med City BBQ & Musicfest Rochester, MN	11 / 50 (676.4916)	15 (169.7028)	11 (167.9888)	18 (165.6800)	8 (173.1200)
2013-06-21	Smoking Knights BBQ Competition Hutchinson, MN	4 / 19 (671.9996)	7 (169.1428)	6 (168.0002)	2 (171.9998)	6 (162.8568)
2013-05-31	Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN	13 / 51 (661.7142)	9 (172.5716)	4 (172.5714)	15 (166.8572)	43 (149.7140)
	American Royal World Series Of Barbecue Rub Contest unrated Kansas City, MO	13 (169.7372)	—	—	—	—

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1343 (205 pts)	#1640 (155 pts)	#1606 (160 pts)	#1206 (265 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)