SWAMPCAT BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5990

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1433

peak 1433 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2015-08-28

Best ToY finish

#1384

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

650.7316 / 720

Master · Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA)

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.53 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 632.39 (+12.14)

Walk rate

10%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0116

Chicken · Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig

Consistency

±14.19

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.72 · weakest Brisket (155.16)

Road miles

807

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 180 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Master avg

632.39 / 720

10 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HOOTIE-Q has finished one call ahead of SWAMPCAT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 71%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 71%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.57 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 155.16
Pork avg 160.72
0 calls in 10 entries

Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.97% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.97% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.8% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

CROW CREEK BBQ

#5982 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SWAMPCAT BBQ)

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

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PIG PIRATES BBQ

#5993 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-10-24

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FLAMING SEAHORSES BBQ

#5983 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-06-03

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BUGHOUSE BBQ

#5988 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

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BIG BEE'S BBQ

#6002 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-08-24

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STEEL N SMOKE

#5999 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
DEEP SOUTH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CRIMSON Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
TENACIOUS Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	1	172.0116	143.4280	158.89	top 72%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	165.0972	147.3372	157.62	top 79%
Pork	10	0	0	167.4284	149.0856	160.72	top 68%
Brisket	10	0	0	162.8116	147.9084	155.16	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	8	0	top 85%
SC	2	0	top 68%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 79%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 83%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2	36	0	top 93%	2015-08-28

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

On the trail 2.4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2015-08-28

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 8 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.72 · weakest Brisket (155.16)

Walk rate 10% a top-10 call in 1 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 632.39 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 254 76–327 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 807 10 mapped stops · furthest 180 mi

Schedule strength 1531 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Power rating 1433 peak 1433 · #5990 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1486) Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Sep 19 First call Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Sep 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1368 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Sep 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0116 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Oct 24 Career-best overall score650.7316 Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA)
2015
Aug 28 10th tracked contest Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 28 Most recent contest Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	2014-09-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.1	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier)	2013-04-19
-13.8	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-17
-9.4	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-10-25
-8	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2013-04-26
-7.9	SC Festival of Discovery	2013-07-11

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	0%	top 88%	88.9%	88.9%
2014	4	25%	top 71%	90.4%	89.7%
2013	5	0%	top 89%	87.5%	86.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-28	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	36 / 41 (639.8516)	37 (158.2744)	37 (160.5028)	29 (165.1200)	36 (155.9544)
2014-10-24	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA) Cleveland, GA	25 / 35 (650.7316)	19 (165.1200)	30 (158.2516)	14 (166.8228)	23 (160.5372)
2014-09-19	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	19 / 35 (650.1368)	2 (172.0116)	26 (158.2400)	20 (162.8340)	25 (157.0512)
2014-09-12	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA	34 / 42 (646.6628)	28 (164.5256)	24 (165.0972)	33 (161.1200)	35 (155.9200)
2014-08-22	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA	34 / 45 (635.2456)	35 (161.1200)	37 (157.6456)	40 (155.3828)	27 (161.0972)
2013-10-25	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA	37 / 41 (629.5196)	37 (155.9312)	19 (165.0856)	32 (160.5944)	39 (147.9084)
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	64 / 78 (611.1772)	65 (151.9428)	71 (147.3372)	71 (149.0856)	28 (162.8116)
2013-05-17	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	36 / 37 (619.4276)	36 (143.4280)	28 (158.2856)	14 (167.4284)	34 (150.2856)
2013-04-26	BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA	20 / 25 (610.8576)	21 (152.5716)	23 (149.7146)	16 (157.1428)	20 (151.4286)
2013-04-19	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) Cornelia, GA	34 / 36 (630.2854)	25 (163.9998)	33 (156.0000)	27 (161.7142)	34 (148.5714)

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	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1384 (197 pts)	#1314 (227 pts)	#1436 (202 pts)	#1256 (252 pts)	#1397 (207 pts)