A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAHRENHEIT 250 ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAHRENHEIT 250 has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2014-04-04
latest 2022-02-05
Best ToY finish
#1527
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.48 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 634.79 (+4.69)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.65 · weakest Brisket (156.07)
Road miles
77
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.79 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 weak link
−4.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.58 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 156.07
- Chicken avg 160.65
- 1 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Daddy and Me BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship (2022-02-05).
- last seen 2017-03-31
- back 2022-02-05
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
FRANK'S Q. has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 11th
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4318 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1476
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1501
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4331 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BIG SWEDE'S BBQ OF WASHINGTON's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLOW PORKIN | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| FAHRENHEIT 250 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 171.4056 | 145.0972 | 160.65 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 150.9144 | 157.89 | top 66% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 153.0856 | 160.17 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 143.9316 | 156.07 | top 61% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 68% | 2017-03-31 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.8 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2022-02-05
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.65 · weakest Brisket (156.07)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
634.79
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
52–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
77
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2017-03-31 → 2022-02-05
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #4333 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1490) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- First category win (Chicken) Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2056 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score654.2056 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2022
- Most recent contest Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-03-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-04 |
| -7.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-04-03 |
| -6.9 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship | 2022-02-05 |
| -5.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-04-01 |
| -1.7 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship | 2014-04-25 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 71% | 88.7% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-05 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 17 / 22 (649.1884) | 11 (168.5600) | 20 (150.9144) | 12 (166.2740) | 11 (163.4400) |
| 2017-03-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 11 / 30 (654.2056) | 21 (162.8228) | 9 (168.0000) | 17 (157.1428) | 6 (166.2400) |
| 2016-04-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 22 / 30 (632.4572) | 9 (168.0344) | 28 (153.0744) | 25 (153.0856) | 16 (158.2628) |
| 2015-04-03 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 22 / 28 (622.7088) | 26 (145.0972) | 9 (163.9772) | 4 (169.7028) | 27 (143.9316) |
| 2014-04-25 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA | 13 / 22 (638.8228) | 1 (171.4056) | 17 (155.4172) | 16 (160.0000) | 17 (152.0000) |
| 2014-04-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 25 / 30 (611.3604) | 28 (147.9888) | 21 (155.9772) | 23 (154.8344) | 20 (152.5600) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1691 (125 pts) | #2178 (75 pts) | #1716 (140 pts) | #2067 (95 pts) | #1564 (170 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2209 (70 pts) | #1765 (140 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2918 (55 pts) | #2112 (100 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1527 (162 pts) | #1043 (327 pts) | #1599 (162 pts) | #1643 (157 pts) | #1591 (167 pts) |