A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
WALKIN' A SWINE LINE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-08-29
latest 2015-09-11
Best ToY finish
#1899
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.21
last 3 Master vs avg 647.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.46 · weakest Brisket (157.17)
Road miles
144
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
647.21 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
WALKIN' A SWINE LINE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after WALKIN' A SWINE LINE did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with WALKIN' A SWINE LINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 156.5600 | 166.46 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 149.6456 | 162.84 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 156.5256 | 160.74 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 148.0572 | 157.17 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 66% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2015-09-11
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.46 · weakest Brisket (157.17)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
647.21
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
36–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First call Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4516 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1498) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- 2015
- Career-best overall score659.9656 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
- Most recent contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.2 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2015-09-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | 2014-09-19 |
| -1.8 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque | 2014-08-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 90.5% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 14 / 29 (659.9656) | 7 (172.5600) | 11 (169.1772) | 28 (156.5256) | 20 (161.7028) |
| 2014-09-19 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC | 29 / 35 (630.2056) | 26 (156.5600) | 33 (149.6456) | 21 (162.2628) | 21 (161.7372) |
| 2014-08-29 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC | 23 / 38 (651.4516) | 10 (170.2744) | 16 (169.7028) | 23 (163.4172) | 34 (148.0572) |
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 | #1899 (109 pts) | #1594 (159 pts) | #1763 (124 pts) | #2813 (54 pts) | #2094 (79 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2700 (60 pts) | #2713 (60 pts) | #2719 (60 pts) | #2145 (80 pts) | #2122 (80 pts) |