High-water mark
685.1544
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.1544 at Smokin' in the Ville — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 24, 2015
18 TH & SWINE BBQ
18 TH & SWINE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 6th of 29 at the Smokin' in the Ville (2015). They finished #1460 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest Oct 7, 2016 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.97)
Road miles
22
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
655.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1460 (169 pts) | #1679 (139 pts) | #2128 (74 pts) | #1177 (279 pts) | #1514 (169 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 169.1200 | 173.44 | top 22% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 145.6684 | 156.97 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 145.6344 | 160.26 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 160.5484 | 164.82 | top 48% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookin on the Kaw | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 73% | Oct 7, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
138
finished ahead 68 times, behind 102
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 13, 2013 → Apr 24, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Cookin on the Kaw
20156 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Smokin' in the Ville
- First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Ville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.1544 Smokin' in the Ville
- Career-best overall score685.1544 Smokin' in the Ville
- Peak power rating (1509) Smokin' in the Ville
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Cookin on the Kaw
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Battle of the Brisket
- First call Battle of the Brisket
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Smokin' in the Ville | Apr 24, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | Cookin on the Kaw | Oct 7, 2016 |
| -2 | Battle of the Brisket | Sep 13, 2013 |
| -1.8 | Cookin on the Kaw | Oct 9, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 95.2% | 93.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2016 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 47 / 56 (638.1484) | 25 (169.1200) | 55 (145.6684) | 41 (161.7028) | 36 (161.6572) |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS | 22 / 36 (663.3484) | 3 (178.2972) | 26 (165.7028) | 34 (155.9772) | 21 (163.3712) |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 6 / 29 (685.1544) | 9 (171.4744) | 21 (162.2284) | 1 (177.7372) | 6 (173.7144) |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 31 / 53 (635.3028) | 2 (174.8572) | 42 (154.2628) | 50 (145.6344) | 25 (160.5484) |