High-water mark
663.3144
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3144 at Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-09-18
SWINESTEIGER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-21
latest 2016-06-17
Best ToY finish
#1501
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.10
last 3 Master vs avg 639.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.89 · weakest Brisket (155.37)
Road miles
205
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 184 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
639.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKIN JERKS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
SWINESTEIGER 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 148 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after SWINESTEIGER did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWINESTEIGER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 156.5716 | 161.51 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 156.0000 | 165.89 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8112 | 146.8000 | 156.33 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1088 | 153.6344 | 155.37 | top 79% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2016-06-17
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SD
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.89 · weakest Brisket (155.37)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
639.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
59
24–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
205
3 mapped stops · furthest 184 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1493) Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
- First call Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3144 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score663.3144 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
- 2016
- Most recent contest Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ | 2015-08-21 |
| -3.6 | Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off | 2016-06-17 |
| -1.1 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships | 2015-09-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 72% | 92.1% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-17 | Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT | 18 / 26 (630.6972) | 14 (161.6800) | 20 (156.0000) | 19 (159.3828) | 22 (153.6344) |
| 2015-09-18 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD | 19 / 30 (663.3144) | 20 (166.2744) | 1 (178.8572) | 27 (162.8112) | 26 (155.3716) |
| 2015-08-21 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 21 / 26 (623.2804) | 21 (156.5716) | 16 (162.8000) | 25 (146.8000) | 17 (157.1088) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2106 (86 pts) | #2092 (106 pts) | #2262 (76 pts) | #2202 (81 pts) | #2313 (66 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1501 (156 pts) | #1625 (151 pts) | #938 (376 pts) | #1980 (106 pts) | #1624 (146 pts) |