High-water mark
668.5144
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5144 at *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-29
DELTA SWINE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1517 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2022-09-23
Best ToY finish
#1380
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.01
last 5 Master vs avg 641.01 (-0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.89 · weakest Pork (157.45)
Road miles
13
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.01 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.4
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.44 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Pork avg 157.45
- Pork Ribs avg 164.89
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of KinFolks Smokin Butts in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival (2022-09-23).
- last seen 2019-09-27
- back 2022-09-23
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.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before DELTA SWINE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with DELTA SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after DELTA SWINE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KinFolks Smokin Butts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| ACE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Through The Night | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 150.7772 | 160.66 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5716 | 161.6572 | 164.89 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 141.6684 | 157.45 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 153.1544 | 158.02 | top 51% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2022-09-23
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.89 · weakest Pork (157.45)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
641.01
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
101–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
13
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-09-27 → 2022-09-23
Power rating
1511
peak 1517 · #2784 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First overall top-10 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5144 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score668.5144 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1517) *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival
- 2022
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2017-09-29 |
| +5.1 | *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival | 2018-09-28 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival | 2022-09-23 |
| -1 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2015-09-25 |
| -0.5 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2019-09-27 |
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 76% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 89% | 89% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 90% | 90% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 25 / 33 (614.0116) | 29 (150.7772) | 25 (161.6572) | 30 (147.9200) | 23 (153.6572) |
| 2019-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 23 / 43 (640.9712) | 29 (155.3600) | 26 (162.2512) | 21 (163.9772) | 21 (159.3828) |
| 2018-09-28 | *Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 17 / 45 (647.8628) | 28 (154.8344) | 17 (163.9656) | 5 (170.2628) | 20 (158.8000) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 5 / 33 (668.5144) | 6 (171.4400) | 3 (168.5716) | 17 (163.4172) | 11 (165.0856) |
| 2015-09-25 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 21 / 38 (633.7028) | 10 (170.8800) | 12 (168.0000) | 33 (141.6684) | 22 (153.1544) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1612 (58 pts) | #1621 (58 pts) | #1666 (58 pts) | #1622 (58 pts) | #1301 (68 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1887 (70 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #1900 (80 pts) | #1868 (80 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1765 (100 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1827 (100 pts) | #1324 (185 pts) | #1873 (85 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1380 (183 pts) | #1568 (173 pts) | #1321 (233 pts) | #2060 (98 pts) | #1761 (128 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2026 (80 pts) | #1690 (135 pts) | #1758 (125 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2111 (75 pts) |