The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2016-05-14).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2016-05-14
Swedish Texas Barbeque Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2016-06-04
Best ToY finish
#1290
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.66
last 3 Master vs avg 620.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.37 · weakest Brisket (146.62)
Road miles
441
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 308 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
620.66 / 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.
Swedish Texas Barbeque Team 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 145 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.
#3876 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Swedish Texas Barbeque Team)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Swedish Texas Barbeque Team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 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#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swedish Texas Barbeque Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Swedish Texas Barbeque Team did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 157.1656 | 164.37 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.7144 | 141.0972 | 150.65 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.2744 | 152.5028 | 159.02 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 139.3828 | 146.62 | top 78% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| DK | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| NL | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| EU | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-06-04
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DK
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.37 · weakest Brisket (146.62)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
620.66
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
25–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
441
3 mapped stops · furthest 308 mi
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-05-14
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) Ruhrpott BBQ
- 2016
- First call BBQ by the Sea
- First overall top-10 BBQ by the Sea
- Career-best overall score642.2060 BBQ by the Sea
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 BBQ by the Sea
- Most recent contest BBQ by the Sea
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | BBQ by the Sea | 2016-06-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2016-05-14 |
| -7.7 | Ruhrpott BBQ | 2014-10-10 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 89.2% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-04 | BBQ by the Sea Kerteminde, DK | 5 / 12 (642.2060) | 2 (173.1200) | 9 (153.1316) | 2 (170.2744) | 10 (145.6800) |
| 2016-05-14 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 61 / 65 (612.4112) | 38 (162.8112) | 46 (157.7144) | 55 (152.5028) | 65 (139.3828) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 44 / 58 (607.3716) | 37 (157.1656) | 53 (141.0972) | 34 (154.2972) | 30 (154.8116) |
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 | #1290 (222 pts) | #1129 (297 pts) | #1535 (182 pts) | #1160 (297 pts) | #1584 (172 pts) |