FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4272

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1502 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-08-05

latest 2018-11-09

Best ToY finish

#940

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

662.2172 / 720

Master · Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.76 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 643.22 (-5.47)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · *Pigs & Pedals

Consistency

±13.60

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 163.16 · weakest Chicken (158.45)

Road miles

375

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi

Schedule strength

85%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1613)

Master avg

643.22 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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 multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at *Pigs & Pedals (2017-08-04).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 62%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.71 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Chicken avg 158.45
Brisket avg 163.16
1 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of House of Smoke NC in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

8 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared brisket entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1613 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1613 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.

10 rated contests

An August team

Top 61% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 61% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 72% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.3% of a perfect score
10 contests

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.

135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Smoke on the Water BBQ

#4288 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

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SMOKE IT IF YA GOT IT

#4258 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-01-16

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Taken Care of BBQ

#4264 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

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J&D SMOKIN

#4286 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ

#4263 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Level with FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-02-23

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QUE TALKIN' TO ME

#4256 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
House of Smoke NC	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N BREW	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	1	1	174.8572	149.0628	158.45	top 76%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	0	165.7028	149.1088	160.03	top 62%
Pork	10	1	0	0	169.7144	152.5372	161.58	top 61%
Brisket	10	1	1	1	178.8572	145.6228	163.16	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)	1	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 74%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	3	30	0	top 77%	2018-11-09
Pigs & Pedals	3	16	0	top 61%	2018-08-03

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2016-08-05 → 2018-11-09

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 1 win · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 163.16 · weakest Chicken (158.45)

Walk rate 20% a top-10 call in 2 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 643.22 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 204 134–337 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 375 10 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi

Schedule strength 1613 average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests

Power rating 1477 peak 1502 · #4272 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
Aug 5 First tracked contest Pigs & Pedals
Aug 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4684 Pigs & Pedals
2017
Apr 28 First call Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
Apr 28 Career-best overall score662.2172 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
Aug 4 First category win (Chicken) *Pigs & Pedals
Aug 4 First multi-meat day *Pigs & Pedals
Aug 4 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 *Pigs & Pedals
Aug 4 Peak power rating (1502) *Pigs & Pedals
2018
Nov 9 10th tracked contest *Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)
Nov 9 Most recent contest *Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.2	*Pigs & Pedals	2017-08-04
+2.7	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off	2017-04-28
+0.2	*Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	2018-11-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	2018-09-21
-8.4	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16
-5.3	Pigs & Pedals	2018-08-03
-5.2	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2017-09-15
-4.7	*Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	2018-11-09

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	4	0	0%	top 85%	90.1%	88.4%
2017	5	2	40%	top 62%	92%	89.9%
2016	1	0	0%	top 66%	90.1%	90.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-11-09	*Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC	41 / 44 (636.3312)	43 (158.2056)	38 (157.6688)	38 (160.5256)	39 (159.9312)
2018-11-09	*Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC	41 / 56 (648.9484)	53 (150.1712)	26 (165.1200)	36 (163.9544)	11 (169.7028)
2018-09-21	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	42 / 45 (618.0460)	39 (153.6228)	35 (154.2288)	40 (152.5372)	29 (157.6572)
2018-08-03	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	39 / 48 (642.6972)	44 (156.5028)	43 (149.1088)	21 (167.4172)	20 (169.6684)
2017-11-10	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC	30 / 47 (642.7656)	43 (149.0628)	17 (165.7028)	32 (157.6800)	12 (170.3200)
2017-09-15	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	48 / 63 (648.3888)	61 (152.5028)	36 (165.6916)	28 (166.2516)	24 (163.9428)
2017-08-04	*Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	16 / 46 (661.1432)	1 (174.8572)	35 (151.4172)	33 (156.0116)	1 (178.8572)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	39 / 47 (623.2344)	33 (159.9428)	21 (164.5488)	40 (153.1200)	43 (145.6228)
2017-04-28	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	20 / 38 (662.2172)	25 (165.1084)	21 (165.1544)	10 (169.7144)	23 (162.2400)
2016-08-05	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	31 / 47 (648.4684)	30 (164.5256)	24 (161.7028)	13 (168.5484)	38 (153.6916)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1086 (240 pts)	#1152 (240 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#1103 (260 pts)	#945 (335 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#940 (370 pts)	#758 (525 pts)	#988 (380 pts)	#985 (375 pts)	#652 (605 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2319 (65 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)