The Swine Doctor's BBQ VA
Rating
1657
peak 1657
Contests
72
in the data
First seen
2022-03-25
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#30
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
3 reserve
Category wins
5
15 podiums
Overall top-10s
26
of 72 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
344.19 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 373.65 (-29.46)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±86.07
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.03 · weakest Brisket (161.82)
Road miles
9254
mi across 72 mapped stops · furthest 503 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Grandpa Val's BBQ has finished one call ahead of The Swine Doctor's BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Optimus Swine has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 20 of their 28 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 17 of their 20 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1200 points of the Grand Championship at New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) (2026-04-17).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 26% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 59 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 147.9544 | 168.03 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 61 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 178.8572 | 128.5028 | 165.70 | top 44% |
| Pork | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 133.6340 | 164.46 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 150.7772 | 161.82 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 29 | 0 | top 44% |
| PA | 7 | 0 | top 39% |
| NJ | 6 | 0 | top 40% |
| WV | 5 | 0 | top 46% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 21% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 11 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 28 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 13 | 0 | top 31% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (19 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (41 of 72 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (61 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 373.65
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 348.5828 | 340.88 |
| 2025 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 664.4572 | 382.13 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 345.7032 | 335.41 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 510.2400 | 427.77 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 662.7660 | 400.88 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) Leesburg, VA | 5 / 12 (341.6340) | 8 (162.7768) | 2 (178.8572) | 7 (169.6684) | — |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 25 / 82 (343.4172) | 5 (177.7372) | 41 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | 36 (173.1084) | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl Williamsburg, VA | 5 / 20 (344.5256) | 1 (180.0000) | 13 (164.5256) | — | — |
| 2026-04-18 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Blairstown, NJ | 7 / 26 (342.7884) | 6 (171.9656) | 5 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2026-04-17 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ | — | 3 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| 2026-04-17 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Blairstown, NJ | 2 / 26 (348.5828) | 4 (170.8228) | 1 (177.7600) | — | — |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 12 / 36 (336.5140) | 4 (174.2856) | 17 (162.2284) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA | — | 24 (163.9656) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 10 / 40 (333.6688) | 7 (171.4172) | 15 (162.2516) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 16 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 35 / 125 (335.9200) | 36 (167.3828) | 28 (168.5372) | 38 (165.0972) | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 41 (169.1084) | — | — |
| 2025-10-11 | Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Luray, VA | 6 / 9 (336.5600) | 8 (167.4284) | 6 (169.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills King, NC | 4 / 25 (337.0972) | 8 (159.9428) | 2 (177.1544) | 6 (165.6800) | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff Edinburg, VA | 3 / 16 (345.6800) | 1 (176.0116) | 7 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) Doswell, VA | 2 / 25 (346.8344) | 2 (176.5600) | 5 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) Doswell, VA | 9 / 25 (343.3828) | 16 (165.6800) | 2 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Doswell, VA | — | — | 10 (162.2628) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 16 / 27 (334.8116) | 1 (180.0000) | 24 (154.8116) | — | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 9 / 30 (341.6916) | 13 (171.9772) | 13 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-06-07 | Devils Backbone BBQ Championship (Day 2) Roseland, VA | 16 / 18 (664.4572) | 15 (164.5716) | 5 (174.8456) | 16 (162.2284) | 15 (162.8116) |
| 2025-06-06 | Devils Backbone BBQ Championship (Day 1) Roseland, VA | 14 / 15 (658.6856) | 11 (170.2628) | 10 (170.8228) | 12 (166.8228) | 15 (150.7772) |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) Morgantown, PA | 4 / 21 (343.3944) | 7 (170.8344) | 3 (172.5600) | — | — |
| 2025-05-16 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) Morgantown, PA | 11 / 28 (333.6800) | 13 (165.7028) | 8 (167.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-04-26 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 5 / 16 (346.2516) | 2 (177.7144) | 11 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 4 / 20 (347.9888) | 11 (171.4172) | 5 (176.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 12 / 43 (342.8116) | 2 (178.8572) | 22 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 9 / 45 (339.3828) | 14 (168.5372) | 6 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 3 / 100 (351.4172) | 1 (178.8572) | 18 (172.5600) | 31 (166.8228) | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 8 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Roseland, VA | 10 / 11 (334.7540) | 11 (168.5256) | 9 (166.2284) | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Roseland, VA | — | 10 (162.8000) | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Roseland, VA | 8 / 13 (345.0972) | 9 (170.8228) | 5 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT RIBS) Roseland, VA | — | — | 7 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Ashland, VA | 8 / 28 (332.5028) | 14 (166.2744) | 8 (166.2284) | 2 (177.7372) | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Ashland, VA | — | 4 (174.8572) | — | — | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Ashland, VA | 10 / 27 (339.9428) | 12 (169.6800) | 8 (170.2628) | 13 (166.2516) | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Ashland, VA | — | — | 10 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 17 / 32 (325.0628) | 9 (167.4056) | 21 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 2 / 35 (345.7032) | 3 (175.4288) | 7 (170.2744) | 9 (157.6572) | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 7 / 30 (335.9656) | 7 (166.8456) | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 5 / 13 (330.2400) | 5 (166.8344) | 6 (163.4056) | 6 (162.2400) | — |
| 2024-04-20 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 9 / 25 (339.9772) | 13 (169.1084) | 7 (170.8688) | 8 (167.9772) | — |
| 2024-04-19 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 13 / 25 (335.3716) | 16 (166.2400) | 11 (169.1316) | 4 (173.1200) | 10 (161.6916) |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 9 / 42 (337.6916) | 16 (163.9772) | 5 (173.7144) | 13 (167.3828) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 23 / 45 (324.4688) | 25 (155.9200) | 10 (168.5488) | 7 (170.2744) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 20 / 93 (333.6112) | 22 (167.3828) | 21 (166.2284) | 25 (165.6800) | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 48 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2023-10-21 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Jackson, NJ | 12 / 29 (331.9316) | 12 (165.0972) | 6 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Jackson, NJ | — | 10 (167.4172) | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Jackson, NJ | 16 / 34 (319.3600) | 19 (151.9428) | 5 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 17 / 20 (496.4228) | 17 (167.3828) | 20 (158.2172) | 9 (170.8228) | — |
| 2023-09-22 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 13 / 24 (510.2400) | 5 (176.5600) | 23 (159.9544) | 6 (173.7256) | — |
| 2023-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 11 / 28 (326.2288) | 8 (169.7032) | 13 (156.5256) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 10 / 16 (491.9088) | 10 (162.2628) | 10 (163.9544) | 6 (165.6916) | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 19 / 46 (478.2288) | 20 (158.2744) | 19 (159.4172) | 16 (160.5372) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | 28 (163.9428) | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 23 / 53 (467.8744) | 20 (158.8000) | 23 (154.2400) | 18 (154.8344) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 19 (167.9888) | — | — |
| 2022-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 19 / 27 (321.1088) | 11 (166.8572) | 21 (154.2516) | — | — |
| 2022-10-21 | Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 13 / 29 (327.3600) | 12 (166.2628) | 13 (161.0972) | — | — |
| 2022-10-21 | Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Friday Night Jackson, NJ | — | — | 9 (158.8000) | — | — |
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 Galax, VA | 15 / 25 (318.1828) | 8 (167.9656) | 21 (150.2172) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 22 / 34 (311.9544) | 22 (153.1316) | 17 (158.8228) | — | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Ripley, WV | 11 / 17 (662.7660) | 12 (162.8344) | 14 (161.6800) | 10 (166.2516) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 21 / 50 (442.1600) | 19 (161.1428) | 22 (128.5028) | 17 (152.5144) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 23 / 53 (422.6624) | 23 (147.9544) | 21 (141.0740) | 23 (133.6340) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #30 (839 pts) | #10 (1049 pts) | #30 (869 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #387 (327 pts) | #649 (156 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #30 (1083 pts) | #7 (1323 pts) | #39 (1037 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #724 (183 pts) | #758 (203 pts) | #437 (551 pts) | #752 (193 pts) | #770 (183 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #63 (839 pts) | #55 (866 pts) | #65 (814 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | #610 (307 pts) | #648 (316 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #93 (650 pts) | #107 (628 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | #849 (178 pts) | #1328 (88 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #94 (515 pts) | #112 (401 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1100 (112 pts) | #1165 (107 pts) | #832 (218 pts) | #1103 (117 pts) | #907 (157 pts) |