A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
GUNS & SMOKE
GUNS & SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 34th of 60 at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2018). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 23, 2015
latest May 19, 2018 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.29 · weakest Brisket (149.41)
Road miles
13
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
626.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.6056 | 149.7024 | 158.71 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 147.9660 | 152.81 | top 82% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 149.1428 | 165.29 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 131.3712 | 149.41 | top 72% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 3 | 35 | 0 | top 79% | Jun 3, 2017 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NL
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
164
finished ahead 63 times, behind 182
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
May 14, 2016 → Jun 3, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5944 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20172 milestones
- First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score645.6344 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1485) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 19, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 23, 2015 |
| -7.7 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 14, 2016 |
| -1.8 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | Jun 3, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88% | 88% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2018 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp | 34 / 60 (635.9432) | 41 (159.3828) | 47 (153.6572) | 2 (176.5944) | 52 (146.3088) |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 35 / 56 (645.6344) | 30 (164.6056) | 40 (156.5144) | 7 (170.8572) | 45 (153.6572) |
| May 14, 2016 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 51 / 65 (633.6912) | 63 (149.7024) | 55 (153.1088) | 31 (164.5828) | 14 (166.2972) |
| May 23, 2015 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 66 / 68 (589.6456) | 38 (161.1656) | 65 (147.9660) | 63 (149.1428) | 68 (131.3712) |