SAUCY SWINE BBQ

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

Rating

1466

peak 1466 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-08-11

latest 2019-10-11

Best ToY finish

#1954

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 96%

overall standings

Best overall

630.1028 / 720

Master · Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)

Perfect 180s

Current form

610.86

last 3 Master vs avg 610.86 (+0.00)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.3084

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Falls

Consistency

±17.47

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 158.96 · weakest Brisket (146.61)

Road miles

1,726

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 656 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

610.86 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

322.24 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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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.

SAUCY SWINE BBQ has 4 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 134 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.

SLABULOUS

#4820 of the rated field

1466 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SAUCY SWINE BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SAUCY SWINE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

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BIG BULLY BBQ

#4835 of the rated field

1466 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SAUCY SWINE BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2018-08-10

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Glazed and Confused

#4800 of the rated field

1466 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-07-06

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TEC BBQ

#4830 of the rated field

1466 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1466

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-04-15

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Rub da Grub

#4832 of the rated field

1466 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

No shared contest yet.

Level with SAUCY SWINE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-06-29

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Swine 329

#4814 of the rated field

1466 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1466

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.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-09-07

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By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	160.5944	142.8000	151.82	top 104%
Pork Ribs	4	170.3084	147.3716	158.96	top 67%
Pork	3	159.3600	154.8228	157.28	top 76%
Brisket	3	158.2400	133.6572	146.61	top 86%

“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	Avg finish
MD	2	top 88%
IL	1	top 93%
AL	1	top 113%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 105%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 86%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Maryland State BBQ Bash	2	37	0	top 88%	2018-08-10

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2017-08-11 → 2019-10-11

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AL 2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 158.96 · weakest Brisket (146.61)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 5 contests

Master average 610.86 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 322.24 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 249 48–246 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,726 5 mapped stops · furthest 656 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests

Purse competed for $11,250 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Power rating 1466 peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Apr 7 First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
Aug 11 Peak power rating (1493) Maryland State BBQ Bash
2019
Apr 12 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.3084 Smoke on the Falls
Oct 11 Career-best overall score630.1028 Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)
Oct 11 Most recent contest Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.6	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2018-08-10
-8.9	Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ)	2019-10-11
-7.5	Smoke on the Falls	2019-04-12
-7	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2017-08-11

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0%	top 103%	89.5%	88.5%
2018	1	0%	top 97%	81.6%	81.6%
2017	2	0%	top 79%	85.4%	85.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) 🏅 Arthur, IL	40 / 43 (630.1028)	35 (160.5944)	38 (151.9084)	36 (159.3600)	35 (158.2400)
2019-04-12	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	34 / 30 (322.2400)	46 (151.9316)	13 (170.3084)	—	—
2018-08-10	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	37 / 38 (587.8172)	33 (151.9656)	36 (147.3716)	28 (154.8228)	37 (133.6572)
2017-08-11	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	37 / 47 (614.6516)	45 (142.8000)	19 (166.2628)	33 (157.6456)	37 (147.9432)
2017-04-07	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	—	—	—	—	—

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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2123 (90 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)