A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Clean Smoke BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Clean Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SOUTH SWEDEN BBQ
SOUTH SWEDEN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 12th of 14 at the Slow Joe's Barn Burner (2020). They finished #753 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 30, 2018
latest Aug 15, 2020 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.12 · weakest Brisket (146.26)
Road miles
1,505
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
616.22 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #753 (104 pts) | #548 (189 pts) | #825 (94 pts) | #640 (144 pts) | #779 (104 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1702 (103 pts) | #1843 (93 pts) | #1559 (123 pts) | #1831 (93 pts) | #1791 (93 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 146.8112 | 154.55 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6056 | 148.5372 | 156.29 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 153.6800 | 159.12 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5484 | 134.8688 | 146.26 | top 85% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
112
finished ahead 22 times, behind 114
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jun 15, 2019 → Aug 15, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20203 milestones
- Career-best overall score638.1368 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7028 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Most recent contest Slow Joe's Barn Burner
20191 milestone
- First call BBQ Battle Finland
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ an der Burg 2018
- Peak power rating (1489) BBQ an der Burg 2018
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 |
| -10.9 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 | Sep 22, 2018 |
| -9.5 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner | Aug 15, 2020 |
| -1.5 | BBQ Battle Finland | Jun 15, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.4% | 83.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum | 12 / 14 (638.1368) | 4 (167.3828) | 14 (148.5372) | 7 (169.7028) | 12 (152.5140) |
| Jun 15, 2019 | BBQ Battle Finland Tampere | 14 / 23 (622.2168) | 16 (157.1428) | 10 (158.8456) | 16 (153.6800) | 16 (152.5484) |
| Sep 22, 2018 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop | 66 / 73 (589.6572) | 66 (146.8112) | 53 (153.1544) | 41 (154.8228) | 69 (134.8688) |
| Jun 30, 2018 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland | 26 / 30 (614.8796) | 29 (146.8684) | 11 (164.6056) | 15 (158.2856) | 27 (145.1200) |