Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Whiskey & Swine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1502 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-06-03
latest 2026-05-29
Best ToY finish
#645
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
664.51 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 666.46 (-1.94)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.00 · weakest Brisket (161.91)
Road miles
202
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1624)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.46 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
High-water mark
690.2056
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2056 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-09-26
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Kermit's Ex ahead in 100% of their meetings
Kermit's Ex has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.09 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.
- Brisket avg 161.91
- Pork avg 170.00
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Double D Smokers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1624
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1624 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 7 rated contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 11th
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.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Whiskey & Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3367 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Whiskey & Swine's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with Whiskey & Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Whiskey & Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Whiskey & Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Kermit's Ex | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kith n' Kin | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 156.5144 | 168.05 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 160.5028 | 166.50 | top 66% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 165.0856 | 170.00 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.3372 | 161.91 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 5 | 0 | top 71% |
| AR | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 66% | 2025-05-30 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-06-03 → 2026-05-29
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.00 · weakest Brisket (161.91)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
666.46
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
94
54–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
202
7 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
1624
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$62,900
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Power rating
1496
peak 1502 · #3385 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3260 Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival
- 2023
- First call Smokin' for Down Syndrome
- 2025
- First category win (Pork) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score690.2056 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1502) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
- 2026
- Most recent contest Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2025-05-30 |
| +5 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | 2025-09-26 |
| +0.3 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2022-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest | 2026-05-29 |
| -4.4 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2024-05-31 |
| -2.4 | Smokin' for Down Syndrome | 2023-03-31 |
| -1.9 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival | 2023-06-02 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 47% | 95.9% | 94.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 93.8% | 92.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest 🏅 Covington, TN | 22 / 25 (657.5200) | 23 (166.8228) | 13 (174.2744) | 23 (165.0856) | 25 (151.3372) |
| 2025-09-26 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 13 / 26 (690.2056) | 9 (174.2628) | 19 (167.3828) | 1 (180.0000) | 18 (168.5600) |
| 2025-05-30 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 11 / 25 (671.8284) | 12 (169.6684) | 14 (167.3944) | 6 (175.4056) | 18 (159.3600) |
| 2024-05-31 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 21 / 25 (646.0340) | 23 (156.5144) | 22 (160.5028) | 18 (166.2284) | 21 (162.7884) |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 19 / 25 (656.9828) | 17 (166.2628) | 18 (161.6800) | 16 (168.5256) | 18 (160.5144) |
| 2023-03-31 | Smokin' for Down Syndrome 🏅 Marion, AR | 12 / 15 (675.3144) | 9 (172.5716) | 9 (171.4172) | 9 (168.5256) | 13 (162.8000) |
| 2022-06-03 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival 🏅 Covington, TN | 17 / 28 (667.3260) | 12 (170.2628) | 18 (162.8232) | 18 (166.2400) | 13 (168.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #912 (65 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #936 (110 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #1210 (50 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #645 (231 pts) | #689 (251 pts) | #836 (186 pts) | #460 (441 pts) | #796 (171 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1136 (70 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1296 (65 pts) | #1123 (85 pts) | #1163 (70 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #758 (185 pts) | #757 (215 pts) | #843 (210 pts) | #724 (220 pts) | #805 (185 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1183 (93 pts) | #1110 (118 pts) | #1297 (88 pts) | #1247 (88 pts) | #1127 (113 pts) |