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.
BARDOWN BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2021-09-04
Best ToY finish
#697
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.09
last 4 Master vs avg 643.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±9.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.71 · weakest Brisket (155.11)
Road miles
319
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
643.09 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Reservoir Hogs UK in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Waters (2021-09-04).
- last seen 2019-09-07
- back 2021-09-04
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.
BARDOWN BARBEQUE 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 97 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.
#2820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BARDOWN BARBEQUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BARDOWN BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with BARDOWN BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174.2856 | 164.5484 | 169.71 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.2744 | 144.0116 | 156.99 | top 61% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 164.5712 | 158.2628 | 161.28 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 150.2172 | 155.11 | top 79% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Waters | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 42% | 2021-09-04 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2019-05-25 → 2021-09-04
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.71 · weakest Brisket (155.11)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
643.09
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
49
23–46 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
319
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-07 → 2021-09-04
Power rating
1510
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Brew N Q Open
- First call Brew N Q Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Brew N Q Open
- First overall top-10 Smoke and Fire Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1540 Smoke and Fire Festival
- Career-best overall score649.1540 Smoke and Fire Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Waters
- 2021
- First overall podium Smoke on the Waters
- Peak power rating (1510) Smoke on the Waters
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Waters
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | Smoke on the Waters | 2021-09-04 |
| +6.1 | Smoke and Fire Festival | 2019-08-17 |
| +5 | Smoke on the Waters | 2019-09-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Brew N Q Open | 2019-05-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 62% | 90.2% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-04 | Smoke on the Waters Devon, | 3 / 8 (647.3828) | 3 (164.5484) | 3 (166.2744) | 3 (162.8800) | 6 (153.6800) |
| 2019-09-07 | Smoke on the Waters Devon, EX37 9HZ | 7 / 15 (649.0516) | 1 (174.2744) | 12 (153.6572) | 7 (159.4172) | 9 (161.7028) |
| 2019-08-17 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ | 7 / 16 (649.1540) | 11 (165.7256) | 4 (164.0116) | 8 (164.5712) | 13 (154.8456) |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY | 33 / 34 (626.7772) | 6 (174.2856) | 34 (144.0116) | 28 (158.2628) | 34 (150.2172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #697 (208 pts) | #753 (208 pts) | #769 (208 pts) | #727 (208 pts) | #877 (148 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #827 (350 pts) | #620 (550 pts) | #872 (355 pts) | #899 (340 pts) | #1006 (285 pts) |