A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Bovine Swine and Dine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2020-03-13
latest 2023-03-17
Best ToY finish
#655
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.04
last 5 Master vs avg 645.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.56 · weakest Pork (158.95)
Road miles
39
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.04 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−5.6
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork avg 158.95
- Chicken avg 164.56
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Just Smoked Your Butt in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Home City BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Bovine Swine and Dine)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bovine Swine and Dine has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bovine Swine and Dine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Bovine Swine and Dine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Bovine Swine and Dine's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cow Creek BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dr. Squealgood BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAD MUTT'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 150.2628 | 164.56 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 147.8972 | 162.03 | top 65% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 147.4056 | 158.95 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 150.7772 | 159.51 | top 73% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2020-03-13 → 2023-03-17
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.56 · weakest Pork (158.95)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
645.04
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
171
62–253 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
39
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1602
average field rating faced — tougher than 79% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,500
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #4462 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- First call Smoke on the Bricks
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7260 Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best overall score657.7260 Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2023
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2020-03-13 |
| -5.3 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2020-08-21 |
| -5.1 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
| -4.2 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
| -3.5 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2022-03-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 91.4% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 55 / 68 (651.8856) | 50 (163.9656) | 33 (170.2628) | 45 (166.8800) | 61 (150.7772) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 53 / 71 (643.8628) | 45 (165.7028) | 43 (162.8344) | 67 (151.9200) | 42 (163.4056) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 54 / 70 (648.9600) | 34 (168.5600) | 68 (147.8972) | 37 (168.5600) | 45 (163.9428) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 36 / 43 (657.7260) | 10 (174.2972) | 40 (157.6916) | 38 (160.0000) | 29 (165.7372) |
| 2020-03-13 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 60 / 68 (622.7768) | 66 (150.2628) | 19 (171.4400) | 63 (147.4056) | 57 (153.6684) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #537 (195 pts) | #636 (150 pts) | #706 (120 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |