Swine-O's

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

Power ranking

#3468

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1494

peak 1521 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-03-05

latest 2021-08-27

Best ToY finish

#526

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

686.1480 / 720

Master · Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.04 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.96 (+3.08)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944

Chicken · SC Festival of Discovery

Consistency

±26.93

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)

Road miles

850

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)

Purse competed for

$37K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.96 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

518.82 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 1 GC

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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Storylines (10 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.

Giant slayer

81 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 81-team field at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival.

2021-03-05

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.1480 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.1480 at Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-06-11

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 7 entries at contests carrying the title.

7 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 86% of their meetings

ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.14 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 30%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.32
Pork avg 165.45
2 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Willingham's in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

4 of 6 shared pork entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Big Bear's BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±16.66% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±16.66% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 95.3% of a perfect score
best 144.1%

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.

128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Troublemakers BBQ

#3475 of the rated field

1494 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1523 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

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White Pants BBQ

#3463 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

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HOME TOWNS SMOKIN BUTTS

#3453 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Swine-O's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

PISTOLS FIRING

#3470 of the rated field

1494 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Swine-O's's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-03-23

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Red & Black BBQ Shack

#3477 of the rated field

1494 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1494

No shared contest yet.

Level with Swine-O's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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ZIP'S Q

#3460 of the rated field

1494 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1494

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-10-05

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
REDMULE'S BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CBF Que	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	4	1	176.5944	134.7772	165.22	top 59%
Pork Ribs	11	2	0	173.1200	142.7772	160.32	top 82%
Pork	10	3	0	175.4056	147.9088	165.45	top 54%
Brisket	9	2	0	175.4056	148.5144	160.72	top 68%

“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
SC	5	0	top 66%
NC	1	0	top 100%
GA	1	1	top 1%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	2	1	top 28%

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.5 yrs 2021-03-05 → 2021-08-27

Busiest season 2021 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SC 7 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)

Walk rate 78% a top-10 call in 7 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 22% 2 of 9 contests

Wins it all 11% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2021-03-05 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Master average 646.96 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 518.82 out of 360 · 1 contest · 1 GC

Opponents faced 233 200–145 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 850 7 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi

Schedule strength 1587 average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests

Purse competed for $37,100 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 7 state-championship entries

Power rating 1494 peak 1521 · #3468 of 6,413 rated

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

First tracked contest BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge
First call BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge
2021
Mar 5 First overall top-10 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 First overall podium Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 First Grand Championship Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 First state championship Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score518.8228 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 Biggest field won (81 teams) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Jun 11 Career-best overall score686.1480 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck
Jun 11 Peak power rating (1521) Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck
Jul 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5944 SC Festival of Discovery
Aug 27 Most recent contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.1	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	2021-03-05
+8.2	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck	2021-06-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland	2021-07-16
-7	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park	2021-08-27
-5.5	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland	2021-03-12
-5.1	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland	2021-08-20
-1.6	SC Festival of Discovery	2021-07-09

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)
—	2	0	0	0	100%	—	—	—
2021	7	1	2	0	71%	top 61%	144.1%	99%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-08-27	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	19 / 22 (643.8744)	21 (154.2400)	22 (154.2632)	14 (164.5256)	5 (170.8456)
2021-08-20	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	20 / 26 (669.0404)	9 (174.8688)	24 (159.9544)	13 (170.8344)	17 (166.2628)
2021-07-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland 🏅 Asheboro, NC	19 / 19 (630.6976)	19 (163.4172)	17 (162.8116)	18 (155.9544)	18 (148.5144)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	45 / 81 (662.1832)	4 (176.5944)	56 (160.5144)	5 (175.4056)	70 (149.6688)
2021-06-11	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	10 / 28 (686.1480)	14 (173.1084)	23 (165.6684)	10 (171.9656)	4 (175.4056)
2021-03-12	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	29 / 39 (661.5544)	31 (162.2516)	35 (161.6572)	14 (171.4056)	23 (166.2400)
2021-03-05	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	1 / 81 (518.8228)	6 (172.5600)	8 (173.1200)	4 (173.1428)	—
	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Chicken Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	3 (171.9656)	—	—	—
	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	—	9 (168.5372)	—	—

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 ↗	Backyard	—	#153 (175 pts)	#152 (155 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Master	#526 (324 pts)	#282 (728 pts)	#552 (356 pts)	#372 (539 pts)	#434 (455 pts)