Fine As* Swine BBQ

Fine As* Swine BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Saucy and Glazed (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #465 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “FINE AS SWINE BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#465

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1685

peak 1686 · rated over 32 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 1, 2018

latest Sep 12, 2025 · 7.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#98

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

34 podiums

Overall top-10s

67% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

707.9888 / 720

Master · OKC BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

698.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 686.59 (+11.76)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition

Consistency

±21.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.25 · weakest Chicken (169.94)

Road miles

5,790

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 564 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$287K

listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 24 state-championship entries

Master avg

686.59 / 720

26 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard avg

331.63 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

523.95 / 540

2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Riding a hot streak

5 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 7

The heartbreaker

0.5716 points from the title

Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Ozarks BBQ Fest (Jun 9, 2023).

Among the elite

#465 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1685 puts them #465 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

rating 1685
peak 1686
32 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork ×1
Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

Que' For a Cause is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 12%

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 31 of 36 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 36 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

707.9888 career-best overall

98.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 707.9888 at OKC BBQ Fest — 98.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 21, 2022

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State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 24 entries at contests carrying the title.

24 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Damn Fine Beef & Swine has finished one call ahead of Fine As* Swine BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

13–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 72% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOLLOW Q in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

The comeback

2.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ (Aug 7, 2020).

last seen Jun 1, 2018
back Aug 7, 2020

Pork nemesis

8 of 11 shared pork entries lost

SUPER SWINE ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SUPER SWINE has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared pork entries.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
36 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

MAN MEAT BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An October team

Top 11% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 11% across 5 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.

5 October contests
top 35% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,790 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,790 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 564 miles to 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL.

36 mapped stops
furthest 564 mi

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
2024 ↗	Master	#148 (1,241 pts)	#163 (1,176 pts)	#122 (1,395 pts)	#167 (1,151 pts)	#165 (1,161 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#98 (1,489 pts)	#171 (1,114 pts)	#149 (1,324 pts)	#141 (1,229 pts)	#84 (1,559 pts)
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#93 (516 pts)	#105 (436 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#290 (791 pts)	#436 (531 pts)	#324 (804 pts)	#312 (776 pts)	#312 (756 pts)
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#61 (625 pts)	#32 (1,000 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Master	#472 (384 pts)	#468 (414 pts)	#307 (682 pts)	#600 (279 pts)	#615 (284 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

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DAD'S GRILLIN CREW

#461 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 99
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1775

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Fine As* Swine BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fine As* Swine BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 96 contests
last seen May 10, 2024

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MIDNIGHT STOKERS

#466 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1685

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 31 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Oct 21, 2016

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#464 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 90%
Peak: 1685

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rated over 29 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2025
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Big Boots BBQ

#467 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1689

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 30 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 27 contests
last seen May 5, 2023

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JOUSTING PIGS BBQ

#462 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 48
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1688

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Fine As* Swine BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 48 contests

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QUETOPIA

#463 of the rated field

1685 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1698

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Fine As* Swine BBQ's first contest.

rated over 48 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOLLOW Q	18	13	5	72%	⚔ compare
BULL IN THE RING	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
CEO BBQ	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
BURNIN' SANDS BBQ	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
MUNNY'S STOVE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Smoked & Furious	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
SUPER SWINE	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
The Smokin Goat	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
O' Town Que	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	19	1	6	179.4400	154.2976	169.94	top 44%
Pork Ribs	36	24	2	14	178.8572	145.0860	172.11	top 35%
Pork	27	16	2	7	180 🔥	153.6800	173.25	top 37%
Brisket	26	12	4	7	180 🔥	147.3484	170.88	top 41%

“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)	6	1	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	22	0	top 32%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	19	0	top 39%
KS	8	1	top 21%
MO	4	0	top 32%
TN	1	0	top 98%
AR	1	0	top 12%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ	3	2	top 21%	May 17, 2024
Lake Views & BBQ	2	9	top 54%	Apr 5, 2024
Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off	2	5	top 30%	Sep 15, 2023
Que' For a Cause	2	3	top 12%	Aug 4, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 9 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 5.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 21 of 36 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 28 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 36 entries · 2 wins · 24 calls

First title Jul 12, 2024 Saucy and Glazed

Opponents faced 512 finished ahead 670 times, behind 374

Longest layoff 2.2 yrs Jun 1, 2018 → Aug 7, 2020

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

20251 milestone

Sep 12 Most recent contest Grillstock

20243 milestones

Jul 12 First Grand Championship Saucy and Glazed
Jul 12 First state championship Saucy and Glazed
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1686) Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition

20232 milestones

Aug 4 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Que' For a Cause
Sep 15 25th tracked contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off

20221 milestone

Oct 21 Career-best overall score707.9888 OKC BBQ Fest

20217 milestones

Apr 9 First call Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Airfield Flyin Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 9 First overall top-10 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Airfield Flyin Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Apr 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.6064 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Airfield Flyin Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jul 16 First overall podium County Seat Cookoff
Jul 16 First Reserve Championship County Seat Cookoff
Oct 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)
Oct 30 10th tracked contest Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest

20181 milestone

Jun 1 First tracked contest Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19	Boo-B-Que - Day 1	Oct 29, 2021
+17.1	County Seat Cookoff	Jul 16, 2021
+15.3	Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ	Jul 29, 2022
+14.9	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 6, 2022
+14.2	OKC BBQ Fest	Oct 21, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest	Mar 25, 2022
-9.7	City of Springs BBQ Championship	May 12, 2023
-8.5	Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)	Mar 31, 2023
-8.5	Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Jun 1, 2018
-8.1	Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)	May 13, 2022

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2025	1	0	1	0	100%	top 43%	95.5%	95.5%
2024	9	1	6	2	89%	top 35%	98.1%	96.5%
2023	8	0	6	4	88%	top 25%	98%	96.4%
2022	8	0	5	1	88%	top 34%	98.3%	95.3%
2021	8	0	6	2	100%	top 28%	97.5%	93.7%
2020	1	0	0	0	0%	top 87%	87.9%	87.9%
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	top 90%	84.5%	84.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 12, 2025	Grillstock 🏅 Moore, OK	10 / 23 (687.3372)	17 (166.2400)	3 (177.1544)	4 (177.7028)	15 (166.2400)
Aug 16, 2024	Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition 🏅 Hinton, OK	4 / 25 (706.2284)	10 (175.4056)	14 (173.1200)	1 (180)	3 (177.7028)
Jul 26, 2024	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	10 / 27 (694.2628)	7 (176.5600)	14 (172.5600)	20 (169.1428)	6 (176)
Jul 12, 2024	Saucy and Glazed 🏅 Newton, KS	1 / 12 (705.1088)	7 (170.8228)	2 (177.7144)	2 (178.8572)	1 (177.7144)
Jun 7, 2024	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	5 / 43 (698.8228)	3 (179.4400)	8 (175.4400)	23 (171.9772)	12 (171.9656)
May 25, 2024	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN	79 / 81 (675.2800)	64 (170.8228)	74 (165.0972)	66 (169.6800)	57 (169.6800)
May 17, 2024	Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	11 / 31 (691.9200)	23 (169.1084)	3 (176.5716)	9 (174.2628)	10 (171.9772)
May 3, 2024	3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest 🏅 Alva, OK	7 / 20 (694.7656)	5 (177.7144)	6 (175.4172)	7 (176.5600)	17 (165.0740)
Apr 5, 2024	Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	9 / 21 (694.2172)	3 (178.8572)	13 (171.9772)	8 (173.7028)	13 (169.6800)
Apr 5, 2024	Lake Views & BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wagoner, OK	—	—	2 (178.2972)	—	—
Oct 27, 2023	Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR	6 / 49 (696.5256)	39 (163.4056)	6 (177.7028)	9 (176.5600)	2 (178.8572)
Sep 15, 2023	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	5 / 26 (691.9544)	10 (169.7028)	3 (174.2744)	13 (170.2628)	1 (177.7144)
Aug 4, 2023	Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK	3 / 36 (698.2056)	23 (169.6684)	12 (171.9772)	8 (176.5600)	1 (180)
Jul 28, 2023	Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	2 / 25 (694.8116)	17 (165.6684)	3 (174.2860)	1 (178.2972)	2 (176.5600)
Jun 9, 2023	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	2 / 30 (705.6800)	3 (178.2972)	2 (178.8572)	4 (177.7028)	15 (170.8228)
May 12, 2023	City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	11 / 16 (681.6228)	8 (171.9656)	9 (170.2972)	8 (171.9772)	12 (167.3828)
Apr 21, 2023	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS	4 / 28 (700.5376)	1 (178.8572)	12 (171.9772)	13 (171.9888)	5 (177.7144)
Mar 31, 2023	Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK	19 / 29 (681.0400)	11 (173.7028)	21 (166.2400)	18 (170.2512)	16 (170.8460)
Oct 21, 2022	OKC BBQ Fest 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK	3 / 35 (707.9888)	11 (173.1316)	3 (177.7144)	2 (179.4400)	4 (177.7028)
Oct 7, 2022	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK	4 / 32 (521.6456)	3 (175.4172)	12 (168.5256)	3 (177.7028)	—
Sep 16, 2022	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	16 / 39 (674.1596)	28 (165.0856)	14 (169.1084)	5 (174.2628)	23 (165.7028)
Sep 16, 2022	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (One Meat Ribs) Ponca City, OK	—	—	6 (170.8460)	—	—
Jul 29, 2022	Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	3 / 16 (696.5028)	6 (173.1200)	8 (170.2744)	2 (177.7028)	4 (175.4056)
May 13, 2022	Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Alva, OK	3 / 4 (338.7884)	3 (169.6684)	3 (169.1200)	—	—
May 6, 2022	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	3 / 38 (700.5484)	5 (177.1428)	7 (176)	19 (168.5256)	1 (178.8800)
Mar 25, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	19 / 25 (324.5144)	19 (160.5372)	13 (163.9772)	—	—
Oct 30, 2021	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Unity Village, MO	—	—	9 (174.2744)	—	—
Oct 29, 2021	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 🏅 Unity Village, MO	2 / 41 (334.8460)	7 (155.9888)	1 (178.8572)	—	—
Oct 1, 2021	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Tahlequah, OK	3 / 20 (526.2516)	5 (171.9772)	1 (176.5716)	2 (177.7028)	—
Aug 6, 2021	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ 🏅 Laurie, MO	10 / 26 (677.0628)	4 (174.2744)	9 (171.4172)	18 (169.1084)	20 (162.2628)
Jul 23, 2021	Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	8 / 28 (680.5488)	13 (168)	2 (177.1544)	17 (166.8344)	15 (168.5600)
Jul 16, 2021	County Seat Cookoff Jay, OK	2 / 15 (335.3712)	4 (162.8228)	2 (172.5484)	—	—
Jun 11, 2021	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	13 / 25 (674.7200)	15 (167.3944)	7 (173.1316)	15 (167.3828)	14 (166.8112)
Apr 9, 2021	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Airfield Flyin Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Derby, KS	6 / 13 (324.6064)	8 (154.2976)	2 (170.3088)	—	—
Aug 7, 2020	15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	47 / 54 (633.0056)	27 (167.4172)	41 (162.2400)	—	51 (147.3484)
Jun 1, 2018	Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK	27 / 30 (608.4116)	27 (155.3828)	28 (145.0860)	28 (153.6800)	23 (154.2628)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Fine As* Swine BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)