High-water mark
666.8340
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8340 at Barbeque on the Bow — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-09-03
Gilded Swine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2021-07-10
latest 2022-09-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.39
last 5 Master vs avg 660.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.19)
Road miles
724
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 147 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
660.39 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.70 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
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.
Storylines (5 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Notorious P.I.G. has finished one call ahead of Gilded Swine 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
The weak link
−5.9
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.89 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 67%.
- Pork Ribs avg 160.19
- Chicken avg 166.07
- 2 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke, Wind & Fire (2021-07-10).
- 2021-07-10
- 16-team field
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.
82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Gilded Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Gilded Swine's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with Gilded Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kreiser Barbecue | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Notorious P.I.G. | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 155.9656 | 166.07 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6912 | 151.4172 | 160.19 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 159.4056 | 165.70 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 162.2400 | 165.92 | top 42% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 40% | 2022-07-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2021-07-10 → 2022-09-03
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
4 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.19)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 6 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Master average
660.39
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
313.70
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
103–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
724
6 mapped stops · furthest 147 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #2473 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First call Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6456 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score666.8340 Barbeque on the Bow
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Barbeque on the Bow
- Peak power rating (1521) Barbeque on the Bow
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.7 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2022-05-28 |
| +7.8 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2022-08-27 |
| +6.9 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2021-07-10 |
| +3 | Barbeque on the Bow | 2022-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2022-07-23 |
| -1.9 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | 2022-06-03 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 92.6% | 91.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 11 / 36 (666.8340) | 3 (173.7028) | 20 (162.3084) | 16 (166.2628) | 19 (164.5600) |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 6 / 19 (663.8968) | 4 (168.5600) | 9 (165.6912) | 6 (167.4056) | 13 (162.2400) |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 11 / 20 (657.0284) | 6 (171.4056) | 13 (161.6800) | 14 (159.4056) | 9 (164.5372) |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 19 / 31 (652.5372) | 24 (155.9656) | 21 (161.7372) | 14 (165.7144) | 10 (169.1200) |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 11 / 39 (661.6456) | 15 (164.5256) | 25 (158.2972) | 8 (169.7028) | 5 (169.1200) |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 4 / 16 (313.7028) | 4 (162.2856) | 4 (151.4172) | — | — |