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
- Sep 3, 2022
Gilded Swine
Gilded Swine is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 4th of 16 at the Smoke, Wind & Fire (2021). They are ranked #2494 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2021
latest Sep 3, 2022 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.19)
Road miles
724
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
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Gilded Swine, each with one reason worth a look.
81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Gilded Swine's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Gilded Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke, Wind & Fire | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 40% | Jul 23, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
4 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
82
finished ahead 103 times, behind 71
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20225 milestones
- 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
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First call Smoke, Wind & Fire
- First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.7 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | May 28, 2022 |
| +7.8 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 27, 2022 |
| +6.9 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Jul 10, 2021 |
| +3 | Barbeque on the Bow | Sep 3, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Jul 23, 2022 |
| -1.9 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | Jun 3, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2022 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 11 / 36 (666.8340) | 3 (173.7028) | 20 (162.3084) | 16 (166.2628) | 19 (164.5600) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 6 / 19 (663.8968) | 4 (168.5600) | 9 (165.6912) | 6 (167.4056) | 13 (162.2400) |
| Jul 23, 2022 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge | 11 / 20 (657.0284) | 6 (171.4056) | 13 (161.6800) | 14 (159.4056) | 9 (164.5372) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 19 / 31 (652.5372) | 24 (155.9656) | 21 (161.7372) | 14 (165.7144) | 10 (169.1200) |
| May 28, 2022 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB | 11 / 39 (661.6456) | 15 (164.5256) | 25 (158.2972) | 8 (169.7028) | 5 (169.1200) |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge | 4 / 16 (313.7028) | 4 (162.2856) | 4 (151.4172) | — | — |