A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Vikings BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2022-07-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.75
last 3 Master vs avg 638.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.62 · weakest Pork (156.15)
Road miles
456
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 262 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
638.75 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
7.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.2 years, then back at 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (2022-07-23).
- last seen 2015-05-23
- back 2022-07-23
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.
Vikings BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Vikings BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Vikings BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Vikings BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Vikings BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 156.5600 | 163.62 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 155.4172 | 162.64 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 149.0972 | 156.15 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 149.6456 | 156.34 | top 51% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.8 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2022-07-23
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
EU
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.62 · weakest Pork (156.15)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
638.75
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
70–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
456
3 mapped stops · furthest 262 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
2015-05-23 → 2022-07-23
Power rating
1502
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ
- First call Ruhrpott BBQ
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6116 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- Career-best overall score649.6116 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- Peak power rating (1502) 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- Most recent contest 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2022-07-23 |
| +0.5 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2015-05-23 |
| +0.2 | Ruhrpott BBQ | 2014-10-10 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival , | 12 / 20 (649.6116) | 8 (169.7028) | 5 (166.8344) | 15 (158.8228) | 13 (154.2516) |
| 2015-05-23 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, | 34 / 68 (640.4340) | 25 (164.5828) | 14 (165.6800) | 35 (160.5256) | 54 (149.6456) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 30 / 58 (626.1944) | 39 (156.5600) | 34 (155.4172) | 46 (149.0972) | 5 (165.1200) |