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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 71%.
Thin Blue Swine ahead in 100% of their meetings
Thin Blue Swine has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Their overall swings ±16.36% 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.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,003 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,761 miles to Dana Point State BBQ Championship.
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.
110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Fewer contests behind them than GOOD 'N SAUCED has cooked, 6 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with GOOD 'N SAUCED on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before GOOD 'N SAUCED's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before GOOD 'N SAUCED's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than GOOD 'N SAUCED has cooked, 8 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 146.2744 | 157.70 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 139.9316 | 153.84 | top 80% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 146.3200 | 153.57 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2516 | 135.9316 | 143.95 | top 92% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| NY | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-06-07 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-07-31 |
| -12.1 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2016-10-07 |
| -12.1 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | 2019-10-25 |
| -10.1 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | 2015-09-04 |
| -1.2 | RiverFest | 2019-09-13 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 71% | 129% | 103% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.5% | 84% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 40 / 42 (464.4684) | 40 (155.9884) | 40 (144.5372) | 30 (163.9428) | — |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL | 23 / 37 (318.1944) | 17 (163.3944) | 26 (154.8000) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 14 / 25 (329.6572) | 5 (170.8344) | 21 (158.8228) | — | — |
| 2018-09-14 | *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-15 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 73 / 75 (591.3604) | 72 (146.2744) | 42 (162.8344) | 74 (146.3200) | 74 (135.9316) |
| 2016-09-09 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-07-29 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 38 (157.6800) | 27 (161.6800) | 41 (147.9312) | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-09-04 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 22 / 25 (594.1716) | 18 (154.8684) | 24 (139.9316) | 16 (153.7144) | 20 (145.6572) |
| 2015-07-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 30 / 30 (615.3144) | 27 (154.8344) | 28 (154.2628) | 25 (155.9656) | 29 (150.2516) |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |