A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Swadley's Bar-B-Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2019-08-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.77 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 603.11 (+8.66)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.92 · weakest Brisket (148.83)
Road miles
1,112
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.11 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 weak link
−4.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.08 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 148.83
- Pork Ribs avg 152.92
- 0 calls in 6 entries
They cook the hard rooms
1603
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
- 6 rated contests
Going the wrong way
-45
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 45 points across 6 contests since 2019-04-26 — from 1495 down to 1450.
- 6 contests since 2019-04-26
- now 1450
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
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#5509 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swadley's Bar-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Swadley's Bar-B-Q's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
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#5513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
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#5487 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Wagon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| The Po Po Piggy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Boondoxx BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Bob's B-B Crew | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Bacon Bash Texas | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 134.2628 | 149.69 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 141.7028 | 152.92 | top 88% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 134.7884 | 151.67 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 129.7032 | 148.83 | top 87% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 91% | 2019-05-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2019-04-26 → 2019-08-09
Busiest season
2019
6 contests
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 6 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.92 · weakest Brisket (148.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
603.11
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
161
21–210 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,112
6 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi
Schedule strength
1603
average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$60,440
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Power rating
1450
peak 1450 · #5498 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- Peak power rating (1495) 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0288 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Career-best overall score653.0288 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2284 Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest | 2019-04-26 |
| -9.6 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2019-05-10 |
| -8.4 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) | 2019-05-11 |
| -8.1 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2019-07-12 |
| -5.6 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 90.7% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-09 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash 🏅 Winston, MO | 26 / 30 (570.2404) | 26 (147.9772) | 27 (141.7028) | 27 (150.8572) | 30 (129.7032) |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 55 / 59 (633.6344) | 54 (160.5716) | 46 (161.1200) | 56 (155.3828) | 48 (156.5600) |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 20 / 21 (653.0288) | 16 (166.2284) | 19 (165.6800) | 19 (159.9660) | 19 (161.1544) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 33 / 38 (582.1256) | 37 (139.9656) | 33 (146.8116) | 30 (151.3712) | 32 (143.9772) |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 42 / 42 (559.8280) | 42 (134.2628) | 42 (143.9656) | 42 (134.7884) | 38 (146.8112) |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 32 / 39 (619.8056) | 35 (149.1200) | 32 (158.2172) | 31 (157.6684) | 29 (154.8000) |