High-water mark
339.3484
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 339.3484 at Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.3% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 27, 2026
Rise and Swine-AL
Rise and Swine-AL is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 43 at the Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They are ranked #4423 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Mar 27, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±62.79
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172 · weakest Chicken (166.03)
Road miles
229
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
299.25 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #224 (192 pts) | #209 (222 pts) | #196 (257 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rise and Swine-AL, each with one reason worth a look.
152 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Rise and Swine-AL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,434 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Rise and Swine-AL's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Rise and Swine-AL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Rise and Swine-AL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deviant Smoke | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 157.0744 | 166.03 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 162.2400 | 166.53 | top 58% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 172 | 172 | top 21% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 71% | Mar 27, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
94
finished ahead 42 times, behind 128
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score339.3484 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
20252 milestones
- First call O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1489) Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.4800 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 27, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | May 2, 2025 |
| -11.3 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 22, 2024 |
| -5.1 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 6, 2024 |
| -3.5 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 17, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 48.4% | 48.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 92.7% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 20 / 43 (339.3484) | 22 (170.8228) | 22 (168.5256) | — | — |
| May 2, 2025 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 28 / 28 (174.2856) | 3 (174.2856) | — | 6 (172) | — |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 21 / 27 (333.6572) | 15 (169.7144) | 21 (163.9428) | — | — |
| May 17, 2024 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 28 / 39 (328.4800) | 35 (157.0744) | 12 (171.4056) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 36 / 38 (320.4800) | 37 (158.2400) | 27 (162.2400) | — | — |