High-water mark
666.7768
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7768 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-15
Swine & Steer BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1452
peak 1452 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2015-10-03
latest 2019-03-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
568.47 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 585.97 (-17.50)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±111.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.46)
Road miles
81
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.97 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.3
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.34 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 152.46
- Pork avg 159.81
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PORK RADIO 810 in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Boom or bust
±15.54%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±15.54% 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.
- averages 81.4% of a perfect score
- best 92.6%
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.
110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5441 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Swine & Steer BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Swine & Steer BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Swine & Steer BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Swine & Steer BBQ)
23 contests to 8: their number has had years to settle where Swine & Steer BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#5454 of the rated field
- Contests
- 59
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1451
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Swine & Steer BBQ)
59 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#5424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 90
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1605
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Swine & Steer BBQ)
Level with Swine & Steer BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913 BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BROWNIES BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Me Tender BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 146.2512 | 157.69 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 134.7996 | 152.46 | top 72% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 147.3484 | 159.81 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 123.9432 | 155.41 | top 59% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2019-03-15
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
585.97
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,361
724–1,921 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
81
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1452
peak 1452 · #5436 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1494) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8972 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5600 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2018
- Career-best overall score666.7768 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| +2.4 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| -12.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| -10.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -8 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2019-03-15 |
| -7 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 92.6% | 66.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 91.1% | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.3% | 83.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 55 / 64 (618.6972) | 64 (146.2512) | 44 (157.6916) | 30 (164.5372) | 58 (150.2172) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 194 / 467 (666.7768) | 128 (170.8800) | 194 (167.9772) | 274 (162.8112) | 207 (165.1084) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 185 / 185 (297.0740) | 69 (162.2744) | 179 (134.7996) | — | — |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 232 / 407 (655.8972) | 328 (157.0972) | 114 (170.2744) | 346 (155.9656) | 54 (172.5600) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 159 / 184 (603.8964) | 45 (165.1428) | 179 (134.8112) | 166 (147.3484) | 93 (156.5940) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 465 / 557 (621.6232) | 511 (148.5372) | 509 (147.9544) | 200 (167.4400) | 354 (157.6916) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 169 / 183 (586.1148) | 124 (154.2400) | 155 (147.9428) | 94 (159.9888) | 180 (123.9432) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 410 / 606 (637.6572) | 472 (157.0972) | 426 (158.2628) | 392 (160.5600) | 302 (161.7372) |