Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me

Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2021). They are ranked #6093 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Wine Me Dine Me and Swine Me” and “Wine Me, Dine Me, and Swine Me”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,093

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1429

peak 1574 · rated over 45 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 1, 2019

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#348

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9428 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

662.26 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.86 (+6.39)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Consistency

±30.26

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.18 · weakest Brisket (161.64)

Road miles

4,674

across 47 mapped stops · furthest 191 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)

Purse competed for

$483K

listed at 43 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 45 state-championship entries

Master avg

655.86 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

491.90 / 540

13 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

691.9428 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9428 at Smoke on the Falls — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 3, 2026

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Wiggle Butts BBQ has finished one call ahead of Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.

5 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 25%

A tough matchup

30–9 behind in the head-to-head

COOL HAND QUE ahead in 77% of their meetings

COOL HAND QUE has come out ahead in 30 of their 39 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 161.64
Chicken avg 166.18
5 calls in 33 entries

A strong matchup

10–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE FAT GUYZ in 10 of their 14 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

30 of 41 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS has out-cooked them in 30 of 41 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Wiggle Butts BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 51% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 51% across 5 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,674 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,674 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 191 miles to Pigmaster BBQ Challenge.

47 mapped stops
furthest 191 mi

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sip & Swine BBQ Festival every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#625 (226 pts)	#673 (231 pts)	#556 (351 pts)	#633 (236 pts)	#629 (236 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#532 (332 pts)	#538 (382 pts)	#393 (642 pts)	#443 (472 pts)	#525 (362 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#348 (628 pts)	#344 (683 pts)	#322 (788 pts)	#416 (513 pts)	#303 (763 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#455 (429 pts)	#490 (434 pts)	#450 (544 pts)	#378 (564 pts)	#455 (444 pts)
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#205 (164 pts)	#184 (204 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#527 (384 pts)	#409 (574 pts)	#513 (479 pts)	#416 (550 pts)	#499 (449 pts)
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#58 (645 pts)	#43 (775 pts)	—	—
2020 ↗	Backyard	—	#28 (448 pts)	#39 (268 pts)	—	—
2019 ↗	Backyard	—	#10 (242 pts)	#18 (117 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me, each with one reason worth a look.

42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

HOOTIE-Q

#6,092 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1429

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 61 contests
last seen May 12, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

TNT BBQ

#6,095 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

They've been 1502 at their best, 74 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Q42

#6,098 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

Fewer contests behind them than Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me has cooked, 30 to 47, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Bare Bones BBQ

#6,101 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 27 contests

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Still Smokin

#6,100 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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PARADISE BBQ

#6,102 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1429

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me's first contest.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	41	9	29	22%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	39	8	30	21%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	34	10	24	29%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	34	8	26	24%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	30	8	22	27%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	30	7	23	23%	⚔ compare
BAD ROOSTER BBQ	28	7	21	25%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	28	4	24	14%	⚔ compare
Peckerwood Country Club	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
Willingham's	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
Wiggle Butts BBQ	25	13	12	52%	⚔ compare
CHOOCHOO BBQ	25	6	19	24%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN KOLBZ	25	5	20	20%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	24	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
CLAUDE'S Q	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	45	6	0	3	174.8572	153.6684	166.18	top 55%
Pork Ribs	47	11	1	1	180 🔥	149.1200	165.94	top 51%
Pork	44	12	0	1	176	153.0744	165.17	top 55%
Brisket	33	5	1	1	177.7372	143.9656	161.64	top 69%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 75%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 57%
Large (40+)	23	top 66%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
GA	29	top 58%
AL	7	top 70%
NC	3	top 62%
TN	3	top 82%
SC	3	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	7	6	top 61%	Mar 6, 2026
Smoke on the Falls	4	13	top 61%	Apr 3, 2026
Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	4	41	top 81%	Nov 14, 2025
South Carolina Festival of Discovery	3	35	top 67%	Jul 11, 2024
Honeybee BBQ Competition	3	18	top 78%	May 31, 2024
BBQ, Boogie & Blues	3	10	top 60%	Apr 26, 2024
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	2	75	top 93%	Mar 15, 2024
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	2	4	top 48%	Aug 19, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 9 contests

Contests a season 5.9 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 29 of 47 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 25 8 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 47 entries · 1 win · 11 calls

Opponents faced 976 finished ahead 1,053 times, behind 2,049

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Apr 3 Career-best overall score691.9428 Smoke on the Falls
Sep 18 Most recent contest Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

20231 milestone

Apr 28 25th tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues

20221 milestone

Mar 4 Peak power rating (1574) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20213 milestones

Mar 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Aug 20 10th tracked contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival

20194 milestones

Mar 1 First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Aug 2 First call Hawgin On Lanier
Nov 15 First overall top-10 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Nov 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score497.6572 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown	Nov 15, 2019
+14	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge	Sep 20, 2024
+12.9	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 5, 2021
+10.3	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 3, 2026
+10.1	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	Aug 20, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 3, 2023
-12.3	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival	Aug 19, 2022
-11.5	Poosa Q	May 5, 2022
-11	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	Nov 18, 2022
-10.5	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 17, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	0	50%	top 75%	96.1%	91.7%
2025	6	0	0	67%	top 78%	94.3%	92.2%
2024	9	1	0	22%	top 70%	95.5%	92.4%
2023	8	0	0	13%	top 80%	93.6%	90.5%
2022	8	0	0	25%	top 70%	94.3%	89.3%
2021	5	4	2	100%	top 25%	94.9%	92.2%
2020	3	0	0	0%	top 35%	91.7%	90.9%
2019	4	1	0	75%	top 29%	92.2%	89.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbiana, AL	12 / 16 (667.2456)	11 (167.3828)	12 (168.5372)	10 (166.2284)	10 (165.0972)
Aug 7, 2026	Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC	38 / 41 (650.1256)	37 (160.5256)	38 (161.7032)	32 (165.0856)	33 (162.8112)
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	13 / 36 (691.9428)	35 (164.5256)	8 (175.4056)	10 (174.2744)	5 (177.7372)
Mar 6, 2026	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	43 / 44 (631.7940)	39 (162.8228)	40 (162.2400)	42 (157.6684)	44 (149.0628)
Nov 14, 2025	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	50 / 56 (670.1716)	50 (165.0972)	5 (177.1428)	42 (168.5372)	52 (159.3944)
Sep 19, 2025	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	23 / 36 (671.9200)	19 (170.2856)	30 (162.8116)	27 (165.0972)	11 (173.7256)
Jun 20, 2025	Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN	16 / 26 (678.7544)	21 (165.0972)	13 (171.9656)	11 (171.4172)	10 (170.2744)
May 9, 2025	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	29 / 42 (665.5428)	34 (165.6800)	5 (174.2628)	6 (175.4056)	37 (150.1944)
Apr 11, 2025	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL	28 / 31 (653.5540)	15 (173.7028)	5 (177.1544)	31 (156.5140)	31 (146.1828)
Mar 7, 2025	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	42 / 45 (641.5540)	20 (172.5600)	32 (167.3828)	42 (157.6456)	44 (143.9656)
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	48 / 58 (657.0400)	46 (165.0972)	16 (174.8916)	52 (161.1200)	55 (155.9312)
Sep 20, 2024	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	10 / 33 (687.3600)	14 (171.9772)	5 (174.8572)	22 (167.3828)	12 (173.1428)
Jul 11, 2024	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	57 / 76 (669.6000)	52 (168.5372)	45 (169.6800)	53 (167.9656)	62 (163.4172)
May 31, 2024	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	19 / 25 (662.1256)	18 (162.8000)	16 (167.9656)	23 (160.5372)	11 (170.8228)
Apr 26, 2024	BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	24 / 34 (671.8628)	19 (169.1200)	20 (167.9772)	32 (162.8000)	13 (171.9656)
Apr 12, 2024	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	14 / 31 (683.9200)	17 (173.1200)	19 (169.1200)	20 (167.9772)	7 (173.7028)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	85 / 93 (646.6856)	31 (173.7028)	76 (163.9656)	87 (157.6572)	90 (151.3600)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	40 (167.4172)	—	—
Mar 1, 2024	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	51 / 59 (642.0572)	32 (169.6916)	40 (166.2516)	52 (157.0856)	58 (149.0284)
Nov 17, 2023	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	41 / 60 (673.5888)	13 (174.2744)	17 (174.8572)	47 (165.0856)	55 (159.3716)
Jul 6, 2023	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	67 / 76 (627.2000)	57 (162.2400)	72 (149.6344)	60 (159.9428)	63 (155.3828)
Jun 2, 2023	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	23 / 27 (650.1372)	20 (163.9544)	26 (154.8000)	21 (164.5372)	20 (166.8456)
Apr 28, 2023	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	23 / 32 (667.8628)	27 (164.5372)	22 (165.6800)	13 (171.4056)	23 (166.2400)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	25 / 39 (661.5768)	29 (164.5600)	26 (166.2284)	10 (170.8228)	31 (159.9656)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	75 / 80 (643.8744)	34 (172.5600)	80 (152.5144)	71 (159.3828)	72 (159.4172)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	32 (167.3712)	—	—
Mar 3, 2023	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	59 / 65 (635.8168)	61 (154.2284)	34 (167.9656)	45 (165.0972)	61 (148.5256)
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	48 / 57 (646.1144)	42 (164.5256)	13 (171.4056)	57 (153.0744)	50 (157.1088)
Oct 7, 2022	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	24 / 30 (658.1372)	6 (174.8572)	29 (153.6572)	3 (176)	26 (153.6228)
Aug 19, 2022	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	24 / 30 (667.8856)	23 (167.9772)	25 (164.5256)	17 (167.4172)	17 (167.9656)
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	35 / 92 (678.7656)	29 (170.2856)	52 (166.2400)	26 (170.2744)	26 (171.9656)
Jun 3, 2022	Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA	18 / 25 (660.9940)	18 (164.5256)	12 (169.1084)	21 (161.1200)	19 (166.2400)
May 5, 2022	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	57 / 72 (660.4228)	68 (157.0744)	31 (169.7028)	18 (171.4056)	56 (162.2400)
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	34 / 34 (511.9428)	10 (171.4056)	10 (170.8572)	—	17 (169.6800)
Mar 4, 2022	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	19 / 73 (494.1940)	30 (160.5256)	12 (167.9656)	14 (165.7028)	—
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	13 / 28 (483.8056)	14 (161.6456)	19 (155.9200)	9 (166.2400)	—
Sep 24, 2021	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	10 / 27 (489.5772)	16 (155.3600)	9 (165.0972)	6 (169.1200)	1 (161.6684)
Aug 20, 2021	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	4 / 26 (501.0056)	7 (166.2400)	4 (169.6800)	6 (165.0856)	—
Jul 30, 2021	GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	7 / 39 (501.7256)	3 (171.4400)	14 (160.5600)	6 (169.7256)	—
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	6 / 81 (512.5028)	24 (162.8228)	1 (180)	10 (169.6800)	—
Nov 20, 2020	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	14 / 40 (493.0172)	11 (169.1200)	22 (157.6572)	13 (166.2400)	—
Jul 31, 2020	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA	23 / 55 (495.3372)	14 (168.5256)	25 (162.2516)	19 (164.5600)	—
Mar 6, 2020	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	17 / 61 (483.8280)	18 (161.6684)	18 (157.0856)	15 (165.0740)	—
Nov 15, 2019	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA	4 / 35 (497.6572)	2 (170.8228)	10 (163.4400)	8 (163.3944)	—
Aug 23, 2019	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	12 / 32 (484.3996)	14 (155.3484)	9 (162.2400)	5 (166.8112)	—
Aug 2, 2019	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA	14 / 45 (479.9772)	2 (172.0344)	21 (149.1200)	16 (158.8228)	—
Mar 1, 2019	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	22 / 62 (477.6340)	23 (153.6684)	18 (162.8456)	17 (161.1200)	—

Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)