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93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8972 at City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
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.
Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 105 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2013, 13 years before Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog 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, 11 years before Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Sweet Willy Swine + The Koun Dog's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 165.1200 | 165.12 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 171.9772 | 171.98 | top 46% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 166.8228 | 166.82 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.9772 | 167.98 | top 54% |
“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.
| 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 59% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) 🏅 Madison, IN | 23 / 39 (671.8972) | 25 (165.1200) | 18 (171.9772) | 22 (166.8228) | 21 (167.9772) |