The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
*Grill Ueli BBQ Team Switzerland has finished one call ahead of * Swinefellows 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
* Swinefellows
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-10-23
latest 2018-10-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Best overall
651.3712 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.16
last 4 Master vs avg 622.16 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
168.5828
Consistency
±20.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.41 · weakest Pork (151.69)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
96%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1654)
Master avg
622.16 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1654
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 96% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1654 power rating — a tougher draw than 96% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 77th
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.
* Swinefellows has 4 rated contests — 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 162 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.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after * Swinefellows did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with * Swinefellows on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 158.2400 | 161.41 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 147.9544 | 155.54 | top 93% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 139.3828 | 151.69 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 150.2172 | 153.53 | top 89% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | 4 | 77 | 0 | top 94% | 2018-10-26 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2018-10-26
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.41 · weakest Pork (151.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
622.16
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
285
21–361 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1654
average field rating faced — tougher than 96% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-10-21 → 2017-10-27
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3712 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score651.3712 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5828 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1495) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2018
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-26 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 102 / 102 (595.8516) | 91 (158.2972) | 102 (147.9544) | 102 (139.3828) | 96 (150.2172) |
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 94 / 95 (613.0056) | 90 (158.2400) | 87 (160.5372) | 95 (142.2628) | 90 (151.9656) |
| 2016-10-21 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 92 / 96 (628.4228) | 74 (163.9656) | 87 (155.9544) | 89 (156.5484) | 90 (151.9544) |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 77 / 93 (651.3712) | 67 (165.1200) | 82 (157.7028) | 35 (168.5828) | 70 (159.9656) |