The comeback
4.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Grilling & Chillin BBQ (2018-09-21).
- last seen 2014-08-22
- back 2018-09-21
Pork Swords
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.87
last 3 Master vs avg 644.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.27 · weakest Chicken (156.15)
Road miles
125
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
644.87 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Pork Swords has 3 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 113 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.
#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pork Swords on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before Pork Swords's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 142.2512 | 156.15 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4744 | 158.2628 | 162.27 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 156.0228 | 160.17 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 158.2284 | 166.27 | top 34% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.27 · weakest Chicken (156.15)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.87
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
77–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
125
3 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2018-09-21
Power rating
1508
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- First call Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5944 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4628 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score659.4628 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1508) Grilling & Chillin BBQ
- Most recent contest Grilling & Chillin BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2014-08-22 |
| +1.1 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ | 2018-09-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.9 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2013-08-23 |
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 59% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 22 / 37 (640.9596) | 32 (154.2400) | 21 (161.0856) | 15 (167.4056) | 25 (158.2284) |
| 2014-08-22 | 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 14 / 52 (659.4628) | 8 (171.9656) | 17 (167.4744) | 34 (156.0228) | 16 (164.0000) |
| 2013-08-23 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 32 / 56 (634.1940) | 51 (142.2512) | 34 (158.2628) | 36 (157.0856) | 2 (176.5944) |