The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BLACK DOG BBQ has finished one call ahead of Swig & Swine 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Swig & Swine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-11-14
latest 2017-11-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.53
last 4 Master vs avg 620.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.10)
Road miles
4
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
620.53 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
PIG ON FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG ON FIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 12th
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.
Swig & Swine 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 140 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swig & Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 163.3828 | 145.0856 | 155.23 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 140.5028 | 150.10 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 141.0972 | 153.10 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 160.5260 | 162.11 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 4 | 12 | 0 | top 74% | 2017-11-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-11-14 → 2017-11-10
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
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
Brisket
averages 162.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.10)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
620.53
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
64
27–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014)
- 2016
- First call Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.6972 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
- Career-best overall score654.6972 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8344 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.7 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-11-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | 2015-11-13 |
| -7.9 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) | 2014-11-14 |
| -6.5 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | 2016-11-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-10 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Mt. Pleasant, SC | 12 / 25 (654.6972) | 12 (163.3828) | 13 (162.8228) | 9 (166.8344) | 12 (161.6572) |
| 2016-11-11 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown Mt. Pleasant, SC | 20 / 25 (612.9944) | 15 (158.2172) | 19 (149.0856) | 21 (141.0972) | 9 (164.5944) |
| 2015-11-13 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC | 25 / 28 (612.3772) | 24 (154.2284) | 22 (147.9772) | 27 (149.6456) | 17 (160.5260) |
| 2014-11-14 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC | 24 / 30 (602.0684) | 27 (145.0856) | 28 (140.5028) | 21 (154.8228) | 13 (161.6572) |