A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
DON MARCOS BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2017-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.78
last 5 Master vs avg 612.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±64.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork (156.63)
Road miles
967
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
612.78 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.92 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.
- Pork avg 156.63
- Brisket avg 164.55
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2017-06-03).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-06-03
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.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3876 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1520
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to DON MARCOS BARBECUE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DON MARCOS BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after DON MARCOS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with DON MARCOS BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 150.7884 | 161.44 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.7256 | 152.5144 | 163.06 | top 42% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 153.6112 | 156.63 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 156.5144 | 164.55 | top 40% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 164.55 · weakest Pork (156.63)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
612.78
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
169
82–167 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
967
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-06-03
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #3871 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- 2017
- First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5600 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 BBQ An Der Burg
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1712 BBQ An Der Burg
- Peak power rating (1486) BBQ An Der Burg
- Career-best overall score654.7312 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Most recent contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
| +6.7 | BBQ An Der Burg | 2017-07-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
| -9.6 | 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2017-07-22 |
| -6.2 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2017-06-03 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 57% | 90.9% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 67.3% | 67.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 19 / 66 (654.7312) | 57 (150.7884) | 10 (168.5372) | 25 (164.5372) | 6 (170.8684) |
| 2017-07-22 | 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79418 | 36 / 40 (636.4224) | 23 (167.3712) | 34 (157.1200) | 37 (153.6684) | 29 (158.2628) |
| 2017-07-01 | BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, , 27574 | 9 / 25 (650.1712) | 5 (168.5484) | 2 (169.7256) | 19 (155.3828) | 16 (156.5144) |
| 2017-06-03 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG | 42 / 56 (638.0340) | 47 (159.3484) | 48 (152.5144) | 52 (153.6112) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 66 / 67 (484.5260) | 38 (161.1544) | 11 (167.4172) | 44 (155.9544) | — |