SIMPLY SWINE BBQ

SIMPLY SWINE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 13th of 65 at the Stand By Your Grill (2014). They are ranked #3801 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,801

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1487

peak 1506 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 14, 2014

latest Sep 29, 2016 · 2.5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

681.1088 / 720

Master · Stand By Your Grill

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.33 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 651.70 (-2.37)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Stand By Your Grill

Consistency

±19.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.31 · weakest Brisket (159.96)

Road miles

500

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Master avg

651.70 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

681.1088 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.1088 at Stand By Your Grill — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 15, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 159.96
Pork avg 164.31
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG ED'S MSU BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

An August team

Top 51% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 51% across 3 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 63% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SIMPLY SWINE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

TENNESSEE RIVER PORKERS

#3,811 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1507

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SIMPLY SWINE BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SIMPLY SWINE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2015

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Soul Pig BBQ

#3,808 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Smoke on the Porker

#3,799 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

They turned up 9 years after SIMPLY SWINE BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 14, 2025

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Cozy Pig BBQ

#3,815 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1509

Level with SIMPLY SWINE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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SWATTY CREW BBQ

#3,809 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1487

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 15, 2022

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MR TONY'S BBQ

#3,804 of the rated field

1487 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1487

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Misfits of Smoke	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
PE LITTLE THRIGS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	171.9772	157.6916	163.32	top 69%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	169.6684	155.3484	164.12	top 54%
Pork	7	2	1	178.2972	154.8456	164.31	top 57%
Brisket	7	0	0	169.6800	145.0400	159.96	top 65%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 61%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 63%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MS	6	0	top 62%
AR	1	0	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Stand by Your Grill	3	13	0	top 51%	Aug 19, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 6 of 8 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 253 finished ahead 152 times, behind 268

Longest layoff 1 yrs Aug 14, 2015 → Aug 19, 2016

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone

Jun 9 Most recent contest Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)

20146 milestones

Mar 14 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
Aug 15 First call Stand By Your Grill
Aug 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1088 Stand By Your Grill
Aug 15 Career-best overall score681.1088 Stand By Your Grill
Aug 15 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Stand By Your Grill
Aug 15 Peak power rating (1506) Stand By Your Grill

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Stand By Your Grill	Aug 15, 2014
+2.2	Stand By Your Grill	Aug 14, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.6	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 13, 2015
-6.8	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	Mar 14, 2014
-5.6	Stand by Your Grill	Aug 19, 2016
-4.9	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 26, 2014
-0.5	Hog Wild BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	—	—	—
2016	2	0%	top 70%	92.5%	91.6%
2015	2	50%	top 70%	92.8%	90.4%
2014	3	33%	top 53%	94.6%	89.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 9, 2017	Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	17 / 28 (666.1140)	25 (161.0856)	15 (169.1084)	15 (166.2400)	12 (169.6800)
Aug 19, 2016	Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS	32 / 40 (652.3540)	35 (163.9656)	14 (169.6684)	36 (158.2056)	32 (160.5144)
Aug 14, 2015	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	31 / 57 (667.9544)	41 (164.5600)	33 (165.1200)	10 (172.5828)	37 (165.6916)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	80 / 94 (633.5312)	53 (165.6800)	49 (162.2284)	67 (160.5828)	88 (145.0400)
Sep 26, 2014	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	32 / 48 (626.6968)	34 (157.6916)	35 (155.3484)	40 (154.8456)	26 (158.8112)
Aug 15, 2014	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	13 / 65 (681.1088)	20 (171.9772)	33 (166.2628)	2 (178.2972)	34 (164.5716)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	70 / 95 (634.1368)	72 (158.2512)	53 (161.0856)	75 (159.3828)	67 (155.4172)

SIMPLY SWINE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

An August team

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)