A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Swine Life ahead in 100% of their meetings
Swine Life has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Sox
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-03-14
latest 2017-03-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.67
last 4 Master vs avg 627.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.07)
Road miles
5
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
627.67 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of I Smell Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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 Sox 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 145 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.
#4759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Pork Sox)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Pork Sox has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#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#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Pork Sox did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pork Sox on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 146.2400 | 160.26 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 134.6744 | 151.07 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 153.0744 | 162.25 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 143.4056 | 154.10 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2 | 65 | 0 | top 89% | 2017-03-17 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-03-14 → 2017-03-17
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
627.67
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
211
55–293 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-03-13 → 2016-03-18
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- Peak power rating (1486) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.6972 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8800 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Most recent contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | 2014-03-14 |
| -9.3 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2017-03-17 |
| -6.7 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2016-03-18 |
| -2.5 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2015-03-13 |
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 | 0% | top 96% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-17 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 65 / 68 (635.9656) | 21 (170.8800) | 60 (155.4172) | 41 (166.2628) | 67 (143.4056) |
| 2016-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 79 / 95 (634.0572) | 81 (159.9428) | 81 (154.7772) | 84 (153.0744) | 43 (166.2628) |
| 2015-03-13 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 61 / 94 (646.6972) | 64 (163.9772) | 65 (159.3944) | 53 (163.9656) | 56 (159.3600) |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 92 / 95 (593.9772) | 92 (146.2400) | 95 (134.6744) | 50 (165.7028) | 87 (147.3600) |