A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The Pitmasters
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
2014-09-26
latest 2016-09-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
599.85
last 4 Master vs avg 599.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.27 · weakest Brisket (146.58)
Road miles
3,818
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 3810 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
599.85 / 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.
The long haul
3,818
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,818 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,810 miles to 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 3,810 mi
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.
The Pitmasters 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 146 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.
#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#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Pitmasters on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after The Pitmasters did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 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#4780 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 135.3600 | 152.27 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0116 | 142.3200 | 149.85 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1772 | 142.8112 | 151.14 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 136.5828 | 146.58 | top 72% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| EU | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-09-26 → 2016-09-24
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DE
1 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 152.27 · weakest Brisket (146.58)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
599.85
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
47–172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,818
4 mapped stops · furthest 3,810 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2016-09-24
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Lehigh Valley QueFest
- Peak power rating (1487) Lehigh Valley QueFest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score636.5716 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2972 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- 2016
- Most recent contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Lehigh Valley QueFest | 2014-09-26 |
| -10.4 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | 2016-09-24 |
| -9.9 | Ruhrpott BBQ | 2014-10-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83% | 80.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-24 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 60 / 67 (603.4744) | 65 (145.1200) | 37 (160.0116) | 41 (157.1772) | 63 (141.1656) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 37 / 67 (636.5716) | 23 (166.2972) | 51 (150.2516) | 46 (155.4400) | 15 (164.5828) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 49 / 58 (597.7600) | 24 (162.3200) | 52 (142.3200) | 45 (149.1200) | 47 (144.0000) |
| 2014-09-26 | Lehigh Valley QueFest Allentown, PA | 31 / 32 (561.5884) | 30 (135.3600) | 29 (146.8344) | 31 (142.8112) | 29 (136.5828) |