A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Fork BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Fork BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Meat-A-Swing'n
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-26
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.36
last 3 Master vs avg 616.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.12 · weakest Brisket (147.43)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
616.36 / 720
3 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 SMF 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.
Meat-A-Swing'n has 3 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 149 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Meat-A-Swing'n did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Meat-A-Swing'n on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5944 | 154.2972 | 155.07 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 144.5256 | 152.74 | top 78% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 154.8456 | 161.12 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 141.1316 | 147.43 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 3 | 68 | 0 | top 80% | 2016-09-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-09-26 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.12 · weakest Brisket (147.43)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
163
67–265 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2016
- Career-best overall score638.8112 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9656 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2014-09-26 |
| -11.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2015-09-25 |
| -2.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2016-09-23 |
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 61% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 68 / 111 (638.8112) | 93 (154.3084) | 66 (159.9772) | 30 (167.9656) | 67 (156.5600) |
| 2015-09-25 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 100 / 112 (606.2856) | 79 (156.5944) | 92 (153.7140) | 80 (154.8456) | 110 (141.1316) |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 100 / 112 (603.9772) | 95 (154.2972) | 103 (144.5256) | 68 (160.5600) | 95 (144.5944) |