A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
TRUEBUD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
TRUEBUD BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Swine Tingling Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2016-06-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.54
last 4 Master vs avg 654.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.41)
Road miles
145
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
654.54 / 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 SILVER FOX BBQ 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.
Swine Tingling Barbeque 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 114 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.
#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
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#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Swine Tingling Barbeque did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swine Tingling Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
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#2905 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 170.8916 | 163.9998 | 167.44 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 151.9200 | 158.41 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 161.1200 | 164.84 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 155.9772 | 163.85 | top 46% |
“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 66% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 50% | 2016-06-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-06-11
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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
Chicken
averages 167.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.41)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
654.54
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
124
81–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
145
4 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2014-07-18
Power rating
1508
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First call Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4278 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- 2014
- Career-best overall score657.0632 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- Peak power rating (1509) 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2013-06-07 |
| +3.8 | 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2014-07-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.6 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2016-06-11 |
| -0.5 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ | 2015-07-17 |
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 | 100% | top 66% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 91% | 91% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-11 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 19 / 29 (654.2744) | 16 (167.4516) | 10 (169.7256) | 25 (161.1200) | 24 (155.9772) |
| 2015-07-17 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 29 / 48 (655.3944) | 11 (170.8916) | 39 (155.9772) | 28 (164.5256) | 26 (164.0000) |
| 2014-07-18 | 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS | 19 / 41 (657.0632) | 13 (167.4288) | 37 (151.9200) | 9 (172.0000) | 15 (165.7144) |
| 2013-06-07 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 17 / 49 (651.4278) | 26 (163.9998) | 44 (155.9998) | 25 (161.7140) | 6 (169.7142) |