High-water mark
687.9772
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.9772 at Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival — 95.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-04-24
Holla N Swalla BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1523 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.36
last 3 Master vs avg 671.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (166.83)
Road miles
301
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
671.36 / 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.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival (2015-04-24).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2015-04-24
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.
Holla N Swalla BBQ 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 80 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.
#2494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Holla N Swalla BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with Holla N Swalla BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 166.8228 | 168.17 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 164.0000 | 167.80 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 162.8228 | 168.56 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 161.0972 | 166.83 | top 29% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.56 · weakest Brisket (166.83)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
671.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
674
309–387 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
301
3 mapped stops · furthest 76 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-04-24
Power rating
1520
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Career-best overall score687.9772 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1523) Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival | 2015-04-24 |
| +8.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.4 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 26% | 95.6% | 93.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 261 / 606 (657.0400) | 223 (166.8228) | 293 (164.0000) | 259 (165.1200) | 324 (161.0972) |
| 2015-04-24 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 6 / 63 (687.9772) | 19 (168.5600) | 6 (173.1316) | 2 (177.7372) | 12 (168.5484) |
| 2013-09-27 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS | 10 / 29 (669.0744) | 12 (169.1200) | 19 (166.2744) | 25 (162.8228) | 4 (170.8572) |