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.
Moonshine Smoker's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2015-09-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.59
last 3 Master vs avg 623.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.19 · weakest Brisket (145.67)
Road miles
231
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
623.59 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Moonshine Smoker's 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 141 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Moonshine Smoker's did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Moonshine Smoker's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 145.1544 | 158.29 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3316 | 154.8344 | 159.45 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 157.1316 | 160.19 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 138.8000 | 145.67 | 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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2015-09-25
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
EU
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.19 · weakest Brisket (145.67)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
623.59
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
67–123 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
231
3 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) Ruhrpott BBQ
- 2015
- First call 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best overall score644.5488 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1428 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Most recent contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2015-05-23 |
| -8.8 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 89.5% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 24 / 67 (644.5488) | 8 (169.1428) | 24 (162.3316) | 41 (157.1316) | 39 (155.9428) |
| 2015-05-23 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, | 56 / 68 (620.4916) | 41 (160.5600) | 52 (154.8344) | 18 (166.2972) | 64 (138.8000) |
| 2014-10-10 | Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU | 46 / 58 (605.7372) | 56 (145.1544) | 21 (161.1772) | 29 (157.1428) | 52 (142.2628) |