A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUMP & STRUM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUMP & STRUM BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Swine Commander
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1452
peak 1452 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-04-04
latest 2015-07-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.85
last 4 Master vs avg 600.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.59 · weakest Brisket (143.50)
Road miles
28
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
600.85 / 720
4 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.
Swine Commander 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.
#5451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
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#5447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swine Commander on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
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#5421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
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#5450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
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#5416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
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 | 172.6172 | 153.1200 | 160.59 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2284 | 142.2744 | 149.26 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0856 | 139.3484 | 147.51 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7772 | 137.0400 | 143.50 | top 94% |
“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
1.3 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2015-07-24
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.59 · weakest Brisket (143.50)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
600.85
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
15–251 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
28
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1452
peak 1452 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- Peak power rating (1487) Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief
- Career-best overall score611.3256 Racing for the BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.6172 Racing for the BBQ
- 2015
- Most recent contest Racing for the BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Racing for the BBQ | 2014-07-25 |
| -12.6 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2014-04-04 |
| -12.5 | Racing for the BBQ | 2015-07-24 |
| -10.1 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
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 | 0% | top 93% | 83.5% | 82.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.9% | 84% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-24 | Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO | 62 / 63 (591.7832) | 60 (153.1200) | 61 (147.9544) | 62 (145.6572) | 60 (145.0516) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 69 / 78 (601.5196) | 46 (157.1656) | 48 (154.2284) | 64 (153.0856) | 76 (137.0400) |
| 2014-07-25 | Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 52 / 54 (611.3256) | 11 (172.6172) | 47 (152.5828) | 54 (139.3484) | 50 (146.7772) |
| 2014-04-04 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 72 / 75 (598.7884) | 55 (159.4400) | 73 (142.2744) | 69 (151.9312) | 67 (145.1428) |