Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3944 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 80% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.29 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Hawg Wild in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Something about June: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.
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.
94 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Swine and Steer BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head13 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Swine and Steer BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1571 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Swine and Steer BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODSHED BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7142 | 146.7884 | 159.17 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 147.9316 | 158.14 | top 57% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 155.9428 | 164.43 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 159.4286 | 163.76 | top 28% |
“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 | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 29 | 0 | top 20% | 2015-06-26 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +9.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +8.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +6.4 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Battle of the Brisket | 2014-09-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 92.1% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 16% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 39 / 183 (652.4684) | 80 (161.6800) | 101 (158.2400) | 16 (169.7028) | 57 (162.8456) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 193 / 552 (663.3944) | 433 (157.1428) | 302 (162.8460) | 102 (171.4056) | 66 (172.0000) |
| 2014-09-19 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 39 / 46 (610.6400) | 44 (146.7884) | 43 (147.9316) | 36 (155.9428) | 17 (159.9772) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 44 / 184 (649.5652) | 58 (164.5484) | 134 (151.9656) | 22 (168.5140) | 40 (164.5372) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 29 / 183 (651.4282) | 34 (165.7142) | 13 (169.7142) | 110 (156.5712) | 73 (159.4286) |