A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HIGH ON THE SWINE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2014-09-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.40
last 3 Master vs avg 594.40 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.96 · weakest Chicken (145.87)
Road miles
41
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
594.40 / 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.
HIGH ON THE SWINE 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 148 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after HIGH ON THE SWINE did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with HIGH ON THE SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 156.4912 | 134.2628 | 145.87 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 147.4284 | 152.96 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0628 | 146.2854 | 149.12 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 136.0000 | 146.46 | top 68% |
“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
1.5 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-09-19
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.96 · weakest Chicken (145.87)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
594.40
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
42–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
41
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- Peak power rating (1501) Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
- 2014
- Career-best overall score624.9480 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)157.7256 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
- Most recent contest 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon | 2013-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2014-04-04 |
| -3.8 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff | 2014-09-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.8% | 82.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-19 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 29 / 41 (624.9480) | 30 (156.4912) | 27 (157.7256) | 33 (153.0628) | 21 (157.6684) |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 36 / 40 (565.6908) | 40 (134.2628) | 33 (147.4284) | 26 (147.9996) | 36 (136.0000) |
| 2013-04-05 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 26 / 52 (592.5706) | 29 (146.8570) | 18 (153.7140) | 32 (146.2854) | 33 (145.7142) |