High-water mark
678.2288
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2288 at Ignite your Passion — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 14, 2024
No Swine without Wine
No Swine without Wine is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 43 at the Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (2023). They are ranked #3617 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 2, 2023
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.13 · weakest Pork (161.97)
Road miles
437
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 179 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$52K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.06 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #698 (217 pts) | #658 (272 pts) | #742 (242 pts) | #747 (207 pts) | #593 (312 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to No Swine without Wine, each with one reason worth a look.
158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,628 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1491
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to No Swine without Wine)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team No Swine without Wine has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with No Swine without Wine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before No Swine without Wine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,624 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
They were already cooking in 2015, 8 years before No Swine without Wine's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before No Swine without Wine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SoCal Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 159.9772 | 169.13 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 151.9544 | 163.02 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 155.9428 | 161.97 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 146.8572 | 164.84 | top 56% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
146
finished ahead 77 times, behind 152
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jun 14, 2024 → Sep 12, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best overall score678.2288 Ignite your Passion
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First call Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First overall top-10 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First overall podium Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.0628 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1516) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | Jun 2, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | Jan 12, 2024 |
| -7.7 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -6.8 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival | May 31, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 78% | 94.2% | 90.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 93.6% | 92.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 29 / 35 (674.2168) | 24 (172.5484) | 30 (164.5484) | 29 (165.1200) | 15 (172) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Ignite your Passion 🏅 Winchester, CA | 15 / 22 (678.2288) | 12 (170.2972) | 10 (172.5600) | 17 (166.8344) | 13 (168.5372) |
| May 31, 2024 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 28 / 39 (647.9084) | 32 (159.9772) | 35 (155.9656) | 31 (160) | 9 (171.9656) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 54 / 58 (627.8972) | 17 (173.1428) | 54 (151.9544) | 50 (155.9428) | 57 (146.8572) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 11 / 20 (654.1944) | 9 (166.8344) | 8 (167.9656) | — | — |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 3 / 43 (337.0628) | 2 (171.9656) | 3 (165.0972) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.