Saturday Night Swine

Saturday Night Swine is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 38 at the Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #2577 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,577

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1521 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 8, 2021

latest Oct 11, 2024 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#97

Backyard 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 12 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

496.4456 / 540

Backyard · Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

334.91 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 330.28 (+4.64)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±13.98

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.93)

Road miles

998

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$119K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

330.28 / 360

11 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

496.45 / 540

1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

On the rise

+29 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 29 points across 7 contests since Oct 13, 2023 — from 1489 up to 1517.

7 contests since Oct 13, 2023
now 1517

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Modest Meats has finished one call ahead of Saturday Night Swine 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

NORALA BBQ TEAM ahead in 83% of their meetings

NORALA BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.04 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.93
Pork avg 171.97
3 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bonnie Blue BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 9th

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 ↗	Backyard	#97 (645 pts)	#104 (600 pts)	#104 (585 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#163 (292 pts)	#169 (292 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#275 (105 pts)	#214 (165 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#248 (71 pts)	#266 (61 pts)	—	—

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The teams rated closest to Saturday Night Swine, each with one reason worth a look.

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THIRD SWINES CHARM

#2,571 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1518

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 29, 2026

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SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER

#2,564 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1518

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Saturday Night Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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SMOAKWOOD

#2,584 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2025

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Hogz Backyard BBQ

#2,570 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1518

Level with Saturday Night Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 6, 2021

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Fantasy Q

#2,569 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1525

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 1, 2024

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FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS

#2,581 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1529

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Saturday Night Swine's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 28, 2019

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
NORALA BBQ TEAM	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Bentley Que	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Mad Rocket Barbecue	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
2 Swine Crew	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Modest Meats	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BUTSY-Q	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Deviant Smoke	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Wee Daddy's BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Say My Name BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	2	173.7144	153.0628	165.87	top 55%
Pork Ribs	12	3	174.2628	145.6800	163.93	top 56%
Pork	1	0	171.9656	171.9656	171.97	top 31%

“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)	8	0	top 47%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	11	0	top 54%
TN	1	0	top 54%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	4	9	top 47%	Oct 11, 2024
Poosa Q	2	49	top 82%	Oct 4, 2024
Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	7	top 43%	Apr 26, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 11 of 12 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 7 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 318 finished ahead 226 times, behind 391

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20244 milestones

Apr 26 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 7 10th tracked contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1521) Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 11 Most recent contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

20231 milestone

Apr 28 Career-best overall score496.4456 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20223 milestones

Oct 7 First call Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
Oct 7 First overall top-10 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
Oct 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.5372 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)

20211 milestone

Oct 8 First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.9	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 22, 2024
+13.4	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Apr 26, 2024
+11.6	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)	Oct 7, 2022
+7.6	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)	Oct 13, 2023
+4.3	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Oct 11, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL)	Aug 4, 2023
-8.8	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)	Oct 8, 2021
-8.3	Poosa Q	Oct 5, 2023
-7.9	Poosa Q	Oct 4, 2024
-3.6	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Apr 28, 2023

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	6	2	33%	top 44%	96.7%	93.5%
2023	4	1	0%	top 69%	93%	89%
2022	1	1	100%	top 24%	94.6%	94.6%
2021	1	0	0%	top 84%	89.3%	89.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 11, 2024	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL	17 / 38 (335.9428)	17 (170.2628)	18 (165.6800)	—	—
Oct 4, 2024	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	49 / 59 (318.7428)	53 (153.6456)	42 (165.0972)	—	—
Jun 7, 2024	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	19 / 35 (336.5028)	21 (166.8228)	11 (169.6800)	—	—
May 17, 2024	The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN	21 / 39 (335.4172)	13 (172.5600)	28 (162.8572)	—	—
Apr 26, 2024	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	7 / 40 (347.9656)	9 (173.7028)	7 (174.2628)	—	—
Mar 22, 2024	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	4 / 38 (345.7144)	8 (173.7144)	10 (172)	—	—
Oct 13, 2023	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL	10 / 27 (334.7772)	13 (167.3828)	13 (167.3944)	—	—
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	59 / 73 (298.7428)	57 (153.0628)	59 (145.6800)	—	—
Aug 4, 2023	Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL	51 / 58 (317.0744)	46 (162.8000)	53 (154.2744)	—	—
Apr 28, 2023	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL	25 / 36 (496.4456)	25 (165.6684)	31 (158.8116)	11 (171.9656)	—
Oct 7, 2022	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL	9 / 38 (340.5372)	16 (167.3828)	7 (173.1544)	—	—
Oct 8, 2021	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL	26 / 31 (321.6116)	22 (163.3828)	24 (158.2288)	—	—

Saturday Night Swine

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

On the rise

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)