High-water mark
671.3488
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3488 at Independence Fire & Ice BBQ — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 6, 2017
SUDS AND SWINE
SUDS AND SWINE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 14th of 19 at the Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #329 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 6, 2017
latest Oct 4, 2024 · 7 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.42 · weakest Brisket (165.13)
Road miles
18
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$3,750
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
671.35 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
329.63 / 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 ↗ | Backyard | #329 (99 pts) | #324 (109 pts) | #337 (99 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 165.0972 | 166.54 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 164.5372 | 165.68 | top 54% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 171.4172 | 171.42 | top 16% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 165.1316 | 165.13 | top 39% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
93
finished ahead 57 times, behind 36
Longest layoff
7 yrs
Oct 6, 2017 → Oct 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
20174 milestones
- First tracked contest Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3488 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best overall score671.3488 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 14 / 19 (329.6344) | 12 (165.0972) | 14 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 24 / 76 (671.3488) | 25 (167.9772) | 26 (166.8228) | 12 (171.4172) | 30 (165.1316) |