KC FINE SWINES

KC FINE SWINES is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual (2019). They are ranked #6351 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,351

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1399

peak 1399 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 5, 2015

latest Jun 19, 2026 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#640

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

672.4688 / 720

Master · Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

639.27 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 639.84 (-0.57)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Smoke on the Bricks

Consistency

±20.14

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.57 · weakest Brisket (153.98)

Road miles

648

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$131K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

639.84 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

672.4688 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.4688 at Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 29, 2022

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 66%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 66%

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARTS 'R' SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARTS 'R' SMOKIN has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.59 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 40%.

Brisket avg 153.98
Chicken avg 167.57
1 call in 25 entries

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual (Jun 4, 2021).

last seen Aug 23, 2019
back Jun 4, 2021

Chicken nemesis

9 of 13 shared chicken entries lost

PARTS 'R' SMOKIN ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PARTS 'R' SMOKIN has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DUSTY ROADS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2025 ↗	Master	#930 (117 pts)	#830 (172 pts)	#1110 (112 pts)	#929 (122 pts)	#1000 (112 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#640 (254 pts)	#414 (539 pts)	#718 (254 pts)	#663 (259 pts)	#622 (289 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#573 (335 pts)	#1118 (120 pts)	#964 (125 pts)	#989 (120 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#769 (203 pts)	#583 (358 pts)	#832 (218 pts)	#808 (203 pts)	#871 (173 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#824 (175 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1113 (220 pts)	#834 (385 pts)	#1162 (225 pts)	#1082 (250 pts)	#1191 (210 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1713 (114 pts)	#1429 (164 pts)	#1758 (114 pts)	#1596 (124 pts)	#1506 (144 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2200 (62 pts)	#1571 (172 pts)	#2830 (57 pts)	#1924 (117 pts)	#2813 (57 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1548 (168 pts)	#1287 (248 pts)	#1354 (228 pts)	#2004 (118 pts)	#1464 (193 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to KC FINE SWINES, each with one reason worth a look.

.Smokin J's

#6,354 of the rated field

1399 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1399

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2025

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CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ

#6,352 of the rated field

1399 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1399

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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WESTHOEK SMOKERS

#6,347 of the rated field

1400 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1400

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before KC FINE SWINES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 21 contests

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Lick Da Bone BBQ

#6,346 of the rated field

1400 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1400

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 19 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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Roux BBQ

#6,350 of the rated field

1399 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1399

They turned up 7 years after KC FINE SWINES did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 18 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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PRATER'S BBQ

#6,353 of the rated field

1399 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1399

Level with KC FINE SWINES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 11, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Barking Dog BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
PIG NEWTON	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
KC SMOKE DAWGS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Pine Tar BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Who's Cookin'	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Bocephus BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke Dat Hog BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	10	2	177.7144	142.7772	167.57	top 49%
Pork Ribs	25	0	0	171.4172	130.8344	157.48	top 78%
Pork	25	1	0	171.4056	143.3828	160.80	top 70%
Brisket	25	1	0	168.5600	138.7660	153.98	top 80%

“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)	17	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Bricks	3	32	0	top 80%	Aug 8, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 25 of 25 contests

Contests visited 23 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 425 finished ahead 227 times, behind 707

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Aug 23, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

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

20262 milestones

Jun 19 25th tracked contest 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
Jun 19 Most recent contest 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life

20241 milestone

Aug 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Smoke on the Bricks

20221 milestone

Apr 29 Career-best overall score672.4688 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition

20191 milestone

Aug 23 10th tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20162 milestones

Aug 26 First call Smokin' On Oak
Aug 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3596 Smokin' On Oak

20152 milestones

Jun 5 First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 5 Peak power rating (1487) McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.4	Smokin' On Oak	Aug 26, 2016
+5.9	Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition	Apr 29, 2022
+4.4	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2019
+0.8	McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual	May 31, 2019
+0.7	McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual	May 31, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL)	Jun 5, 2015
-12.5	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q	May 6, 2016
-12.1	Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q	May 4, 2018
-8.8	10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life	Jun 14, 2024
-8.6	Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual	Jun 4, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0%	top 92%	89.5%	89.1%
2025	3	33%	top 84%	92.2%	88.6%
2024	4	50%	top 79%	91.7%	89.1%
2023	2	50%	top 76%	90.2%	89.3%
2022	3	67%	top 66%	93.4%	91%
2021	1	100%	top 88%	89.1%	89.1%
2019	3	67%	top 67%	92%	90.8%
2018	2	0%	top 86%	89.7%	86.7%
2017	1	100%	top 75%	88.8%	88.8%
2016	3	33%	top 75%	92.1%	87.4%
2015	1	0%	top 94%	83.5%	83.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 19, 2026	12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	30 / 33 (644.4568)	26 (166.8456)	29 (159.9428)	31 (157.1200)	26 (160.5484)
Jun 5, 2026	McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	28 / 30 (638.1256)	21 (167.4172)	30 (153.1084)	25 (163.3828)	29 (154.2172)
Aug 22, 2025	East Central State BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Paola, KS	24 / 27 (621.4284)	13 (171.9656)	26 (149.0400)	23 (155.3484)	25 (145.0744)
Aug 8, 2025	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	47 / 53 (628.4112)	45 (159.4400)	44 (160.5144)	49 (153.6912)	45 (154.7656)
Jun 6, 2025	McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	21 / 28 (663.9200)	10 (173.7028)	26 (158.8572)	11 (171.4056)	20 (159.9544)
Aug 23, 2024	East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship 🏅 Paola, KS	37 / 42 (624.3544)	35 (160.5028)	32 (163.3944)	33 (161.6912)	41 (138.7660)
Aug 9, 2024	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	32 / 46 (659.2804)	3 (177.7144)	34 (159.9544)	21 (169.1200)	43 (152.4916)
Jun 14, 2024	10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	33 / 34 (623.2456)	27 (163.4056)	34 (143.3600)	30 (160.5372)	26 (155.9428)
May 31, 2024	McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	22 / 35 (660.5144)	5 (174.8456)	22 (164.5716)	32 (152.5372)	15 (168.5600)
Aug 25, 2023	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	36 / 44 (637.0288)	22 (169.1428)	35 (162.8344)	39 (157.1316)	41 (147.9200)
Jun 2, 2023	McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	25 / 36 (649.0860)	2 (175.4400)	29 (158.2744)	24 (162.8572)	32 (152.5144)
Jun 3, 2022	McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	19 / 30 (653.1544)	9 (172.5600)	19 (162.3088)	18 (162.2856)	24 (156)
May 13, 2022	Bernard BBQ Battle (Formerly Brew,Blues & Bar-B-Q) 🏅 Lansing, KS	24 / 28 (641.0056)	7 (173.7028)	21 (161.1200)	26 (152.5028)	25 (153.6800)
Apr 29, 2022	Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	38 / 77 (672.4688)	39 (168.5716)	27 (171.4172)	29 (169.6800)	40 (162.8000)
Jun 4, 2021	Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual 🏅 Mclouth, KS	37 / 42 (641.6116)	6 (174.3088)	38 (157.6572)	36 (157.0856)	37 (152.5600)
Aug 23, 2019	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	35 / 66 (662.2172)	4 (175.4400)	30 (166.8572)	34 (165.7028)	53 (154.2172)
May 31, 2019	McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	15 / 25 (660.4916)	12 (165.1544)	14 (163.9544)	10 (170.8456)	17 (160.5372)
May 10, 2019	Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS	46 / 53 (637.5200)	41 (164.5256)	52 (145.6344)	24 (170.8572)	43 (156.5028)
Jun 1, 2018	McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	26 / 36 (645.6228)	30 (157.0972)	25 (161.1200)	23 (163.4400)	19 (163.9656)
May 4, 2018	Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	29 / 29 (602.7088)	15 (167.9772)	28 (148.5488)	29 (143.3828)	29 (142.8000)
Jun 2, 2017	McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	24 / 32 (639.4516)	6 (170.2972)	30 (150.8916)	13 (166.2972)	25 (151.9656)
Aug 26, 2016	Smokin' On Oak Bonner Springs, KS	15 / 37 (663.3596)	8 (171.9656)	11 (169.1428)	33 (154.8228)	10 (167.4284)
Jun 3, 2016	McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) McLouth, KS	29 / 33 (629.0744)	18 (165.7256)	17 (168)	30 (150.8572)	33 (144.4916)
May 6, 2016	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	29 / 30 (596.4116)	30 (142.7772)	30 (145.6800)	12 (166.8572)	29 (141.0972)
Jun 5, 2015	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	31 / 33 (601.0516)	25 (158.8344)	33 (130.8344)	20 (160.5600)	30 (150.8228)

KC FINE SWINES

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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

Overall rank by season

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

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)