High-water mark
662.7084
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7084 at Atlanta BBQ Store Classic — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 18, 2022
Yesterday's Swine
Yesterday's Swine is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 17 at the Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #4681 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 15, 2022
latest Oct 5, 2023 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.48 · weakest Brisket (159.96)
Road miles
899
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 233 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$81K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.07 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
484.97 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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.
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)
The teams rated closest to Yesterday's Swine, each with one reason worth a look.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Yesterday's Swine)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Yesterday's Swine has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Yesterday's Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,703 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,684 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Yesterday's Swine's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with Yesterday's Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 157.0856 | 163.86 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 156.5260 | 162.57 | top 72% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.2400 | 165.48 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 150.7888 | 159.96 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 81% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
2 of 7 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
302
finished ahead 52 times, behind 352
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- First call Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0056 Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1495) Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score662.7084 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition | Sep 16, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 17, 2023 |
| -10.1 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
| -8 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Jul 15, 2022 |
| -2.5 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 18, 2022 |
| -1.9 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 14, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 87% | 90.7% | 89.8% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 92% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 66 / 73 (652.9716) | 56 (164.5372) | 38 (168.5372) | 55 (165.6684) | 70 (154.2288) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Chelsea, AL | 12 / 17 (484.9712) | 10 (164.5256) | 15 (157.0628) | 11 (163.3828) | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 79 / 80 (640.4004) | 59 (167.9656) | 74 (156.5260) | 56 (165.1200) | 80 (150.7888) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 30 / 57 (662.7084) | 52 (157.0856) | 26 (167.3828) | 6 (173.7028) | 39 (164.5372) |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 20 (168.5256) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY | 13 / 24 (661.0056) | 15 (166.2400) | 16 (159.9772) | 15 (162.7884) | 6 (172) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 30 / 31 (643.2800) | 31 (162.8116) | 30 (159.9656) | 29 (162.2400) | 30 (158.2628) |