BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5858

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1439

peak 1439 · rated over 32 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-15

latest 2023-08-04

Best ToY finish

#368

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 35 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0744 / 720

Master · 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.76 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.58 (+13.18)

Walk rate

49%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Chicken · *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival

Consistency

±20.67

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 162.42 · weakest Pork (159.29)

Road miles

4,382

mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 276 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$78K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.58 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

677.0744 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0744 at 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-07-10

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 43%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

28–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 28 of their 28 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LICENSE TO GRILL in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

19 of 28 shared brisket entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 19 of 28 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PapaDads BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,382 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,382 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 276 miles to PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition.

35 mapped stops
furthest 276 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Two Brews BBQ

#5847 of the rated field

1439 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1506 at their best, 67 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Bubba's BBQ

#5862 of the rated field

1438 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1438

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA

#5850 of the rated field

1439 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1439

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE has cooked, 15 to 35, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Red and Black BBQ Shack

#5860 of the rated field

1439 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

New Life BBQ

#5859 of the rated field

1439 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1439

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Northstar BBQ

#5854 of the rated field

1439 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Level with BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	28	0	28	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	27	1	26	4%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	26	3	23	12%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
S & G BBQ	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
40 CALIBER BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
QUEFELLAS BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	4	1	2	178.8800	143.9544	160.36	top 74%
Pork Ribs	35	6	0	0	171.9772	144.4572	160.57	top 68%
Pork	32	1	0	1	174.8572	143.3944	159.29	top 73%
Brisket	32	11	0	2	175.4400	149.0856	162.42	top 54%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MI	23	top 71%
IN	7	top 83%
OH	2	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 81%
Medium (20–39)	27	top 72%
Large (40+)	4	top 75%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
All American BBQ Throwdown	4	13	top 74%	2023-08-04
8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2)	2	21	top 84%	2022-05-14
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2	10	top 56%	2021-07-16
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	20	top 75%	2020-09-25
Rockin BBQ	2	36	top 76%	2020-05-29
*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	10	top 68%	2018-09-21

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.2 yrs 2015-05-15 → 2023-08-04

Busiest season 2020 6 contests

Contests a season 3.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 25 of 35 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 24 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 35 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 162.42 · weakest Pork (159.29)

Walk rate 49% a top-10 call in 17 of 35 contests

Overall top-10 rate 9% 3 of 35 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 642.58 out of 720 · 32 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 303 289–704 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,382 35 mapped stops · furthest 276 mi

Schedule strength 1584 average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests

Purse competed for $77,600 listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 15 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2022-05-14 → 2023-08-04

Power rating 1439 peak 1439 · #5858 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 15 First tracked contest WBA Pork In The Park
Jul 10 First call 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0744 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 Career-best overall score677.0744 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 Peak power rating (1500) 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
2016
Sep 2 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2018
Sep 21 First overall top-10 *The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com
Oct 12 First category win (Chicken) *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
Oct 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival
2020
Sep 11 25th tracked contest Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1
2023
Aug 4 Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2018-10-12
+13.4	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2018-09-21
+9.8	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2021-07-16
+8.6	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2015-07-10
+5.2	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown	2018-08-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	PigMaina Lima	2016-05-27
-10.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-17
-9.1	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park	2016-05-20
-8.8	WBA Pork In The Park	2015-05-15
-8.5	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2017-09-22

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	2	0	0	0%	top 68%	91.5%	91.5%
2022	2	0	0	0%	top 84%	91.1%	91.1%
2021	4	1	0	75%	top 59%	93.2%	91.7%
2020	6	0	0	17%	top 84%	91.3%	88.9%
2019	4	0	0	100%	top 74%	92.9%	91.2%
2018	4	2	1	100%	top 43%	93.2%	91.1%
2017	3	0	0	33%	top 81%	88.7%	87.4%
2016	6	0	0	17%	top 86%	89.9%	86.6%
2015	4	0	0	75%	top 70%	94%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	30 / 44 (658.7084)	36 (164.5256)	42 (156.5144)	21 (166.8456)	11 (170.8228)
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	25 (163.4516)	—	—
2022-05-14	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	21 / 25 (655.3600)	19 (169.1200)	19 (163.3828)	16 (167.3944)	24 (155.4628)
2022-05-13	8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	30 / 36 (655.8628)	27 (166.2628)	28 (162.2400)	32 (161.0972)	23 (166.2628)
2021-09-24	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	20 / 28 (655.8288)	28 (159.3716)	19 (163.3944)	23 (163.3828)	7 (169.6800)
2021-08-06	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	22 / 32 (653.0400)	28 (157.0972)	22 (159.3828)	17 (165.6800)	7 (170.8800)
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	10 / 27 (671.3028)	25 (158.7884)	10 (166.2516)	3 (174.8572)	4 (171.4056)
2021-07-16	Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	16 (163.3828)	—	—
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	22 / 28 (657.6112)	26 (161.6800)	24 (163.3944)	14 (165.6684)	13 (166.8684)
2020-09-12	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	26 / 26 (641.5544)	16 (168.5372)	23 (161.0972)	22 (162.8344)	26 (149.0856)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	35 / 36 (607.1200)	36 (153.6572)	34 (144.4572)	34 (154.2056)	33 (154.8000)
2020-09-11	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	29 (156.5488)	—	—
2020-08-07	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	33 / 42 (644.4344)	32 (161.0972)	30 (162.8228)	33 (156.5488)	25 (163.9656)
2020-05-29	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	44 / 66 (648.4688)	57 (155.9544)	39 (162.8344)	49 (157.1200)	4 (172.5600)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	20 / 28 (664.5144)	23 (164.5716)	15 (166.8228)	26 (157.6800)	3 (175.4400)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	21 / 28 (654.1828)	24 (158.2628)	4 (171.9772)	14 (168.0000)	25 (155.9428)
2019-05-10	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	36 / 42 (637.5200)	34 (158.8116)	40 (147.3600)	31 (159.9428)	8 (171.4056)
2019-03-22	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition 🏅 Franklin, IN	18 / 29 (669.0056)	5 (176.5600)	26 (162.8228)	22 (162.2400)	17 (167.3828)
2018-10-12	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	6 / 38 (667.9772)	1 (178.8800)	13 (163.9772)	26 (157.1200)	7 (168.0000)
2018-09-21	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	10 / 28 (670.7428)	24 (161.1200)	5 (171.9656)	13 (166.2400)	3 (171.4172)
2018-08-03	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	20 / 39 (654.7428)	22 (164.5256)	19 (164.5600)	27 (154.8116)	7 (170.8456)
2018-06-22	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	21 / 30 (631.2912)	26 (150.2172)	23 (156.5256)	23 (157.7028)	7 (166.8456)
2017-09-22	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	24 / 24 (626.0800)	24 (149.6344)	24 (153.0856)	17 (165.6800)	19 (157.6800)
2017-09-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	18 / 27 (638.6744)	23 (151.3256)	6 (167.4400)	19 (161.0972)	20 (158.8116)
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	28 / 37 (623.2912)	25 (160.5712)	32 (151.9544)	29 (153.6684)	22 (157.0972)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	25 / 30 (638.1828)	27 (157.6684)	18 (161.7372)	15 (163.4056)	25 (155.3716)
2016-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	13 / 16 (647.3940)	15 (154.8112)	7 (166.3200)	15 (156.5484)	6 (169.7144)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	34 / 39 (615.8056)	21 (159.4284)	27 (159.3600)	36 (146.2400)	33 (150.7772)
2016-06-10	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	17 / 20 (616.4684)	19 (151.9428)	17 (155.3944)	17 (157.7256)	16 (151.4056)
2016-05-27	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	27 / 29 (618.5484)	27 (153.0628)	28 (153.6228)	25 (155.3600)	26 (156.5028)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	24 / 28 (605.6340)	18 (152.5368)	24 (148.5600)	23 (152.5828)	22 (151.9544)
2015-09-11	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	25 / 34 (633.5200)	8 (172.5600)	28 (155.3600)	34 (147.3484)	21 (158.2516)
2015-07-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI	26 / 28 (618.7544)	25 (155.9656)	9 (168.5828)	27 (143.3944)	27 (150.8116)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	12 / 39 (677.0744)	2 (178.8800)	26 (163.9544)	18 (169.1200)	15 (165.1200)
2015-05-15	WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI	18 / 22 (603.8628)	21 (143.9544)	15 (159.4284)	19 (145.6684)	13 (154.8116)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1118 (120 pts)	#1210 (80 pts)	#959 (130 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#954 (130 pts)	#978 (140 pts)	#1050 (140 pts)	#945 (155 pts)	#1001 (125 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#588 (277 pts)	#859 (162 pts)	#530 (373 pts)	#482 (387 pts)	#388 (522 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#368 (299 pts)	#365 (329 pts)	#354 (357 pts)	#342 (354 pts)	#237 (494 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#914 (300 pts)	#861 (360 pts)	#771 (420 pts)	#993 (290 pts)	#641 (530 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#725 (463 pts)	#740 (473 pts)	#791 (453 pts)	#1026 (298 pts)	#516 (718 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1307 (201 pts)	#1545 (176 pts)	#1182 (281 pts)	#1317 (231 pts)	#1307 (231 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#941 (353 pts)	#987 (363 pts)	#886 (433 pts)	#949 (398 pts)	#862 (423 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1116 (260 pts)	#916 (380 pts)	#1111 (295 pts)	#1357 (225 pts)	#1129 (270 pts)