CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 91 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. They have won 11 Grand Championships, most recently at the George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 7 times. They are ranked #330 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#330

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1716

peak 1802 · rated over 89 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Apr 9, 2021 · 8.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#19

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

7 reserve · wins it all 12% of the time

Category wins

66 podiums

Overall top-10s

54% of 91 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

705.1544 / 720

Master · Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.44 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 672.06 (-11.61)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Consistency

±14.15

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.81 · weakest Pork (166.36)

Road miles

25,888

across 91 mapped stops · furthest 1,105 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$45K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.06 / 720

91 Master contests · 11 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.1430 points from the title

Came within 1.1430 points of the Grand Championship at Covington Cork and Pork Festival (Jun 28, 2013).

Among the elite

#330 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1716 puts them #330 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1716
peak 1802
89 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Giant slayer

85 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 85-team field at DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship.

Oct 5, 2013

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Black Dog Music and Que Festival is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 6%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 3 category wins at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival (Oct 17, 2014).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 78 of 91 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 91 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

705.1544 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.1544 at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 17, 2014

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

3 EYZ BBQ has finished one call ahead of CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 4 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 26 contests, 4 Grand Championships and 7 category wins, at an average finish in the top 15%.

26 contests
20 overall top-10s
7 category wins
average top 15%

A tough matchup

22–4 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 85% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 26 shared contests.

The drought

15 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge on May 6, 2016 — 15 contests and 10.5 years ago.

last GC May 6, 2016
10.5 years ago

A strong matchup

17–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival (Apr 9, 2021).

last seen Mar 22, 2019
back Apr 9, 2021

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

4:20 Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 13% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 13% across 8 contests, versus top 25% the rest of the year.

8 August contests
top 25% the rest of the year

The long haul

25,888 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 25,888 miles across 91 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,105 miles to Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ.

91 mapped stops
furthest 1,105 mi

The metronome

±1.97% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.97% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
91 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smokin In the Square every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 1st

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1445 (125 pts)	#1459 (145 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#881 (345 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1206 (200 pts)	#1319 (180 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#930 (345 pts)	#1270 (200 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#788 (480 pts)	#784 (505 pts)	#610 (660 pts)	#606 (665 pts)	#1090 (310 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#396 (986 pts)	#530 (766 pts)	#402 (981 pts)	#416 (966 pts)	#635 (626 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#119 (1,923 pts)	#175 (1,518 pts)	#71 (1,954 pts)	#127 (1,673 pts)	#165 (1,650 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#36 (2,452 pts)	#39 (2,274 pts)	#21 (2,357 pts)	#79 (1,931 pts)	#25 (2,470 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#19 (2,634 pts)	#5 (2,677 pts)	#10 (2,564 pts)	#101 (1,700 pts)	#20 (2,488 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

THE BASIC BBQ TEAM

#328 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 70
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1731

4–1 in 5 shared contests (80% to CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 69 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

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Bald Hawg BBQ

#332 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 157
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1803

4–6 in 10 shared contests (40% to CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ)

They've been 1803 at their best, 87 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 155 contests
last seen Jul 10, 2025

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DRAGON BBQ

#329 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1717

Fewer contests behind them than CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ has cooked, 61 to 91, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 56 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2019

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Bentley Que

#327 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1716

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 51 contests, alongside a 57% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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PUDDLEDUCK BBQ

#331 of the rated field

1716 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1716

They turned up 11 years after CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026
on a 7-contest top-10 run

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THUMP & STRUM BBQ

#335 of the rated field

1715 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 118
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1804

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ)

Level with CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 116 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
3 EYZ BBQ	32	13	19	41%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	31	15	16	48%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	26	16	10	62%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	26	16	10	62%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	26	4	22	15%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	24	11	13	46%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	23	17	6	74%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	22	14	8	64%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	21	11	10	52%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	21	9	12	43%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	20	14	6	70%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	91	44	9	17	180 🔥	140.5708	169.81	top 32%
Pork Ribs	91	48	7	22	178.2972	150.2856	168.56	top 29%
Pork	91	32	3	9	178.2972	143.4280	166.36	top 37%
Brisket	91	38	7	18	179.4400	143.9656	167.32	top 34%

“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)	2	1	top 11%
Medium (20–39)	28	5	top 22%
Large (40+)	61	5	top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
VA	16	5	top 13%
MD	15	2	top 15%
FL	12	1	top 37%
LA	8	0	top 39%
GA	6	0	top 31%
AL	6	0	top 37%
NC	5	0	top 12%
MO	4	0	top 23%
AR	3	0	top 49%
DE	3	0	top 11%
TN	2	0	top 8%
OH	2	1	top 18%
SC	2	0	top 23%
OK	1	0	top 57%
KY	1	0	top 50%
MS	1	1	top 4%
WV	1	0	top 59%
PA	1	0	top 10%
IN	1	0	top 16%
NJ	1	1	top 1%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin In the Square	7	1	1	top 41%	Mar 15, 2019
Flames on the Flint	5	11	0	top 36%	Mar 9, 2018
Hammond BBQ	4	6	0	top 37%	Mar 22, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	3	12	0	top 49%	Oct 9, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	3	4	0	top 21%	Sep 4, 2015
Black Dog Music and Que Festival	2	1	2	top 6%	Sep 12, 2014
Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2	1	1	top 18%	Oct 16, 2015
VA BBQ Championships	2	1	1	top 15%	Aug 21, 2015
BBQ Jamboree	2	1	1	top 6%	May 8, 2015
World Barbecue Championship	2	10	0	top 35%	Nov 8, 2017
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2	2	0	top 8%	Oct 21, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	6	0	top 23%	Jun 12, 2015
Plant City Pig Jam	2	2	0	top 4%	Nov 21, 2014
Hog Happnin'	2	6	0	top 10%	Oct 31, 2014
Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2	10	0	top 22%	May 2, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 27 contests · 4 GCs

Contests a season 11.4 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 16 of 91 contests · 20 states in all

Contests visited 64 15 of them more than once

First title Mar 1, 2013 Smokin in the Square

Opponents faced 2,546 finished ahead 4,603 times, behind 1,264

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Mar 22, 2019 → Apr 9, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Apr 9 Most recent contest Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival

20171 milestone

Mar 24 Peak power rating (1802) Hammond BBQ

20152 milestones

Aug 14 10th Grand Championship 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash
Sep 11 25th category win 11th Annual Recovery Fest

20144 milestones

May 9 5th Grand Championship Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
Oct 17 First multi-meat day Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
Oct 17 50th tracked contest Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
Oct 17 Career-best overall score705.1544 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

201313 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 25 First call Lakeland Pig Festival
Mar 1 First category win (Brisket) Smokin in the Square
Mar 1 First overall top-10 Smokin in the Square
Mar 1 First overall podium Smokin in the Square
Mar 1 First Grand Championship Smokin in the Square
Mar 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1424 Smokin in the Square
May 17 First Reserve Championship Middletown BBQ Cook Off
May 17 10th tracked contest Middletown BBQ Cook Off
Sep 13 10th category win Black Dog Music and Que Festival
Oct 5 Biggest field won (85 teams) DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
Oct 18 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
Nov 15 25th tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Smokin in the Square	Mar 1, 2013
+13.4	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	Apr 26, 2013
+12.5	Middletown BBQ Cook Off	May 17, 2013
+12.4	BBQ, Bands & Brews	Jun 21, 2013
+11.8	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival	Mar 8, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-18.4	Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival	Apr 9, 2021
-14	Smokin In the Square	Mar 16, 2018
-13.7	Smokin In the Square	Mar 15, 2019
-13.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	Oct 18, 2013
-10.4	Hammond BBQ	Mar 22, 2019

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0	0	0%	top 78%	89%	89%
2019	2	0	0	0	50%	top 63%	93%	92.3%
2018	3	0	0	0	67%	top 61%	93.5%	92.8%
2017	5	0	1	0	80%	top 39%	95.2%	93.5%
2016	8	1	2	1	88%	top 23%	96.9%	95.1%
2015	19	2	8	4	63%	top 29%	96.7%	93.5%
2014	26	4	20	7	96%	top 15%	97.9%	94.1%
2013	27	4	18	14	100%	top 20%	96.1%	92.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 9, 2021	Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival 🏅 Jacksonville, FL	31 / 40 (641.0172)	34 (159.3828)	30 (162.8344)	26 (166.2744)	33 (152.5256)
Mar 22, 2019	Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA	28 / 48 (669.5884)	20 (170.8112)	37 (162.8000)	35 (164.5372)	20 (171.4400)
Mar 15, 2019	Smokin In the Square 🏅 Pensacola, FL	24 / 35 (659.8860)	29 (162.2400)	27 (162.8116)	29 (157.6572)	2 (177.1772)
Mar 23, 2018	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	23 / 48 (669.5652)	25 (167.9656)	13 (171.9884)	24 (166.2284)	32 (163.3828)
Mar 16, 2018	Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL	39 / 49 (662.1600)	41 (166.2284)	34 (164.5716)	10 (174.2628)	44 (157.0972)
Mar 9, 2018	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	23 / 42 (673.0052)	30 (165.0740)	27 (166.8228)	9 (171.9656)	21 (169.1428)
Nov 8, 2017	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	54 / 93 (667.8740)	62 (166.8228)	26 (170.8228)	81 (160.5256)	28 (169.7028)
Apr 21, 2017	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	27 / 47 (657.6456)	9 (172.5600)	22 (165.1200)	9 (176)	38 (143.9656)
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	6 / 55 (685.6228)	18 (172.5600)	2 (177.1428)	30 (167.3828)	23 (168.5372)
Mar 17, 2017	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	13 / 38 (678.7084)	9 (175.4056)	21 (165.0972)	7 (174.2628)	26 (163.9428)
Mar 10, 2017	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	24 / 67 (675.2916)	53 (160.5028)	5 (175.4172)	3 (176.5600)	49 (162.8116)
Nov 11, 2016	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	10 / 89 (690.2172)	40 (170.8228)	9 (175.4288)	26 (170.8228)	23 (173.1428)
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	14 / 96 (690.2284)	16 (174.2628)	34 (171.4400)	12 (173.7028)	34 (170.8228)
Oct 14, 2016	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cookoff Munfordville, KY	17 / 34 (678.7084)	7 (174.2628)	14 (170.8228)	20 (168.5256)	28 (165.0972)
Sep 23, 2016	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	12 / 36 (680.4340)	29 (161.6456)	4 (176.5600)	12 (170.8228)	11 (171.4056)
May 6, 2016	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	1 / 27 (697.6688)	5 (173.1200)	2 (176.0116)	1 (176.5600)	7 (171.9772)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	12 / 58 (684.4572)	26 (169.6800)	10 (173.1200)	6 (174.2628)	32 (167.3944)
Mar 18, 2016	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	18 / 43 (678.1600)	5 (175.4056)	24 (166.8344)	15 (170.8228)	28 (165.0972)
Mar 11, 2016	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	11 / 89 (677.0284)	50 (166.2284)	26 (169.1316)	10 (171.9656)	19 (169.7028)
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	15 / 49 (670.7540)	29 (162.8456)	17 (167.9656)	13 (169.6684)	13 (170.2744)
Oct 16, 2015	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	12 / 36 (682.8116)	17 (169.6684)	26 (161.1316)	4 (175.4516)	6 (176.5600)
Oct 9, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	20 / 50 (692.5256)	21 (173.1200)	5 (177.1428)	14 (175.4056)	43 (166.8572)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	104 / 606 (674.7656)	39 (175.4056)	335 (162.8116)	40 (174.2856)	297 (162.2628)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	123 / 187 (669.0740)	57 (172.5484)	141 (163.4056)	54 (171.4400)	154 (161.6800)
Sep 11, 2015	11th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA	7 / 29 (659.9428)	1 (178.2972)	15 (158.8344)	9 (165.7028)	15 (157.1084)
Sep 4, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	9 / 30 (675.9200)	23 (165.1084)	2 (175.4516)	9 (169.6800)	14 (165.6800)
Aug 21, 2015	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	13 / 46 (667.3600)	17 (165.7028)	14 (166.8572)	26 (164.5256)	11 (170.2744)
Aug 14, 2015	14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	1 / 46 (696.5944)	8 (174.8456)	2 (177.1772)	9 (171.4400)	4 (173.1316)
Jun 19, 2015	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	24 / 41 (662.8000)	30 (165.7028)	15 (170.8684)	3 (176.5600)	37 (149.6688)
Jun 12, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	7 / 29 (663.3600)	1 (177.7372)	4 (169.7028)	6 (166.8228)	26 (149.0972)
May 29, 2015	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	6 / 32 (666.2400)	18 (163.9772)	7 (168.5944)	8 (167.4056)	9 (166.2628)
May 8, 2015	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	1 / 65 (688.5028)	15 (167.3828)	5 (170.2744)	3 (174.2856)	1 (176.5600)
May 1, 2015	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	2 / 64 (681.0628)	7 (173.1084)	6 (168.5716)	16 (165.1200)	3 (174.2628)
Apr 24, 2015	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA	3 / 18 (664.4224)	10 (161.0740)	1 (178.2972)	9 (164.5484)	8 (160.5028)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	17 / 99 (657.0852)	47 (161.6912)	25 (165.1656)	38 (162.2284)	16 (168)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	24 / 56 (668.4228)	13 (170.8228)	14 (170.8228)	40 (162.2284)	26 (164.5488)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	36 / 72 (678.1828)	42 (169.6800)	42 (168.5600)	32 (169.6800)	28 (170.2628)
Mar 6, 2015	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	20 / 48 (674.7200)	31 (165.0856)	9 (170.2744)	17 (169.6800)	19 (169.6800)
Nov 21, 2014	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	2 / 39 (679.8968)	2 (175.4056)	5 (170.2628)	15 (166.2628)	13 (167.9656)
Oct 31, 2014	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	7 / 61 (686.8000)	5 (176)	3 (176.0116)	7 (172.5600)	41 (162.2284)
Oct 24, 2014	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	2 / 92 (693.1312)	46 (168.0228)	2 (177.1428)	12 (173.7028)	18 (174.2628)
Oct 17, 2014	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	1 / 36 (705.1544)	1 (176.5828)	8 (170.8344)	1 (178.2972)	1 (179.4400)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	10 / 165 (691.3944)	76 (169.6684)	4 (177.7372)	6 (177.1544)	86 (166.8344)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	10 / 552 (695.9660)	38 (175.4172)	3 (178.2972)	113 (170.8344)	80 (171.4172)
Sep 26, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	12 / 50 (693.1092)	5 (177.7144)	15 (173.1316)	8 (174.8688)	39 (167.3944)
Sep 12, 2014	Black Dog Music and Que Festival Floyd, VA	1 / 21 (694.7884)	4 (174.2628)	6 (170.2628)	2 (176)	3 (174.2628)
Sep 5, 2014	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off York, PA	4 / 39 (666.7656)	9 (169.1200)	3 (169.7028)	5 (167.4056)	14 (160.5372)
Aug 29, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	6 / 30 (667.8972)	4 (174.2744)	3 (172.5600)	8 (165.1200)	23 (155.9428)
Aug 22, 2014	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	1 / 43 (689.7488)	3 (171.4172)	1 (174.2972)	3 (170.8800)	2 (173.1544)
Aug 8, 2014	MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD	7 / 54 (657.6000)	5 (171.9656)	2 (173.1428)	40 (151.9428)	19 (160.5488)
Aug 1, 2014	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	4 / 59 (668.5256)	31 (160.5484)	4 (173.1544)	21 (161.1200)	2 (173.7028)
Jul 18, 2014	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	8 / 51 (681.1084)	13 (173.7028)	23 (165.7028)	9 (172.5484)	11 (169.1544)
Jun 27, 2014	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	4 / 26 (673.6112)	6 (167.3944)	3 (171.9884)	13 (162.8228)	5 (171.4056)
Jun 13, 2014	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	21 / 73 (671.8852)	26 (168.5600)	18 (169.1428)	23 (168.5140)	34 (165.6684)
Jun 6, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	6 / 28 (671.8972)	9 (171.9656)	21 (161.0972)	11 (165.1316)	5 (173.7028)
May 30, 2014	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	6 / 30 (658.8344)	2 (177.1772)	13 (161.7372)	24 (151.9200)	5 (168)
May 9, 2014	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD	1 / 43 (663.3828)	12 (162.8344)	5 (163.9656)	6 (164.0344)	1 (172.5484)
May 2, 2014	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	10 / 59 (665.0628)	4 (172.5600)	17 (162.8228)	18 (163.9772)	14 (165.7028)
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	4 / 55 (681.6344)	31 (165.0972)	6 (171.9772)	20 (165.6800)	1 (178.8800)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	13 / 109 (651.4172)	6 (172.5828)	22 (163.4516)	73 (150.8228)	15 (164.5600)
Mar 27, 2014	BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL	12 / 21 (671.2912)	8 (170.8228)	10 (169.6800)	18 (160.5256)	9 (170.2628)
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	19 / 61 (674.7428)	32 (167.3828)	6 (173.1316)	50 (158.8228)	9 (175.4056)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	12 / 43 (668.5372)	14 (168.5944)	19 (166.8800)	38 (156.5028)	1 (176.5600)
Mar 7, 2014	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	8 / 46 (683.9084)	5 (175.4172)	6 (174.2744)	37 (161.1084)	7 (173.1084)
Dec 6, 2013	Christmas on the River State Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL	14 / 29 (660.9368)	16 (165.6684)	20 (160.5144)	16 (166.2284)	9 (168.5256)
Nov 22, 2013	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	2 / 53 (674.7540)	17 (166.2512)	38 (158.8000)	1 (177.1428)	2 (172.5600)
Nov 15, 2013	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA	6 / 79 (691.9428)	5 (176.5600)	39 (167.4172)	31 (169.1084)	2 (178.8572)
Nov 1, 2013	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	6 / 75 (686.1940)	32 (168.5256)	29 (166.8112)	4 (176.5600)	11 (174.2972)
Oct 18, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	42 / 50 (668.4456)	1 (180)	47 (163.9428)	32 (165.6800)	47 (158.8228)
Oct 11, 2013	3rd Annual High Point BBQ Clarksburg, MD	4 / 31 (661.0856)	8 (167.4284)	1 (172.5716)	16 (158.8228)	9 (162.2628)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	1 / 85 (670.2972)	1 (173.1772)	3 (170.3316)	34 (156.5256)	3 (170.2628)
Sep 13, 2013	Black Dog Music and Que Festival Floyd, VA	1 / 16 (679.9312)	1 (175.4400)	2 (172)	10 (158.2284)	3 (174.2628)
Sep 6, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Chesapeake, VA	3 / 30 (669.6912)	24 (160.0112)	1 (171.4172)	5 (168.5600)	5 (169.7028)
Aug 23, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	4 / 29 (666.2628)	2 (173.1200)	5 (166.8916)	12 (161.6912)	11 (164.5600)
Aug 9, 2013	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	9 / 60 (660.4452)	12 (166.2284)	2 (173.1544)	29 (155.9196)	13 (165.1428)
Jul 19, 2013	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	5 / 45 (659.8628)	3 (171.9656)	6 (165.1660)	32 (153.6228)	2 (169.1084)
Jun 28, 2013	Covington Cork and Pork Festival Covington, VA	2 / 25 (665.7142)	6 (170.8572)	1 (169.1430)	18 (154.8568)	5 (170.8572)
Jun 21, 2013	BBQ, Bands & Brews Palmyra, VA	1 / 25 (673.7144)	1 (176)	5 (166.2858)	11 (161.7142)	3 (169.7144)
Jun 14, 2013	Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD	19 / 63 (645.7134)	4 (171.4284)	46 (150.8570)	15 (165.1426)	28 (158.2854)
May 31, 2013	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	2 / 25 (679.4292)	1 (175.4286)	6 (165.1432)	2 (172.5716)	4 (166.2858)
May 25, 2013	The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Ritchie, MD	17 / 38 (633.7132)	37 (140.5708)	2 (169.7140)	25 (154.2856)	6 (169.1428)
May 17, 2013	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	2 / 56 (657.1424)	5 (166.8570)	23 (155.4286)	12 (162.2854)	1 (172.5714)
May 10, 2013	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	6 / 60 (645.7140)	11 (164.5712)	7 (164)	14 (160)	16 (157.1428)
May 3, 2013	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	15 / 55 (645.1424)	9 (168.5712)	29 (156.5714)	36 (152)	6 (167.9998)
Apr 26, 2013	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	3 / 71 (675.4284)	3 (172)	24 (164)	12 (170.8572)	7 (168.5712)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	11 / 106 (645.1428)	1 (175.4286)	67 (150.2856)	38 (158.2856)	17 (161.1430)
Mar 29, 2013	Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA	21 / 44 (659.9998)	8 (172.0002)	1 (176.5714)	40 (152.5712)	26 (158.8570)
Mar 22, 2013	Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA	28 / 50 (657.7138)	42 (162.2854)	5 (174.2858)	14 (167.4284)	46 (153.7142)
Mar 8, 2013	BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile, AL	7 / 56 (679.9994)	3 (174.2856)	1 (177.1428)	12 (170.2856)	37 (158.2854)
Mar 1, 2013	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	1 / 37 (681.1424)	2 (178.8572)	26 (158.2856)	16 (167.4282)	1 (176.5714)
Jan 25, 2013	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	31 / 70 (641.7136)	21 (165.7140)	16 (163.4286)	65 (143.4280)	7 (169.1430)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

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, 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)