SWINE ASSASSINS

SWINE ASSASSINS is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede (2014). They are ranked #666 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#666

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1647

peak 1648 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Aug 9, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#266

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

60% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

691.4060 / 720

Master · Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.78 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.07 (-4.29)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede

Consistency

±10.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.71 · weakest Pork (165.53)

Road miles

3,038

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$9,525

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

671.07 / 720

20 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede (Aug 1, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIG T'Z Q CRU.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 17%

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 20 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.4060 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.4060 at Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 1, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MUSTANG SALLY BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWINE ASSASSINS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 1 Grand Championship

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 9%.

3 contests
3 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 9%

A tough matchup

9–3 behind in the head-to-head

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA ahead in 75% of their meetings

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA has come out ahead in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.17 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 30% of the time against 50%.

Pork avg 165.53
Pork Ribs avg 169.71
6 calls in 20 entries

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede on Aug 1, 2014 — 8 contests and 12.2 years ago.

last GC Aug 1, 2014
12.2 years ago

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILD SHOOTERS BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

3,038 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,038 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 279 miles to Original SD BBQ Championships.

20 mapped stops
furthest 279 mi

The metronome

±1.46% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.46% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.2% of a perfect score
20 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Up in Smoke BBQ Bash every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 7th

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1602 (145 pts)	#2014 (105 pts)	#1785 (125 pts)	#1660 (145 pts)	#2136 (80 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2209 (70 pts)	#1846 (125 pts)	#2109 (105 pts)	#2024 (115 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#563 (668 pts)	#503 (763 pts)	#714 (528 pts)	#1250 (253 pts)	#670 (553 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#266 (1,125 pts)	#200 (1,280 pts)	#236 (1,210 pts)	#283 (1,020 pts)	#323 (945 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1647

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#667 of the rated field

1647 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 79%
Peak: 1647

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DEAD BIRD BBQ

#668 of the rated field

1646 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1666

39 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

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#664 of the rated field

1647 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1651

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DIVINE SWINE

#665 of the rated field

1647 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1716

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

rated over 85 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2021

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BLAZEN BBQ

#674 of the rated field

1646 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1646

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SWINE ASSASSINS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWINE ASSASSINS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY'S Q	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
BIG T'Z Q CRU	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
WILD SHOOTERS BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
DIG-IN COOKERS	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
DRY 2 DA BONE	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Pig Skin BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
The Wicked Pig	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
FARMBOY BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Chick Hooven Swine BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	9	3	5	176.5600	160	169.18	top 32%
Pork Ribs	20	10	2	4	178.8572	161.6800	169.71	top 23%
Pork	20	6	0	0	172.0116	154.8456	165.53	top 42%
Brisket	20	10	0	4	176	150.8572	166.65	top 33%

“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)	10	1	top 30%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 19%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	13	1	top 30%
SD	3	0	top 14%
MO	2	0	top 11%
MN	2	0	top 19%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	6	7	0	top 26%	Sep 28, 2018
Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede	2	1	1	top 17%	Aug 1, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 9 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 13 of 20 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them more than once

First title Aug 1, 2014 Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede

Opponents faced 1,169 finished ahead 1,539 times, behind 280

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jul 21, 2017 → Sep 28, 2018

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

20191 milestone

Aug 9 Most recent contest 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash

20181 milestone

Sep 28 Peak power rating (1648) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20145 milestones

Jun 6 10th tracked contest SD BBQ Championships
Aug 1 First overall podium Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede
Aug 1 First Grand Championship Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede
Aug 1 Career-best overall score691.4060 Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede
Aug 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede

20135 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First call Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First category win (Chicken) Smoke Over Veishea
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9994 Smoke Over Veishea
May 31 First overall top-10 Original SD BBQ Championships

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede	Aug 1, 2014
+12.5	Iowa State BBQ Championship	Jun 21, 2013
+12.3	SD BBQ Championships	Jun 6, 2014
+11.8	Original SD BBQ Championships	May 31, 2013
+11	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jul 19, 2013
-1.4	16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash	Aug 9, 2019
-1.2	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 22, 2016

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)
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 47%	91.2%	91.2%
2018	1	0	1	0	100%	top 28%	90.9%	90.9%
2017	1	0	1	0	100%	top 18%	93.5%	93.5%
2016	1	0	0	0	0%	top 49%	92.9%	92.9%
2015	4	0	3	1	75%	top 15%	94.6%	94.4%
2014	3	1	3	2	100%	top 9%	96%	94.6%
2013	9	0	4	2	78%	top 29%	95.6%	92.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 9, 2019	16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash 🏅 Mason City, IA	18 / 38 (656.9828)	31 (162.2400)	13 (166.2628)	33 (155.9316)	3 (172.5484)
Sep 28, 2018	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	8 / 29 (654.2400)	17 (160)	8 (161.6800)	9 (164.5600)	6 (168)
Jul 21, 2017	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	9 / 49 (673.1204)	16 (167.3828)	12 (168.5600)	9 (172.0116)	21 (165.1660)
Jul 22, 2016	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	23 / 47 (669.0516)	12 (173.1200)	16 (169.7260)	14 (171.4056)	43 (154.8000)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	57 / 606 (680.4912)	134 (170.2512)	26 (175.4172)	111 (170.2744)	251 (164.5484)
Sep 11, 2015	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	6 / 32 (677.6688)	4 (173.1544)	15 (165.1316)	7 (169.1200)	7 (170.2628)
Aug 28, 2015	8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	9 / 55 (681.0856)	7 (172.5484)	8 (172.5716)	30 (161.7028)	3 (174.2628)
Jul 24, 2015	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	8 / 54 (679.9656)	17 (170.2628)	1 (177.1428)	13 (169.7144)	27 (162.8456)
Aug 1, 2014	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA	1 / 21 (691.4060)	5 (171.9772)	2 (178.8572)	13 (164.5716)	2 (176)
Jul 25, 2014	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	7 / 52 (681.0856)	1 (176.5600)	18 (168.5600)	31 (164)	13 (171.9656)
Jun 6, 2014	SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	4 / 42 (671.3716)	1 (176)	7 (169.1200)	24 (158.8344)	7 (167.4172)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	63 / 535 (666.8112)	276 (161.1200)	32 (172.5484)	177 (165.1200)	83 (168.0228)
Aug 16, 2013	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA	6 / 21 (654.3200)	2 (172.5828)	8 (162.2972)	4 (168.5828)	17 (150.8572)
Jul 26, 2013	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	21 / 66 (667.9312)	21 (167.9884)	25 (166.2628)	14 (169.7144)	25 (163.9656)
Jul 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	18 / 28 (655.3368)	23 (161.0856)	5 (171.4172)	25 (154.8456)	6 (167.9884)
Jul 12, 2013	The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN	5 / 23 (671.8856)	15 (164.5256)	11 (166.2628)	6 (170.2744)	3 (170.8228)
Jun 21, 2013	Iowa State BBQ Championship Marshalltown, IA	4 / 28 (688)	9 (170.2856)	1 (176.5716)	4 (172)	10 (169.1428)
May 31, 2013	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	6 / 41 (668.5710)	3 (170.8572)	3 (169.7142)	27 (158.2854)	6 (169.7142)
May 25, 2013	Smokin' In The Junction West Des Moines, IA	15 / 36 (664.0004)	17 (166.2856)	8 (172.0002)	16 (167.4288)	27 (158.2858)
Apr 19, 2013	Smoke Over Veishea Ames, IA	12 / 36 (667.9994)	1 (175.4284)	12 (164)	21 (162.2856)	14 (166.2854)

SWINE ASSASSINS

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 (14 found in their record)

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

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 — 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)