SWINE DINING GA GA

Power ranking

#978

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1547 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-01

latest 2020-03-06

Best ToY finish

#210

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3372 / 720

Master · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

678.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 677.88 (+0.86)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Consistency

±9.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.28 · weakest Brisket (167.74)

Road miles

1923

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 480 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Purse competed for

$175K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.88 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

YES, DEAR BBQ has finished one call ahead of SWINE DINING GA 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of RUNWAY SMOKE in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Finished level on points with the champion at Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (2019-08-23) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.

😤 Pork Ribs nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, Under the Radar has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 4 of 27 at their very first tracked contest, Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) (2019-02-01).

Teams like this (closest power rating, GA first)

NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' #963 · 1540 · GA Killer B's BBQ #995 · 1537 · GA BITE ME #959 · 1540 · GA 4 Paws BBQ #997 · 1537 · GA Pop's Smoke on the Hill #1051 · 1533 · GA DUVALL'S PORK PIT CREW #898 · 1545 · GA

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
FYC BARBEQUE	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
RUNWAY SMOKE	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Angry Jack BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CLAUDE'S Q	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BALDY'S BUTTS	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN' PIG BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	3	0	0	175.4172	157.0396	169.64	top 46%
Pork Ribs	13	5	2	2	177.7144	163.3944	171.28	top 32%
Pork	13	2	0	2	175.4400	160.5144	168.10	top 42%
Brisket	13	3	0	1	176.5600	154.7772	167.74	top 47%

“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
GA	11	top 38%
TN	1	top 52%
AR	1	top 20%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 36%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in GA (11 of 13 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (13 entries)
Average Master overall score: 677.88 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-02-01 — First tracked contest · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
📣 2019-02-01 — First call · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
⭐ 2019-02-01 — Career-best overall score (691.3372) · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
📈 2019-08-23 — Peak power rating (1547) · Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival	2019-08-23
+12.4	Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	2019-02-01
+9.6	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship	2019-02-08
+7.6	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2019-04-26
+6.4	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	2019-03-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES)	2019-10-18
-9.8	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2019-05-24
-0.4	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2020-02-07
-0.1	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In	2019-07-12

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	2	0	0	0	0%	top 44%	94.4%	93.4%
2019	11	0	3	2	55%	top 36%	96%	94.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-03-06	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	21 / 61 (679.8968)	30 (168.5256)	19 (171.9656)	12 (172.0000)	32 (167.4056)
2020-02-07	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA	17 / 32 (665.5196)	20 (168.5256)	20 (163.3944)	13 (167.3712)	18 (166.2284)
2019-11-15	Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA	11 / 35 (679.9088)	17 (170.8344)	11 (170.8344)	2 (175.4400)	29 (162.8000)
2019-10-18	Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA	30 / 32 (663.2684)	31 (163.3828)	23 (167.3828)	26 (165.0972)	18 (167.4056)
2019-08-23	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA	2 / 32 (685.6112)	9 (171.9656)	1 (176.0000)	15 (165.6800)	8 (171.9656)
2019-08-02	Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA	13 / 45 (682.7428)	11 (174.2628)	12 (172.5600)	23 (168.5372)	22 (167.3828)
2019-07-12	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In 🏅 Jamestown, TN	15 / 29 (673.5772)	21 (167.3944)	15 (169.1200)	12 (170.8228)	16 (166.2400)
2019-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	56 / 72 (655.7828)	69 (157.0396)	15 (171.9888)	15 (171.9772)	64 (154.7772)
2019-05-10	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	14 / 42 (677.0172)	12 (168.5372)	7 (171.4056)	31 (160.5144)	3 (176.5600)
2019-04-26	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	7 / 33 (676.4112)	11 (170.8228)	4 (175.4172)	15 (163.9312)	14 (166.2400)
2019-03-01	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	13 / 62 (681.6000)	5 (175.4172)	1 (177.7144)	47 (161.0856)	28 (167.3828)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR	18 / 92 (685.1088)	21 (174.2744)	41 (167.9772)	33 (169.7028)	23 (173.1544)
2019-02-01	Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Young Harris, GA	4 / 27 (691.3372)	8 (174.2744)	10 (170.8228)	2 (173.1200)	7 (173.1200)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#363 (302 pts)	#465 (242 pts)	#399 (302 pts)	#253 (502 pts)	#519 (212 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#210 (1296 pts)	#272 (1091 pts)	#139 (1536 pts)	#249 (1146 pts)	#315 (1011 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#482 (742 pts)	#662 (557 pts)	#729 (492 pts)	#598 (622 pts)	#496 (752 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#234 (1385 pts)	#284 (1180 pts)	#310 (1135 pts)	#135 (1665 pts)	#150 (1605 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#221 (1445 pts)	#305 (1155 pts)	#249 (1325 pts)	#200 (1425 pts)	#130 (1730 pts)