Swine Life BBQ

Swine Life BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest (2022).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1537

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 23, 2021

latest Sep 9, 2022 · 1.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 2 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 4%

overall standings

Best overall

710.2860 / 720

Master · International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 178.85 · weakest Pork (171.42)

Road miles

511

across 2 mapped stops · furthest 511 mi

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

704.26 / 720

2 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

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

Against the odds

7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest (Sep 9, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

Giant slayer

38 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest.

Sep 9, 2022

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 2 category wins at Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship (Jul 23, 2021).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

High-water mark

710.2860 career-best overall

98.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 710.2860 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest — 98.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 9, 2022

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 2 entries at contests carrying the title.

2 state-championship entries

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 17 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship (Jul 23, 2021).

Jul 23, 2021
17-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	2	1	1	180 🔥	177.7028	178.85	top 10%
Pork Ribs	2	2	1	1	177.1544	176.5600	176.86	top 11%
Pork	2	1	0	0	176.5716	166.2744	171.42	top 41%
Brisket	2	2	0	2	178.8572	175.4056	177.13	top 11%

“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.

More numbers

First title Jul 23, 2021 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship

Opponents faced 69 finished ahead 70 times, behind 0

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Jul 23, 2021 → Sep 9, 2022

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

20223 milestones

Sep 9 Biggest field won (38 teams) International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
Sep 9 Career-best overall score710.2860 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
Sep 9 Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest

202110 milestones

Jul 23 First tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First call Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First overall podium Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First Grand Championship Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First state championship Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First multi-meat day Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Jul 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score698.2400 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 9, 2022	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN	1 / 38 (710.2860)	5 (177.7028)	6 (177.1544)	11 (176.5716)	2 (178.8572)
Jul 23, 2021	Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 🏅 Galax, VA	1 / 17 (698.2400)	1 (180)	1 (176.5600)	9 (166.2744)	3 (175.4056)