Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Swine Life BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Best runs
2
straight top-10s · 2 straight GCs
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2021-07-23
latest 2022-09-09
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 4%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 178.85 · weakest Pork (171.42)
Road miles
511
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 511 mi
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
704.26 / 720
2 Master contests · 2 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
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 (2022-09-09) 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.
- 2022-09-09
A multi-meat day
1
contests 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 (2021-07-23).
- 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
- 2022-09-09
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 (2021-07-23).
- 2021-07-23
- 17-team field
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.
Swine Life BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 81 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Swine Life BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Swine Life BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Swine Life BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Swine Life BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1557
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Swine Life BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
| VA | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2021-07-23 → 2022-09-09
Busiest season
2022
1 contest · 1 GC
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 178.85 · weakest Pork (171.42)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
2 of 2 contests
Wins it all
100%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2021-07-23
Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
704.26
out of 720 · 2 contests · 2 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
69
70–0 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
511
2 mapped stops · furthest 511 mi
Purse competed for
$16,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
2
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2021-07-23 → 2022-09-09
Power rating
1537
peak 1537 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First call Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First overall podium Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First Grand Championship Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First state championship Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First multi-meat day Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score698.2400 Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Biggest field won (38 teams) International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score710.2860 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 3% | 98.7% | 98.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 6% | 97% | 97% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN | 1 / 38 (710.2860) | 5 (177.7028) | 6 (177.1544) | 11 (176.5716) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2021-07-23 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 🏅 Galax, VA | 1 / 17 (698.2400) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (176.5600) | 9 (166.2744) | 3 (175.4056) |