THE DEVINE SWINE

THE DEVINE SWINE is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 8 at the BBQ Masters in the Woods (2014), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1837 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,837

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1546

peak 1565 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013

latest Jul 22, 2016 · 3.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#426

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 17 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9428 / 720

Master · BBQ Masters in the Woods

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.76 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 649.30 (-6.54)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944

Brisket · BBQ Masters in the Woods

Consistency

±13.74

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.97)

Road miles

1,669

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 276 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

649.30 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.9428 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9428 at BBQ Masters in the Woods — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 6, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DIESEL SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of THE DEVINE SWINE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

11–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 85% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.74 points below their pork, and turns into a call 24% of the time against 59%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.97
Pork avg 165.71
4 calls in 17 entries

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BONEYARD SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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A June team

Top 33% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 33% across 6 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

6 June contests
top 42% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.91% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.2% of a perfect score
17 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1596 (156 pts)	#1733 (146 pts)	#1221 (266 pts)	#1121 (311 pts)	#2004 (116 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#784 (442 pts)	#820 (442 pts)	#1030 (327 pts)	#621 (622 pts)	#676 (552 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#542 (704 pts)	#557 (704 pts)	#626 (609 pts)	#430 (884 pts)	#522 (709 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#426 (717 pts)	#495 (652 pts)	#641 (522 pts)	#512 (642 pts)	#416 (747 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE DEVINE SWINE, each with one reason worth a look.

68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BBQ BRETHREN

#1,844 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

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

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2015

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Badboy Butchers BBQ

#1,832 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1546

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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Cook Shack BBQ

#1,830 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1554

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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PORKARITAVILLE

#1,845 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1548

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 40% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2017

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Geaux 2 bbq

#1,842 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1613

They turned up 6 years after THE DEVINE SWINE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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Cool Beans BBQ

#1,838 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1561

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
BONEYARD SMOKERS	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bulldogs	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
FEEDING FRIENDZ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Pork Butt Paradise	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	5	0	2	172	149.7372	162.68	top 50%
Pork Ribs	17	4	0	1	172	142.8116	158.97	top 56%
Pork	17	10	0	1	172.0344	157.6800	165.71	top 31%
Brisket	17	7	2	3	176.5944	142.7884	161.94	top 41%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 30%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 60%
Large (40+)	6	top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NH	7	top 31%
RI	5	top 49%
ME	2	top 63%
MA	2	top 57%
NJ	1	top 20%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NH 7 of 17 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 17 a different one every time

Opponents faced 275 finished ahead 366 times, behind 225

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

20161 milestone

Jul 22 Most recent contest Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island

20151 milestone

Jul 17 Peak power rating (1565) Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off

20146 milestones

Jul 18 10th tracked contest Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships
Sep 6 First category win (Brisket) BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 First overall podium BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 First Reserve Championship BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 Career-best overall score679.9428 BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5944 BBQ Masters in the Woods

20134 milestones

May 18 First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
Jun 1 First call Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Jun 1 First overall top-10 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Jun 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8570 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	Jul 20, 2013
+12.5	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest	Jun 1, 2013
+9.7	BBQ Masters in the Woods	Sep 6, 2014
+9.6	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	Oct 5, 2013
+8.4	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	May 31, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 14, 2015
-9.2	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships	Jul 18, 2014
-9	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island	Jul 22, 2016
-3.8	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival	May 18, 2013
-1.3	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	Sep 14, 2013

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 68%	90.1%	89.2%
2015	4	1	1	75%	top 49%	91.3%	89.7%
2014	5	2	1	100%	top 41%	94.4%	91.2%
2013	6	3	0	83%	top 30%	92.1%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 22, 2016	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island Kingston, RI	28 / 34 (635.9088)	32 (151.9772)	9 (165.7144)	5 (165.1200)	29 (153.0972)
Jun 4, 2016	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	17 / 32 (649.0288)	19 (164.5372)	12 (166.8344)	11 (167.4172)	27 (150.2400)
Aug 14, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	22 / 26 (621.0056)	21 (161.1544)	17 (158.8000)	21 (158.2628)	26 (142.7884)
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	19 / 37 (657.6568)	33 (155.3600)	24 (162.8800)	6 (168.5712)	9 (170.8456)
Jun 20, 2015	Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH	4 / 16 (650.1944)	3 (160.5600)	11 (152.5028)	4 (165.7144)	1 (171.4172)
May 29, 2015	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	18 / 49 (654.8684)	18 (166.8456)	40 (153.1084)	5 (171.4744)	19 (163.4400)
Sep 6, 2014	BBQ Masters in the Woods Foster, RI	2 / 8 (679.9428)	3 (169.1084)	6 (162.8344)	3 (171.4056)	1 (176.5944)
Jul 18, 2014	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	26 / 33 (638.8004)	19 (163.4056)	30 (142.8116)	4 (172.0344)	21 (160.5488)
Jun 21, 2014	Smokin' @ the Ball Park BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	7 / 17 (655.4860)	11 (162.8572)	13 (157.7032)	4 (168.0456)	5 (166.8800)
Jun 13, 2014	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship Merrimack, NH	11 / 28 (656.5372)	16 (161.7256)	3 (172)	16 (161.1316)	12 (161.6800)
May 31, 2014	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	11 / 48 (653.0516)	5 (172)	33 (154.2400)	7 (169.7028)	22 (157.1088)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	17 / 85 (638.7888)	36 (159.9772)	46 (153.1088)	29 (157.6800)	7 (168.0228)
Sep 14, 2013	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	22 / 42 (633.6912)	37 (149.7372)	7 (166.8456)	15 (162.8228)	23 (154.2856)
Jul 20, 2013	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	4 / 46 (662.8916)	7 (170.8800)	18 (161.7372)	25 (159.4172)	2 (170.8572)
Jun 14, 2013	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition Merrimack, NH	9 / 35 (658.2854)	5 (171.4286)	26 (154.8572)	6 (169.7142)	13 (162.2854)
Jun 1, 2013	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	6 / 43 (658.8570)	11 (168.5714)	18 (159.4284)	9 (166.2858)	8 (164.5714)
May 18, 2013	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA	19 / 31 (633.1422)	19 (155.4286)	20 (157.1426)	11 (162.2854)	13 (158.2856)

THE DEVINE SWINE

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

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The metronome

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)

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)