SWINE CRUE

SWINE CRUE is a competition barbecue team with 37 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 25 at the Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash (2016), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1246 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,246

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1583

peak 1600 · rated over 36 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Apr 21, 2023 · 10 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#445

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

20 podiums

Overall top-10s

30% of 37 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8228 / 720

Master · Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

668.11 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.05 (-1.94)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)

Consistency

±16.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.24 · weakest Brisket (164.67)

Road miles

3,762

across 37 mapped stops · furthest 276 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$60K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.05 / 720

36 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5600 points from the title

Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash (Jun 3, 2016).

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Pork ×1

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 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off (May 27, 2016).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 37 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 37 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8228 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8228 at Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 3, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

K & K KOOKERS has finished one call ahead of SWINE CRUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

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

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A tough matchup

21–2 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 91% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.57 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 164.67
Pork avg 170.24
9 calls in 36 entries

A strong matchup

8–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGG LEGG SMOKERS in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 19 shared pork entries lost

KILLER HOGS ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, KILLER HOGS has out-cooked them in 12 of 19 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 29% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 29% across 8 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

8 September contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,762 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,762 miles across 37 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 276 miles to Bikes, Blues and BBQ.

37 mapped stops
furthest 276 mi

The metronome

±2.25% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.25% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
37 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
2017 ↗	Master	#830 (448 pts)	#1052 (343 pts)	#823 (483 pts)	#628 (643 pts)	#781 (498 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#530 (745 pts)	#601 (675 pts)	#460 (880 pts)	#457 (895 pts)	#630 (635 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#634 (578 pts)	#950 (358 pts)	#716 (533 pts)	#360 (988 pts)	#822 (438 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1219 (235 pts)	#1395 (215 pts)	#834 (440 pts)	#1416 (210 pts)	#1083 (295 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#445 (688 pts)	#408 (753 pts)	#445 (733 pts)	#483 (678 pts)	#408 (763 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Q-FACTOR

#1,244 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1607

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before SWINE CRUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 35 contests

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BIG CITY BBQ

#1,245 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1586

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 49 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Aug 30, 2019

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BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS

#1,241 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1596

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 37, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Oct 22, 2021

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Chick Hooven Swine BBQ

#1,250 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1646

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Apr 9, 2021

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THE BARKTENDERS

#1,243 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1584

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2019

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Live Q or Die

#1,247 of the rated field

1583 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1583

They turned up 9 years after SWINE CRUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	23	2	21	9%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
K & K KOOKERS	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
901Q	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Swine Life	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE MOJO	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
QUE-N-BREW	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	12	1	5	180 🔥	153.0512	167.64	top 49%
Pork Ribs	37	15	4	7	179.4400	149.0744	167.54	top 44%
Pork	35	15	5	7	180 🔥	157.6800	170.24	top 37%
Brisket	36	9	0	1	174.8574	147.9656	164.67	top 50%

“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)	2	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	18	top 50%
Large (40+)	16	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	21	top 46%
MS	5	top 39%
MO	5	top 60%
AR	5	top 36%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN	2	7	top 23%	Sep 6, 2019
BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	2	9	top 32%	Jul 20, 2018
Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2	2	top 30%	Jun 2, 2017
International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash	2	7	top 37%	Sep 12, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3.4 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 22 of 37 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 32 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 37 entries · 4 wins · 15 calls

Opponents faced 707 finished ahead 772 times, behind 554

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Mar 18, 2022 → Apr 21, 2023

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

20231 milestone

May 20 Most recent contest Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS)

20211 milestone

Apr 9 Peak power rating (1600) Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)

20191 milestone

Sep 6 10th category win International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN

20181 milestone

May 4 25th tracked contest 37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's

20163 milestones

May 27 First multi-meat day 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off
Jun 3 First Reserve Championship Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
Jun 3 Career-best overall score702.8228 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash

20153 milestones

Mar 13 First overall podium Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 13 10th tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Apr 3 First perfect 180 (Pork) Fifth Annual Bull Moose

20135 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9998 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
May 31 First call Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash
Sep 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
Sep 13 First overall top-10 International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 13, 2015
+15.1	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	Jun 3, 2016
+12.6	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff	May 22, 2015
+12.5	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest	Sep 27, 2013
+10.5	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest	Jul 22, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	Fourth Annual Bull Moose	Apr 4, 2014
-10.8	37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's	May 4, 2018
-10.3	Smoke on The Shores	Mar 18, 2022
-8.2	38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	May 3, 2019
-6.1	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2023	2	0	0	100%	top 59%	93.6%	93.6%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 84%	89.1%	89.1%
2021	3	0	0	33%	top 41%	95%	93.8%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 34%	95.6%	95.6%
2019	3	1	2	67%	top 51%	95.2%	92.4%
2018	3	0	0	100%	top 53%	93.8%	92.5%
2017	4	2	1	100%	top 49%	95.4%	93.4%
2016	6	4	3	83%	top 30%	97.6%	94.4%
2015	5	2	2	100%	top 38%	96.7%	93.9%
2014	3	0	1	33%	top 69%	92.5%	89.4%
2013	6	2	1	67%	top 41%	94.7%	93.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 20, 2023	Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN	—	—	3 (173.1316)	—	—
Apr 21, 2023	Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS	20 / 34 (673.5888)	10 (174.2628)	25 (163.9544)	8 (174.2744)	27 (161.0972)
Mar 18, 2022	Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN	53 / 63 (641.4972)	56 (163.3944)	54 (160.5028)	45 (164.5256)	55 (153.0744)
Jun 4, 2021	Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest 🏅 Covington, TN	22 / 34 (659.9200)	25 (163.4400)	22 (163.9772)	19 (166.8228)	19 (165.6800)
Apr 9, 2021	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	13 / 44 (681.6456)	2 (180)	20 (166.8228)	10 (173.7144)	30 (161.1084)
Mar 19, 2021	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	17 / 57 (683.9088)	25 (170.8228)	19 (171.4288)	18 (170.8344)	22 (170.8228)
Jun 19, 2020	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	16 / 47 (688.5144)	21 (170.8228)	5 (176.5716)	—	27 (166.8572)
Sep 6, 2019	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN	7 / 32 (685.6112)	1 (180)	2 (177.1428)	14 (167.9656)	21 (160.5028)
May 3, 2019	38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Kennett, MO	20 / 25 (654.6744)	22 (162.8000)	22 (161.6800)	15 (166.2400)	13 (163.9544)
Apr 5, 2019	9th Annual Bull Moose 🏅 Millington, TN	13 / 25 (656.4224)	2 (173.1084)	18 (158.2056)	1 (177.1428)	23 (147.9656)
Sep 28, 2018	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	15 / 49 (675.3828)	27 (164.5828)	14 (170.2744)	6 (174.2744)	20 (166.2512)
Jul 20, 2018	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	11 / 25 (675.3140)	10 (169.1200)	2 (176.5600)	16 (167.3828)	14 (162.2512)
May 4, 2018	37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Kennett, MO	21 / 25 (646.7200)	9 (170.8228)	23 (154.7772)	9 (170.3200)	22 (150.8000)
Sep 8, 2017	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN	10 / 42 (686.7996)	27 (165.6684)	5 (174.8800)	13 (171.4056)	6 (174.8456)
Jun 2, 2017	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	13 / 25 (668.4684)	15 (167.4056)	9 (170.2744)	14 (166.2628)	13 (164.5256)
Apr 14, 2017	2017 Smokin' in the Forest Millington, TN	7 / 14 (668.4224)	9 (163.9540)	12 (156.5144)	1 (179.4400)	6 (168.5140)
Mar 31, 2017	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN	34 / 48 (666.2056)	45 (161.1200)	36 (164.5372)	8 (174.8456)	32 (165.7028)
Sep 16, 2016	Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship Pine Bluff, AR	5 / 21 (677.6572)	5 (173.1200)	10 (167.9772)	11 (161.7028)	3 (174.8572)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	9 / 47 (686.2284)	19 (169.6684)	6 (173.1200)	12 (172.5484)	10 (170.8916)
Jun 3, 2016	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	2 / 25 (702.8228)	2 (178.2972)	1 (176.5600)	4 (176)	8 (171.9656)
May 27, 2016	35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO	14 / 28 (660.4912)	24 (156)	1 (174.8456)	1 (178.2972)	25 (151.3484)
Apr 15, 2016	Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest Millington, TN	7 / 16 (675.3944)	12 (162.2744)	7 (167.3944)	2 (177.7372)	6 (167.9884)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	23 / 61 (673.6460)	19 (171.9888)	26 (166.8344)	30 (167.3828)	28 (167.4400)
Jun 5, 2015	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	16 / 27 (665.5996)	8 (172.5484)	17 (162.2400)	18 (164.5484)	13 (166.2628)
May 22, 2015	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO	5 / 32 (687.3712)	17 (166.8228)	6 (172)	2 (174.8456)	8 (173.7028)
May 8, 2015	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	16 / 31 (672.5028)	16 (167.9656)	18 (165.6800)	7 (173.1200)	14 (165.7372)
Apr 3, 2015	Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	25 / 41 (658.2168)	17 (166.8800)	31 (161.6684)	1 (180)	39 (149.6684)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	3 / 94 (696)	38 (168)	4 (174.8572)	1 (178.8572)	14 (174.2856)
Sep 12, 2014	International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN	12 / 25 (666.1488)	16 (163.9544)	1 (173.7144)	17 (162.8000)	11 (165.6800)
May 2, 2014	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	25 / 39 (638.6396)	32 (156.4912)	16 (166.2628)	26 (157.6800)	23 (158.2056)
Apr 4, 2014	Fourth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	29 / 31 (626.0344)	27 (153.0512)	31 (149.0744)	27 (158.2172)	16 (165.6916)
Sep 27, 2013	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR	6 / 48 (682.1716)	3 (175.4172)	20 (165.1088)	11 (169.6800)	6 (171.9656)
Sep 20, 2013	Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival Tunica, MS	26 / 53 (661.0056)	17 (169.6800)	31 (164.5600)	32 (164.5372)	28 (162.2284)
Sep 13, 2013	International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN	7 / 28 (673.6572)	10 (168.5600)	1 (179.4400)	19 (164.5600)	13 (161.0972)
Jun 7, 2013	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR	19 / 40 (681.1426)	30 (165.1426)	14 (172)	23 (169.1426)	5 (174.8574)
May 31, 2013	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	18 / 43 (671.9998)	13 (169.7144)	35 (158.8570)	4 (174.2856)	13 (169.1428)
Apr 5, 2013	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	31 / 44 (651.9998)	40 (158.2852)	20 (165.7146)	22 (166.8572)	28 (161.1428)

SWINE CRUE

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 (15 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

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)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)