SWEET THING BARBECUE

SWEET THING BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 7th of 35 at the BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! (2013). They finished #1139 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1523

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 19, 2013

latest Jul 25, 2014 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1139

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

677.7032 / 720

Master · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Brisket · BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!

Consistency

±13.44

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.42 · weakest Pork (161.13)

Road miles

188

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

661.11 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

677.7032 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.7032 at Up in Smoke BBQ Bash — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2014

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Pig Skin BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Pig Skin BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Biohazard BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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
2013 ↗	Master	#1139 (240 pts)	#1220 (230 pts)	#1180 (250 pts)	#1392 (185 pts)	#1191 (240 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	0	174.2744	163.4172	168.42	top 34%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	169.1544	158.8344	165.42	top 38%
Pork	4	0	0	167.4056	151.4172	161.13	top 58%
Brisket	4	2	1	176	154.2628	166.15	top 37%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 34%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	2	11	0	top 41%	Jul 25, 2014
BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!	2	7	0	top 34%	Jul 18, 2014

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 117 finished ahead 114 times, behind 71

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

20144 milestones

Jul 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)176 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
Jul 25 Career-best overall score677.7032 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1523) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 25 Most recent contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20134 milestones

Jul 19 First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
Jul 19 First call BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
Jul 19 First overall top-10 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
Jul 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8460 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!	Jul 19, 2013
+11.1	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 25, 2014
+2.5	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!	Jul 18, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.9	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 26, 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	2	0	0	0	100%	top 35%	94.1%	92.2%
2013	2	0	1	0	50%	top 40%	93.2%	91.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 25, 2014	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	11 / 52 (677.7032)	10 (174.2744)	17 (169.1544)	21 (167.4056)	22 (166.8688)
Jul 18, 2014	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA	18 / 37 (649.6688)	19 (163.4172)	22 (158.8344)	28 (151.4172)	3 (176)
Jul 26, 2013	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	40 / 66 (646.2400)	28 (166.8228)	28 (165.1544)	48 (160)	52 (154.2628)
Jul 19, 2013	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA	7 / 35 (670.8460)	8 (169.1544)	6 (168.5372)	15 (165.7028)	7 (167.4516)