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
- 2014-07-25
SWEET THING BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2014-07-25
Best ToY finish
#1139
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.11
last 4 Master vs avg 661.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.42 · weakest Pork (161.13)
Road miles
188
mi 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 this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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.
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.
SWEET THING BARBECUE has 4 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 101 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.
#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET THING BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2403 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.4172 | 168.42 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 158.8344 | 165.42 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 151.4172 | 161.13 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2014-07-25 |
| BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 34% | 2014-07-18 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.42 · weakest Pork (161.13)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
661.11
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
114–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
188
4 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- First call BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- First overall top-10 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8460 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!
- Career-best overall score677.7032 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1523) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.1 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2013-07-19 |
| +11 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2014-07-25 |
| +2.5 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2014-07-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.9 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 11 / 52 (677.7032) | 10 (174.2744) | 17 (169.1544) | 21 (167.4056) | 22 (166.8688) |
| 2014-07-18 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 18 / 37 (649.6688) | 19 (163.4172) | 22 (158.8344) | 28 (151.4172) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2013-07-26 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 40 / 66 (646.2400) | 28 (166.8228) | 28 (165.1544) | 48 (160.0000) | 52 (154.2628) |
| 2013-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 7 / 35 (670.8460) | 8 (169.1544) | 6 (168.5372) | 15 (165.7028) | 7 (167.4516) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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) |