GLAD TO MEAT YOU

GLAD TO MEAT YOU is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 56 at the Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest (2013). They are ranked #3975 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,975

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1512 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Sep 20, 2019 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1072

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

658.2284 / 720

Master · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.03 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 637.91 (+2.12)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7256

Pork · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Consistency

±15.31

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.72)

Road miles

512

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Purse competed for

$26K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

637.91 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.69 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 27%.

Pork Ribs avg 156.72
Chicken avg 162.41
3 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rockin Rotary Roasters in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest (Aug 18, 2017).

last seen Aug 21, 2015
back Aug 18, 2017

Chicken nemesis

4 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

QUE-N-BREW ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUE-N-BREW has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 49% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 49% across 6 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

6 August contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.13% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.6% of a perfect score
11 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
2019 ↗	Master	#1072 (237 pts)	#922 (317 pts)	#1236 (197 pts)	#1077 (252 pts)	#1039 (272 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1894 (70 pts)	#1452 (155 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1454 (155 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2123 (90 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2026 (80 pts)	#2174 (65 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#2037 (95 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1202 (240 pts)	#1163 (280 pts)	#1213 (255 pts)	#1206 (265 pts)	#1116 (285 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1153 (235 pts)	#1310 (205 pts)	#1130 (265 pts)	#1560 (150 pts)	#1267 (215 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to GLAD TO MEAT YOU, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TEMPTATION STATION

#3,979 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1484

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GLAD TO MEAT YOU)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

CHUNKY BOYZ BBQ

#3,958 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to GLAD TO MEAT YOU)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 5, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoking Grannies

#3,971 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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Five Guys and a Grill

#3,981 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

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BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM

#3,970 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1512

Level with GLAD TO MEAT YOU on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2021

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Happy Beetle BBQ

#3,973 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rockin Rotary Roasters	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
PENNY STREET PORKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
PINE HILLS BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Marmic Flaming Pits	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Papa J's Flying Swine	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Good Grief BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE FABULOUS FAULTLINERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
QUE-N-BREW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	3	172.5828	151.9772	162.41	top 54%
Pork Ribs	11	3	172.0116	135.8856	156.72	top 64%
Pork	11	1	173.7256	151.9656	161.94	top 62%
Brisket	11	1	167.4056	143.3712	156.83	top 60%

“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)	1	top 92%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 71%
Large (40+)	7	top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	7	top 55%
IL	2	top 86%
KY	1	top 65%
IN	1	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	4	9	0	top 46%	Aug 17, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 7 of 11 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 324 finished ahead 201 times, behind 268

Longest layoff 2 yrs Aug 21, 2015 → Aug 18, 2017

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

20192 milestones

Sep 13 10th tracked contest Smoke On the Ohio
Sep 20 Most recent contest Grillin & Chillin BBQ

20181 milestone

Aug 17 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7256 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

20136 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First call Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2284 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 Career-best overall score658.2284 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1512) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.5	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 23, 2013
+6.6	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 21, 2015
+2.8	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 22, 2014
+2.2	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 17, 2018
+0.9	Smoke On the Ohio	Sep 13, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	Super City Blues & Ques	Jun 27, 2014
-10.4	Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout	Jul 4, 2014
-7.8	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off	Sep 19, 2013
-7.3	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 18, 2017
-0.5	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 16, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	0	33%	top 60%	89.4%	89.4%
2018	1	0	100%	top 52%	90.1%	90.1%
2017	1	0	0%	top 81%	86.2%	86.2%
2015	1	0	100%	top 36%	90.3%	90.3%
2014	3	0	33%	top 78%	89.7%	86.8%
2013	2	1	50%	top 47%	91.4%	89.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 20, 2019	Grillin & Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY	22 / 34 (643.2228)	15 (169.6800)	28 (153.0628)	22 (161.6800)	21 (158.8000)
Sep 13, 2019	Smoke On the Ohio 🏅 Mt.Vernon, IN	15 / 28 (643.8288)	8 (168.5256)	20 (153.6572)	12 (166.2516)	17 (155.3944)
Aug 16, 2019	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 🏅 Cape Girardeau, MO	28 / 45 (643.1880)	31 (161.0856)	44 (150.1712)	26 (164.5256)	17 (167.4056)
Aug 17, 2018	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	23 / 44 (649.0056)	8 (172.5828)	34 (151.9200)	8 (173.7256)	35 (150.7772)
Aug 18, 2017	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	35 / 43 (620.9252)	34 (154.8000)	19 (162.2284)	30 (160.5256)	38 (143.3712)
Aug 21, 2015	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	21 / 58 (650.2400)	24 (161.1200)	8 (168.5600)	18 (165.1428)	31 (155.4172)
Aug 22, 2014	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	25 / 52 (645.5768)	18 (165.6800)	25 (162.2284)	43 (154.2628)	17 (163.4056)
Jul 4, 2014	Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout Thayer, MO	11 / 12 (627.8516)	10 (151.9772)	9 (158.8344)	11 (162.2628)	10 (154.7772)
Jun 27, 2014	Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL	31 / 33 (601.4172)	30 (155.9428)	32 (135.8856)	20 (162.8344)	31 (146.7544)
Sep 19, 2013	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL	59 / 76 (633.5200)	63 (156.5600)	65 (155.3484)	54 (158.2172)	38 (163.3944)
Aug 23, 2013	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	9 / 56 (658.2284)	14 (168.5828)	6 (172.0116)	49 (151.9656)	12 (165.6684)

GLAD TO MEAT YOU

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (7 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

An August 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)

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 — 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)