SLOPPY JOHNS BBQ

SLOPPY JOHNS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 9th of 95 at the Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 (2016). They are ranked #2205 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,205

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1531

peak 1531 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Mar 18, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1168

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

29% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9884 / 720

Master · Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.68 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 665.32 (-1.64)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5714

Pork Ribs · Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±16.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.01 · weakest Brisket (160.79)

Road miles

691

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength

24%

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

Master avg

665.32 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

691.9884 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9884 at Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 18, 2016

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.22 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 160.79
Pork Ribs avg 171.01
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of I Smell Smoke in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DRAGGIN BOOTY BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1350 (187 pts)	#1685 (137 pts)	#1030 (327 pts)	#1571 (167 pts)	#1339 (207 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1168 (229 pts)	#1048 (294 pts)	#670 (494 pts)	#1656 (144 pts)	#1599 (144 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1531 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1531

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#2,218 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1531

Level with SLOPPY JOHNS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 12, 2023

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Willy Mo's

#2,209 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1531

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rated over 6 contests
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#2,213 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1531

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rated over 6 contests
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smokin in the dark!

#2,208 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1553

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rated over 6 contests
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Zombie Barbecue

#2,217 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1531

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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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	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	175.4286	160.5712	166.92	top 48%
Pork Ribs	7	3	3	176.5714	163.3944	171.01	top 22%
Pork	7	1	0	176.5600	158.8228	166.61	top 49%
Brisket	7	0	0	171.9884	144.4916	160.79	top 58%

“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)	1	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	4	top 42%
MO	2	top 35%
AR	1	top 41%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MS 4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 a different one every time

Opponents faced 309 finished ahead 302 times, behind 199

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

20163 milestones

Mar 18 Career-best overall score691.9884 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Mar 18 Peak power rating (1531) Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
Mar 18 Most recent contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1

20135 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1424 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Apr 5 First overall top-10 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5714 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	Mar 18, 2016
+10	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2013
+6	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 15, 2013
+4.7	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)	Jun 12, 2015
+1.9	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff	May 22, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.8	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	Mar 13, 2015
-1.7	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	Mar 14, 2014

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)
2016	1	1	100%	top 9%	96.1%	96.1%
2015	3	0	33%	top 54%	93.6%	91.7%
2014	1	0	0%	top 56%	89.7%	89.7%
2013	2	1	100%	top 26%	94.1%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 18, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	9 / 95 (691.9884)	29 (170.8572)	15 (172.5828)	7 (176.5600)	20 (171.9884)
Jun 12, 2015	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR	20 / 49 (673.6228)	37 (163.9656)	18 (169.1200)	20 (169.1084)	14 (171.4288)
May 22, 2015	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO	16 / 32 (666.2060)	21 (163.9888)	3 (173.1200)	20 (165.1544)	18 (163.9428)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	67 / 94 (640.4116)	24 (170.8228)	34 (166.2744)	79 (158.8228)	90 (144.4916)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	53 / 95 (646.1488)	58 (162.8000)	42 (163.3944)	29 (168.5944)	76 (151.3600)
Apr 5, 2013	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	9 / 44 (677.7148)	4 (175.4286)	3 (176.5714)	31 (165.1430)	29 (160.5718)
Mar 15, 2013	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	32 / 100 (661.1424)	68 (160.5712)	3 (176)	46 (162.8570)	58 (161.7142)

SLOPPY JOHNS BBQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (5 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

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)