SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT

SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 68 at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2580 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,580

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1517

peak 1523 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Aug 26, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1196

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

679.4628 / 720

Master · East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.72 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 651.11 (-5.39)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Brisket · Border War Barbecue

Consistency

±17.56

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.25 · weakest Brisket (160.68)

Road miles

106

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi

Schedule strength

24%

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

Master avg

651.11 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.6572 points from the title

Came within 1.6572 points of the Grand Championship at East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival (Aug 23, 2013).

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.4628 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.4628 at East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 23, 2013

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

B & C SMOKERS ahead in 86% of their meetings

B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Royal Smoke in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

B & C SMOKERS ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, B & C SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

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Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 68 at their very first tracked contest, East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival (Aug 23, 2013).

Aug 23, 2013
68-team field

An August team

Top 37% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 37% across 4 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

4 August contests
top 47% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.4% of a perfect score
8 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1582 (151 pts)	#1408 (211 pts)	#1475 (191 pts)	#1557 (176 pts)	#1760 (141 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1196 (222 pts)	#1370 (192 pts)	#1100 (277 pts)	#1635 (147 pts)	#815 (387 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ

#2,578 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1541

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

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BBQwithDREW

#2,574 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1529

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2024

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CAPTAIN PJ'S BBQ

#2,575 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1517

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 11, 2018

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GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS

#2,582 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1517

Level with SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2017

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FIGHTIN' RIBTIPS

#2,581 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1529

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 28, 2019

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CANETUCK'S BBQ TEAM

#2,586 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1532

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2014

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
B & C SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Royal Smoke	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
FUNNY FARM BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BULL CREEK BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	169.7028	152.5600	163.13	top 50%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	171.9656	154.2400	164.25	top 47%
Pork	8	2	1	173.1200	147.3600	163.04	top 47%
Brisket	8	3	1	176	145.0972	160.68	top 47%

“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 48%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	4	2	0	top 37%	Aug 26, 2016
Border War BBQ	2	23	0	top 61%	Oct 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 240 finished ahead 230 times, behind 181

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

20161 milestone

Aug 26 Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20151 milestone

Aug 28 Peak power rating (1523) East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival

20138 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 First call East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 First overall top-10 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 First overall podium East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 First Reserve Championship East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.4628 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 Career-best overall score679.4628 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Oct 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Border War Barbecue

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2013
+8.4	Border War Barbecue	Oct 25, 2013
+6.3	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 28, 2015
+0.3	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 22, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Battle of the Brisket	Sep 13, 2013
-3.1	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 26, 2016
-2.5	Border War BBQ	Oct 23, 2015
-0.1	Border War BBQ	Oct 24, 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	0	0%	top 61%	88.8%	88.8%
2015	2	0	100%	top 49%	91%	90.4%
2014	2	0	0%	top 53%	90.3%	89.4%
2013	3	2	100%	top 36%	94.4%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 26, 2016	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	37 / 61 (639.2912)	39 (159.4056)	43 (159.9656)	23 (165.0972)	44 (154.8228)
Oct 23, 2015	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	23 / 35 (646.1484)	26 (164.5256)	22 (163.4056)	3 (173.1200)	32 (145.0972)
Aug 28, 2015	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	21 / 65 (655.3256)	10 (169.7028)	21 (167.3944)	37 (160.5828)	40 (157.6456)
Oct 24, 2014	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	23 / 41 (650.2172)	11 (168.5600)	15 (167.9772)	28 (160.5600)	29 (153.1200)
Aug 22, 2014	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	35 / 69 (637.6112)	53 (152.5600)	32 (160.5256)	18 (166.8456)	31 (157.6800)
Oct 25, 2013	Border War Barbecue Osawatomie, KS	8 / 27 (675.8740)	12 (167.9656)	4 (171.9656)	21 (159.9428)	3 (176)
Sep 13, 2013	Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS	40 / 53 (624.9712)	40 (155.4172)	43 (154.2400)	49 (147.3600)	9 (167.9540)
Aug 23, 2013	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	2 / 68 (679.4628)	13 (166.9028)	20 (168.5600)	5 (170.8456)	5 (173.1544)

SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT

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 (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Announced themselves early

An August team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

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)