A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAVEMAN CUISINE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-03-08
latest 2016-03-04
Best ToY finish
#1676
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Best overall
655.3256 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.58
last 5 Master vs avg 644.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.97 · weakest Brisket (157.68)
Road miles
926
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 464 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
644.58 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−6.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.30 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 157.68
- Pork avg 163.97
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational (2015-10-02).
- last seen 2014-03-14
- back 2015-10-02
A March team
Top 41%
average finish in March
Something about March: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.
- 3 March contests
- top 56% the rest of the year
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 HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE 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 110 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.
#2947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 90
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 89 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 170.8572 | 155.9312 | 163.41 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1660 | 154.8570 | 159.53 | top 60% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.9428 | 163.97 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 149.7140 | 157.68 | top 62% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-03-08 → 2016-03-04
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.97 · weakest Brisket (157.68)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
644.58
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
670
193–684 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
926
5 mapped stops · furthest 464 mi
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2014-03-14 → 2015-10-02
Power rating
1507
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1510) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3256 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Career-best overall score655.3256 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- 2016
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-14 |
| +4.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-03-04 |
| +4.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-03-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 91% | 89.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 38% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 14 / 30 (653.0284) | 26 (155.9312) | 9 (169.1660) | 15 (161.6684) | 11 (166.2628) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 439 / 606 (632.9716) | 298 (164.0000) | 453 (156.5260) | 470 (155.9428) | 408 (156.5028) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 161 / 187 (655.3256) | 99 (169.1428) | 176 (156.5600) | 33 (173.1200) | 177 (156.5028) |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 11 / 29 (643.8852) | 23 (157.1084) | 13 (160.5372) | 6 (166.8456) | 10 (159.3940) |
| 2013-03-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX | 11 / 29 (637.7138) | 1 (170.8572) | 17 (154.8570) | 11 (162.2856) | 23 (149.7140) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1997 (110 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #1765 (140 pts) | #2090 (105 pts) | #1799 (125 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1778 (120 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #1790 (120 pts) | #1763 (120 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1827 (124 pts) | #2654 (64 pts) | #1953 (114 pts) | #1592 (169 pts) | #1852 (129 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1707 (124 pts) | #1089 (279 pts) | #1947 (94 pts) | #1804 (124 pts) | #2551 (64 pts) |