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
SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 11th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They finished #1676 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2013
latest Mar 4, 2016 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Best overall
655.3256 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.97 · weakest Brisket (157.68)
Road miles
926
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.
SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 98 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with SWEET HEAT COMPETITION BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#2,868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
670
finished ahead 245 times, behind 631
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Mar 14, 2014 → Oct 2, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20153 milestones
- 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
20141 milestone
- Peak power rating (1510) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20133 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 14, 2014 |
| +4.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 4, 2016 |
| +4.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 8, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 14 / 30 (653.0284) | 26 (155.9312) | 9 (169.1660) | 15 (161.6684) | 11 (166.2628) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 439 / 606 (632.9716) | 298 (164) | 453 (156.5260) | 470 (155.9428) | 408 (156.5028) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 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) |
| Mar 14, 2014 | 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) |
| Mar 8, 2013 | 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) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.