4 MEAT SAKES

4 MEAT SAKES is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 7th of 29 at the Smokin' in the Ville (2015). They are ranked #6131 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,131

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1427

peak 1427 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Jun 16, 2023 · 10.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1970

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

680 / 720

Master · Smokin' in the Ville

Perfect 180s

Current form

605.73 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 613.36 (-7.63)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Chicken · Cookin on the Kaw

Consistency

±51.27

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.56 · weakest Brisket (151.56)

Road miles

112

across 11 mapped stops

Schedule strength

29%

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

Purse competed for

$5,000

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

613.36 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

680.0000 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.0000 at Smokin' in the Ville — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 24, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 62%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 151.56
Chicken avg 163.56
1 call in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ZEKE'S BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

7.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 7.1 years, then back at Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" (Jun 16, 2023).

last seen Apr 29, 2016
back Jun 16, 2023

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

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Boom or bust

±7.12% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.12% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 85.2% of a perfect score
best 94.4%

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	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to 4 MEAT SAKES, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Why Not Smoke

#6,130 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 4 MEAT SAKES)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 4 MEAT SAKES has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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Sitt 'n Smoke

#6,135 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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Mercer BBQ

#6,129 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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Pray For Me BBQ

#6,138 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

They turned up 11 years after 4 MEAT SAKES did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 18, 2026

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PORK RADIO 810

#6,139 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Two Crackers Cooking

#6,140 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before 4 MEAT SAKES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MIDNIGHT STOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DIXIE BOYS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TRUEBUD BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PORKERSTARS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	4	174.2972	149.6572	163.56	top 55%
Pork Ribs	11	1	172.0116	144.5488	155.87	top 77%
Pork	10	1	172	144.5714	156.61	top 78%
Brisket	11	1	172.0228	138.8570	151.56	top 78%

“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)	6	0	top 78%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 86%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' in the Ville	2	7	0	top 62%	Apr 29, 2016
Cookin on the Kaw	2	34	0	top 84%	Oct 9, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 9 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 353 finished ahead 80 times, behind 432

Longest layoff 7.1 yrs Apr 29, 2016 → Jun 16, 2023

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

20231 milestone

Jun 16 Most recent contest Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"

20161 milestone

Apr 29 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Ville

20153 milestones

Apr 24 First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Ville
Apr 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score680 Smokin' in the Ville
Apr 24 Career-best overall score680 Smokin' in the Ville

20142 milestones

Oct 10 First call Cookin on the Kaw
Oct 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Cookin on the Kaw

20132 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1486) 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.5	Smokin' in the Ville	Apr 24, 2015
+1.9	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest	Sep 11, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.1	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)	Apr 19, 2013
-11.9	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
-11.6	Smokin' in the Ville	Apr 29, 2016
-10.9	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway	Aug 17, 2013
-10.8	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Apr 25, 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)
2023	1	0	0%	top 100%	83.7%	83.7%
2016	1	0	0%	top 100%	66.5%	66.5%
2015	4	1	75%	top 62%	94.4%	91.2%
2014	2	0	50%	top 83%	88.3%	86%
2013	3	0	0%	top 93%	85.7%	83.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 16, 2023	Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" 🏅 Kansas City, KS	29 / 29 (602.7432)	29 (149.6572)	29 (151.9772)	29 (147.3944)	26 (153.7144)
Apr 29, 2016	Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS	30 / 30 (478.7656)	15 (167.9772)	29 (147.9540)	—	17 (162.8344)
Oct 9, 2015	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	34 / 36 (634.7084)	19 (165.6684)	34 (154.8000)	29 (163.4400)	33 (150.8000)
Sep 11, 2015	Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	15 / 28 (671.9312)	6 (173.1200)	25 (161.1200)	21 (165.6684)	4 (172.0228)
Aug 28, 2015	Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS	32 / 42 (640.5144)	9 (173.1544)	24 (164)	35 (159.9772)	42 (143.3828)
Apr 24, 2015	Smokin' in the Ville Edwardsville, KS	7 / 29 (680)	6 (173.7256)	6 (172.0116)	4 (172)	17 (162.2628)
Oct 10, 2014	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	34 / 46 (635.9316)	10 (174.2972)	26 (162.2856)	40 (154.8116)	43 (144.5372)
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS	60 / 65 (602.1720)	51 (156.5144)	61 (144.5488)	42 (161.1772)	63 (139.9316)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	104 / 114 (595.8516)	71 (158.2628)	92 (151.4172)	103 (146.8228)	105 (139.3488)
Aug 17, 2013	BBQ at the Races Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS	29 / 31 (616.9600)	31 (153.0972)	28 (154.2172)	30 (150.2284)	22 (159.4172)
Apr 19, 2013	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS	69 / 73 (587.4284)	52 (153.7142)	53 (150.2858)	67 (144.5714)	70 (138.8570)

4 MEAT SAKES

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 (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Boom or bust

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)