SLINGIN MEATS

SLINGIN MEATS is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 32 at the Smoke-N-Wings (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #694 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#694

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1643

peak 1643 · rated over 31 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 14, 2022

latest Sep 4, 2026 · 4.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#87

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

39% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

707.9656 / 720

Master · Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

686.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 683.66 (+3.00)

Walk rate

85%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Consistency

±13.83

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 172.63 · weakest Brisket (167.74)

Road miles

12,443

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 1,583 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)

Purse competed for

$432K

listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 31 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.66 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

Pork ×2
Pork Ribs ×1
Brisket ×1

On the rise

+33 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 33 points across 11 contests since Nov 21, 2025 — from 1610 up to 1643.

11 contests since Nov 21, 2025
now 1643

They almost always walk

85% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 85% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

707.9656 career-best overall

98.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 707.9656 at Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship — 98.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 20, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bourbon & Blues BBQ has finished one call ahead of SLINGIN MEATS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

17–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.89 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 47%.

Brisket avg 167.74
Pork avg 172.63
8 calls in 32 entries

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A strong matchup

12–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Wild West BBQ in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (Jan 12, 2024).

last seen Jan 14, 2022
back Jan 12, 2024

Pork nemesis

11 of 15 shared pork entries lost

Meat Candy Q ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Meat Candy Q has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

GIRLS CAN GRILL has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 30% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 30% across 6 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,443 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,443 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,583 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

33 mapped stops
furthest 1,583 mi

The metronome

±1.90% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.90% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 95.0% of a perfect score
33 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#87 (1,423 pts)	#83 (1,496 pts)	#126 (1,274 pts)	#40 (1,721 pts)	#108 (1,273 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#142 (1,385 pts)	#115 (1,490 pts)	#193 (1,195 pts)	#115 (1,460 pts)	#186 (1,140 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#201 (1,043 pts)	#263 (888 pts)	#137 (1,323 pts)	#131 (1,278 pts)	#274 (828 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SLINGIN MEATS, each with one reason worth a look.

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

#692 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1648

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before SLINGIN MEATS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 31 contests

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BEAN BANDITS

#691 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1652

Careers of much the same size, 46 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 46 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

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BBQ Team Laurentius

#693 of the rated field

1644 power rating

Contests: 67
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1649

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 67 contests, alongside a 37% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 65 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2024

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The Pitfather BBQ

#695 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1648

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SLINGIN MEATS)

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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FIRED UP SMOKERS

#697 of the rated field

1642 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1656

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before SLINGIN MEATS's first contest.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2017

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DIGGIN QUE-GA

#686 of the rated field

1644 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1645

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 40 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SinBin BBQ	23	15	8	65%	⚔ compare
Tuffy's BBQ	21	12	9	57%	⚔ compare
1 Bite BBQ	19	11	8	58%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
Wild West BBQ	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare
GIRLS CAN GRILL	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Brinkerhoff BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BIG BOYZ BBQ	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Big Juicy BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	14	2	3	178.8800	159.9428	172.23	top 42%
Pork Ribs	33	14	1	4	180 🔥	150.7884	171.32	top 44%
Pork	32	15	2	7	180 🔥	162.8000	172.63	top 37%
Brisket	32	8	1	2	180 🔥	154.7656	167.74	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 22%
Medium (20–39)	22	top 40%
Large (40+)	7	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AZ	6	top 48%
ID	5	top 33%
MT	5	top 43%
NV	5	top 39%
UT	5	top 36%
OR	3	top 22%
WY	2	top 52%
TN	1	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana BBQ Cookoff	3	12	top 53%	Jun 12, 2026
Montana Pitmaster Classic	2	7	top 28%	Aug 28, 2026
Best Dam BBQ	2	5	top 23%	May 23, 2026
Smoke-N-Wings	2	2	top 21%	Jun 27, 2025
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	2	6	top 29%	May 31, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 12 contests

Contests a season 8.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in ID 6 of 33 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 26 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 33 entries · 1 win · 14 calls

Opponents faced 473 finished ahead 713 times, behind 456

Longest layoff 2 yrs Jan 14, 2022 → Jan 12, 2024

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

20263 milestones

Apr 17 25th tracked contest The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown
Jun 12 Peak power rating (1643) Montana BBQ Cookoff
Sep 4 Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest

20252 milestones

Jun 20 Career-best overall score707.9656 Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First Reserve Championship Smoke-N-Wings

20247 milestones

Jan 12 First call 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 12 First overall top-10 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.9088 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jul 6 First category win (Pork Ribs) 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Jul 6 First overall podium 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Jul 6 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Aug 23 10th tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic

20221 milestone

Jan 14 First tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	2024 Icebox Cookoff	Jul 6, 2024
+14.9	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 12, 2024
+14.2	Smoke-N-Wings	Jun 27, 2025
+13.2	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff	Jul 19, 2024
+11.4	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	May 31, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 24, 2026
-4.5	Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition	Mar 27, 2026
-4	Montana BBQ Cookoff	Jun 13, 2025
-3.9	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship	Jun 21, 2024
-3.6	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	11	4	2	82%	top 37%	97.2%	95.7%
2025	12	5	2	83%	top 38%	98.3%	95.1%
2024	9	4	2	100%	top 39%	96.3%	94.6%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	89.8%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	25 / 52 (691.3256)	37 (170.8228)	28 (170.8344)	15 (174.2628)	10 (175.4056)
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID	—	—	12 (173.1316)	—	—
Aug 28, 2026	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	7 / 39 (697.6572)	7 (176.5716)	9 (175.4056)	21 (171.4056)	15 (174.2744)
Jul 24, 2026	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	19 / 32 (673.0056)	22 (168.5256)	14 (168.5488)	8 (171.9656)	20 (163.9656)
Jun 26, 2026	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	15 / 31 (695.3828)	14 (174.2628)	17 (173.7144)	14 (175.4056)	13 (172)
Jun 12, 2026	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	12 / 29 (675.9088)	1 (178.2972)	21 (165.6800)	20 (165.0972)	14 (166.8344)
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	5 / 33 (695.9776)	13 (174.2744)	6 (176.0116)	3 (177.1544)	16 (168.5372)
May 1, 2026	Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT	3 / 19 (699.9656)	9 (173.7028)	10 (171.4056)	2 (179.4400)	6 (175.4172)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	11 / 29 (686.7656)	10 (171.4172)	19 (168.5372)	7 (174.8456)	11 (171.9656)
Mar 27, 2026	Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition 🏅 Lake Havasu City, AZ	22 / 33 (680.4688)	30 (163.3944)	10 (175.4172)	25 (166.2400)	5 (175.4172)
Jan 16, 2026	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	8 / 53 (691.9200)	3 (177.7028)	35 (167.9772)	1 (180)	32 (166.2400)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	48 / 90 (681.0168)	45 (171.4056)	57 (168.5372)	45 (170.8112)	44 (170.2628)
Oct 10, 2025	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	33 / 90 (690.2512)	4 (178.8800)	73 (167.9656)	58 (170.2972)	28 (173.1084)
Aug 29, 2025	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	10 / 39 (692.5256)	6 (177.7028)	23 (170.8456)	3 (177.7144)	26 (166.2628)
Jul 18, 2025	Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	11 / 26 (693.0744)	12 (173.1200)	15 (172.5600)	12 (174.2744)	12 (173.1200)
Jun 27, 2025	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	2 / 32 (701.1428)	1 (178.8572)	10 (173.1544)	2 (179.4400)	20 (169.6912)
Jun 20, 2025	Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	4 / 16 (707.9656)	8 (177.1428)	2 (177.7028)	4 (177.7144)	7 (175.4056)
Jun 13, 2025	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	21 / 33 (651.8856)	6 (176.0344)	31 (150.7884)	21 (162.8000)	23 (162.2628)
May 31, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	6 / 28 (696.5488)	7 (175.4516)	16 (170.2628)	15 (170.8344)	1 (180)
May 30, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	11 / 30 (680.5144)	20 (167.9772)	5 (175.4172)	7 (172.5600)	23 (164.5600)
May 23, 2025	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	9 / 29 (685.6112)	11 (173.1084)	7 (174.2744)	23 (165.6684)	6 (172.5600)
Mar 28, 2025	Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ	13 / 26 (676.4800)	5 (176)	16 (166.2400)	13 (170.2856)	16 (163.9544)
Jan 17, 2025	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	31 / 48 (663.8628)	23 (169.1200)	26 (166.8344)	9 (173.1428)	40 (154.7656)
Aug 23, 2024	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	15 / 39 (683.9084)	11 (173.1084)	25 (167.4056)	28 (166.2400)	3 (177.1544)
Aug 16, 2024	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	13 / 29 (684.4456)	12 (170.8228)	2 (177.7028)	4 (176.5600)	21 (159.3600)
Jul 19, 2024	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	4 / 16 (687.4056)	14 (168)	2 (179.4400)	1 (180)	15 (159.9656)
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	3 / 37 (693.0396)	22 (169.1084)	1 (180)	18 (170.8228)	10 (173.1084)
Jun 28, 2024	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	10 / 28 (684.5028)	6 (173.7028)	14 (169.6800)	5 (177.1544)	18 (163.9656)
Jun 21, 2024	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	21 / 29 (668.4456)	20 (169.6800)	25 (166.2400)	9 (174.2628)	27 (158.2628)
Jun 7, 2024	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	15 / 28 (668.4456)	20 (160.4912)	7 (173.7144)	2 (176)	17 (158.2400)
May 24, 2024	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	19 / 33 (669.5656)	9 (171.9772)	7 (174.8456)	20 (167.9772)	25 (154.7656)
Jan 12, 2024	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	10 / 58 (687.9088)	29 (170.8344)	5 (176.5716)	27 (169.6800)	18 (170.8228)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	44 / 59 (646.6512)	49 (159.9428)	30 (166.8228)	38 (163.9544)	45 (155.9312)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

SLINGIN MEATS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (14 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

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)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)