SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1838

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1545

peak 1545 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-06

latest 2017-10-13

Best ToY finish

#774

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0172 / 720

Master · Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.01 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.53 (+18.49)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest

Consistency

±21.67

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 161.73 · weakest Pork (159.29)

Road miles

2,893

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 346 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.53 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

On the rise

+43 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 43 points across 6 contests since 2016-10-14 — from 1502 up to 1545.

6 contests since 2016-10-14
now 1545

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 12 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.0172 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0172 at Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-07-21

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 33%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

14–1 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 93% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KNOB HILL in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

11 of 15 shared pork ribs entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TAILWIND BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 31% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 51% 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.

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

MAKIN BACON BBQ

#1831 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1556

0–5 in 5 shared contests (0% to SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — MAKIN BACON BBQ ahead 5–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

TOO SAUCED

#1844 of the rated field

1545 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1562

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY)

59 contests to 18: their number has had years to settle where SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY's is still finding its level.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

TWISTED SMOKE ADC

#1849 of the rated field

1545 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 20% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2022-07-22

⚔ Head-to-head

STP BBQ

#1846 of the rated field

1545 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

⚔ Head-to-head

56 SMOKEHOUSE

#1841 of the rated field

1545 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

Level with SWEET N SASSY BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

1709 BBQ

#1835 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2021-08-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
GRAND SLAM BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Rocks Money Pit BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
TAILWIND BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
POKE N SMOKE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	3	0	0	170.8228	144.4800	160.08	top 59%
Pork Ribs	18	5	1	3	173.7144	148.0000	161.73	top 50%
Pork	18	3	0	1	176.5600	137.0740	159.29	top 57%
Brisket	18	7	1	1	174.2628	143.9084	161.42	top 43%

“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
VA	17	0	top 50%
SC	1	0	top 64%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	13	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree	3	24	top 55%	2016-05-13
*Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	2	9	top 27%	2017-10-13
Que & Cruz	2	11	top 41%	2017-10-06
Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship	2	14	top 54%	2016-07-15

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2013-09-06 → 2017-10-13

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 17 of 18 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 161.73 · weakest Pork (159.29)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 12 of 18 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 3 of 18 contests

Master average 642.53 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 333 345–338 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,893 18 mapped stops · furthest 346 mi

Schedule strength 1552 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1545 peak 1545 · #1838 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 6 First tracked contest Recovery Fest 2013
Sep 6 First call Recovery Fest 2013
2015
Jul 17 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
Jul 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9312 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
2016
May 13 10th tracked contest BBQ Jamboree
Oct 14 First overall top-10 Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
Oct 14 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
2017
Jul 21 Career-best overall score673.0172 Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship
Oct 13 Peak power rating (1545) *Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
Oct 13 Most recent contest *Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.1	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	2016-10-14
+12.3	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship	2017-07-21
+9.6	*Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	2017-10-13
+9.4	BBQ Gives Back	2017-03-24
+6.5	13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship	2017-09-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7	11th Annual Recovery Fest	2015-09-11
-4.8	Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship	2014-07-18
-3.9	BBQ Jamboree	2014-05-09
-3.2	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin	2016-04-29
-3	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown	2015-11-13

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	5	2	1	80%	top 33%	93.5%	91.8%
2016	5	1	0	60%	top 51%	92.9%	89.9%
2015	4	0	1	50%	top 59%	92.2%	88.6%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 65%	89.4%	86.7%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 61%	83.2%	83.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-13	*Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	9 / 30 (660.3768)	14 (165.0856)	7 (169.1200)	19 (162.7884)	10 (163.3828)
2017-10-06	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	11 / 28 (650.6848)	18 (161.0740)	15 (159.9884)	19 (157.6340)	6 (171.9884)
2017-09-08	13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	14 / 35 (662.1712)	22 (163.3828)	22 (163.4400)	19 (161.6456)	5 (173.7028)
2017-07-21	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship Galax, VA	5 / 25 (673.0172)	6 (170.8228)	16 (161.0972)	6 (166.8344)	1 (174.2628)
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	22 / 64 (658.8116)	20 (170.2972)	53 (154.8688)	20 (167.4056)	22 (166.2400)
2016-10-14	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	9 / 38 (669.0056)	24 (161.6800)	5 (173.1200)	2 (176.5600)	23 (157.6456)
2016-09-30	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	13 / 31 (652.3544)	21 (161.6456)	22 (160.5144)	18 (161.6572)	4 (168.5372)
2016-07-15	Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship Galax, VA	14 / 25 (657.5312)	4 (170.8228)	23 (150.8116)	7 (169.6684)	11 (166.2284)
2016-05-13	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	46 / 72 (630.6400)	67 (147.3600)	40 (159.9772)	28 (162.8000)	33 (160.5028)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	33 / 48 (626.7200)	23 (165.1200)	18 (164.0000)	40 (153.6916)	42 (143.9084)
2015-11-13	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC	18 / 28 (642.1256)	23 (154.7772)	2 (172.5600)	14 (161.1200)	22 (153.6684)
2015-09-11	11th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA	24 / 29 (608.4684)	19 (159.3712)	27 (148.0000)	21 (155.4172)	25 (145.6800)
2015-07-17	Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA	15 / 29 (663.9312)	24 (157.6912)	1 (173.7144)	18 (166.8456)	16 (165.6800)
2015-05-08	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	24 / 65 (637.1200)	41 (156.5600)	22 (163.4284)	34 (155.9772)	20 (161.1544)
2014-09-05	10th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA	19 / 32 (616.3880)	30 (146.2056)	3 (169.7028)	31 (137.0740)	8 (163.4056)
2014-07-18	Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA	21 / 30 (643.8516)	8 (168.5256)	22 (159.9428)	19 (161.1432)	26 (154.2400)
2014-05-09	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	42 / 64 (613.0516)	32 (156.5716)	49 (149.6800)	50 (147.9544)	13 (158.8456)
2013-09-06	Recovery Fest 2013 Richmond, VA	17 / 28 (599.2228)	25 (144.4800)	11 (157.1316)	28 (141.0512)	10 (156.5600)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#774 (488 pts)	#936 (413 pts)	#1065 (333 pts)	#905 (423 pts)	#557 (703 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#964 (341 pts)	#907 (406 pts)	#1166 (286 pts)	#1006 (366 pts)	#840 (446 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1658 (124 pts)	#1656 (144 pts)	#1746 (129 pts)	#1717 (134 pts)	#1661 (139 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1213 (237 pts)	#1156 (282 pts)	#947 (377 pts)	#1385 (217 pts)	#971 (342 pts)