SWEET & SASSY

SWEET & SASSY is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 6th of 32 at the Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest (2016). They are ranked #4645 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,645

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1470

peak 1470 · rated over 13 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 11, 2014

latest May 1, 2021 · 7.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1009

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

7% of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5372 / 720

Master · Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.64 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.68 (-4.05)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Pork · Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

Consistency

±22.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.84 · weakest Brisket (157.37)

Road miles

659

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

642.68 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

684.5372 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.5372 at Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 6, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE SMOKIN' WALZS has finished one call ahead of SWEET & SASSY 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 44%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 44%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.47 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 23% of the time against 8%.

Brisket avg 157.37
Chicken avg 162.84
3 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Junk Yard Hog in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff (May 1, 2021).

last seen Oct 12, 2018
back May 1, 2021

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Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

A May team

Top 60% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 60% across 4 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 68% the rest of the year

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1225 (75 pts)	#1269 (70 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#2501 (58 pts)	#1915 (78 pts)	#2496 (58 pts)	#2017 (63 pts)	#2504 (58 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1947 (108 pts)	#2032 (103 pts)	#2178 (83 pts)	#1762 (128 pts)	#1761 (128 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1009 (321 pts)	#1150 (291 pts)	#916 (416 pts)	#898 (431 pts)	#1171 (276 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1514 (154 pts)	#1202 (254 pts)	#1681 (144 pts)	#1586 (164 pts)	#1611 (149 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1404 (193 pts)	#1854 (133 pts)	#1505 (183 pts)	#1150 (283 pts)	#1261 (238 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SWEET & SASSY, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MO BBQ

#4,637 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1501

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SWEET & SASSY)

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 30, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

3 B'S BBQ

#4,629 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1470

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2022
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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HOT ROD HOGS

#4,646 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1470

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before SWEET & SASSY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Big Pappa's Smokin' BBQ

#4,643 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 28, 2016

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All Smoked Up

#4,666 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1470

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 13% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE

#4,649 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
ALL-STAR BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MOKAN MEATHEADS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
POLITICAL PORK	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	0	173.1428	153.7144	162.84	top 66%
Pork Ribs	13	2	1	172.5716	149.0972	160.72	top 65%
Pork	13	3	1	176.5828	143.9772	161.75	top 61%
Brisket	13	3	0	170.2628	145.1544	157.37	top 66%

“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)	2	top 73%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 61%
Large (40+)	4	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Anchor City Cook Off	3	19	0	top 74%	Oct 12, 2018
Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2	6	0	top 40%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 14 of 14 contests

Contests visited 11 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 598 finished ahead 423 times, behind 396

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs Oct 12, 2018 → May 1, 2021

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

20211 milestone

May 1 Most recent contest Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff

20171 milestone

May 5 10th tracked contest Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest

20164 milestones

May 6 First overall top-10 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 Career-best overall score684.5372 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5828 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1496) Anchor City Cook Off

20141 milestone

Sep 26 First call Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival

—2 milestones

First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
First overall past 90% of a perfect score165.7028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	May 6, 2016
+7.5	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival	Sep 26, 2014
+2.5	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 15, 2016
+2.3	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 14, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 11, 2014
-11.3	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 17, 2015
-8.9	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 12, 2018
-8.1	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff	May 1, 2021
-4.6	Burg Fest BBQ Contest	Sep 25, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	0%	—	92.1%	92.1%
2021	1	0	0%	top 92%	88.8%	88.8%
2018	2	0	0%	top 78%	88.4%	88.3%
2017	2	0	50%	top 70%	89.3%	89.1%
2016	3	1	33%	top 44%	95.1%	92.3%
2015	3	0	67%	top 78%	90.5%	87.8%
2014	2	0	50%	top 65%	93.4%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 1, 2021	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO	36 / 39 (639.2800)	22 (167.4172)	23 (165.7028)	37 (152.5028)	38 (153.6572)
Oct 12, 2018	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	30 / 33 (634.8232)	21 (162.2628)	31 (157.1316)	24 (164.0344)	31 (151.3944)
Apr 20, 2018	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	26 / 40 (636.3768)	32 (161.1084)	31 (156.5028)	32 (158.2628)	25 (160.5028)
Oct 13, 2017	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	20 / 27 (642.8348)	26 (158.2972)	22 (160.5488)	16 (163.4400)	14 (160.5488)
May 5, 2017	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	12 / 18 (639.8632)	13 (161.6800)	17 (154.2400)	9 (165.6916)	9 (158.2516)
Oct 14, 2016	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	19 / 34 (659.3488)	20 (164.5600)	12 (167.9772)	14 (166.8572)	20 (159.9544)
May 6, 2016	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	6 / 32 (684.5372)	12 (170.2628)	3 (172.5716)	2 (176.5828)	10 (165.1200)
Apr 15, 2016	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	30 / 53 (650.2176)	20 (167.9772)	36 (157.7032)	25 (164)	28 (160.5372)
Sep 25, 2015	Burg Fest BBQ Contest Warrensburg, MO	15 / 19 (641.6228)	4 (173.1428)	17 (153.6456)	13 (165.1772)	16 (149.6572)
May 1, 2015	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	23 / 37 (651.8972)	33 (158.7884)	6 (170.2744)	27 (160.5828)	24 (162.2516)
Apr 17, 2015	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	45 / 49 (604.0004)	46 (153.7144)	37 (154.8688)	46 (150.2628)	46 (145.1544)
Sep 26, 2014	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	13 / 37 (672.5372)	26 (161.6800)	15 (169.1544)	4 (171.4400)	7 (170.2628)
Apr 11, 2014	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	44 / 46 (597.5544)	38 (156)	45 (149.0972)	45 (143.9772)	43 (148.4800)
—	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO	91 (165.7028)	—	—	—	—

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

SWEET & SASSY

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

A May team

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)