SWEET & SASSY

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

Power ranking

#4640

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-11

latest 2021-05-01

Best ToY finish

#1009

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.84 · weakest Brisket (157.37)

Road miles

659

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.68 / 720

13 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.

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
2016-05-06

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-10s
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 (2021-05-01).

last seen 2018-10-12
back 2021-05-01

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

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.

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

Big and Bigger

#4652 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SWEET & SASSY)

2 contests 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 5 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

THE PORKCHOP MAFIA

#4646 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

HOT ROD HOGS

#4627 of the rated field

1470 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

⚔ Head-to-head

BULLY BBQ

#4659 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-02-21

⚔ Head-to-head

MARKO'S SMOKIN' BBQ

#4665 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2019-07-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Tractor Shed BBQ

#4639 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 73%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 61%
Large (40+)	4	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Anchor City Cook Off	3	19	0	top 74%	2018-10-12
Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2	6	0	top 40%	2016-05-06

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.1 yrs 2014-04-11 → 2021-05-01

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 14 of 14 contests

Contests visited 11 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.84 · weakest Brisket (157.37)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 5 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 1 of 14 contests

Master average 642.68 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 599 423–396 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 659 13 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi

Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs 2018-10-12 → 2021-05-01

Power rating 1469 peak 1469 · #4640 of 6,413 rated

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

First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
2014
Sep 26 First call Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival
Sep 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5372 Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival
2016
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
2017
May 5 10th tracked contest Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest
2021
May 1 Most recent contest Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2016-05-06
+7.5	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival	2014-09-26
+2.4	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2016-04-15
+2.2	Anchor City Cook Off	2016-10-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2014-04-11
-11.3	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2015-04-17
-8.9	*Anchor City Cook Off	2018-10-12
-8.1	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff	2021-05-01
-4.5	Burg Fest BBQ Contest	2015-09-25

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	0%	—	—	—
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
2021-05-01	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO	36 / 39 (639.2800)	22 (167.4172)	23 (165.7028)	37 (152.5028)	38 (153.6572)
2018-10-12	*Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	30 / 33 (634.8232)	21 (162.2628)	31 (157.1316)	24 (164.0344)	31 (151.3944)
2018-04-20	*Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	26 / 40 (636.3768)	32 (161.1084)	31 (156.5028)	32 (158.2628)	25 (160.5028)
2017-10-13	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	20 / 27 (642.8348)	26 (158.2972)	22 (160.5488)	16 (163.4400)	14 (160.5488)
2017-05-05	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	12 / 18 (639.8632)	13 (161.6800)	17 (154.2400)	9 (165.6916)	9 (158.2516)
2016-10-14	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	19 / 34 (659.3488)	20 (164.5600)	12 (167.9772)	14 (166.8572)	20 (159.9544)
2016-05-06	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	6 / 32 (684.5372)	12 (170.2628)	3 (172.5716)	2 (176.5828)	10 (165.1200)
2016-04-15	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	30 / 53 (650.2176)	20 (167.9772)	36 (157.7032)	25 (164.0000)	28 (160.5372)
2015-09-25	Burg Fest BBQ Contest Warrensburg, MO	15 / 19 (641.6228)	4 (173.1428)	17 (153.6456)	13 (165.1772)	16 (149.6572)
2015-05-01	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	23 / 37 (651.8972)	33 (158.7884)	6 (170.2744)	27 (160.5828)	24 (162.2516)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	45 / 49 (604.0004)	46 (153.7144)	37 (154.8688)	46 (150.2628)	46 (145.1544)
2014-09-26	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	13 / 37 (672.5372)	26 (161.6800)	15 (169.1544)	4 (171.4400)	7 (170.2628)
2014-04-11	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	44 / 46 (597.5544)	38 (156.0000)	45 (149.0972)	45 (143.9772)	43 (148.4800)
	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO	91 (165.7028)	—	—	—	—

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
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)