RAGING MEAT SWEATS

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

Power ranking

#5889

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1501 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-06-05

latest 2017-08-25

Best ToY finish

#1090

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

635.3484 / 720

Master · Poor Que

Perfect 180s

Current form

618.11 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 616.83 (+1.28)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.9772

Pork · 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque

Consistency

±16.31

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.63 · weakest Brisket (147.10)

Road miles

884

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 265 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Master avg

616.83 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

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 71%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 71%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.53 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 147.10
Pork avg 161.63
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pig In or Pig Out in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork entries lost

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.7% of a perfect score
10 contests

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.

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

Gettin' Piggy With It!

#5900 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RAGING MEAT SWEATS)

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

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MESQUITO BBQ

#5882 of the rated field

1438 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RAGING MEAT SWEATS)

They've been 1505 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-06-22

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BUTTS & LINKS BBQ

#5903 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-09-21

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BACK FROM THE DEAD

#5898 of the rated field

1437 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

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Deadwood BBQ

#5881 of the rated field

1438 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

No shared contest yet.

Level with RAGING MEAT SWEATS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Chubby Cheeks BBQ

#5887 of the rated field

1437 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
FOUNDING FATHERS BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DD'S BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FOX RIVER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CHEFS GONE GRILLIN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Freeman Brothers BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG CITY BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
QUE THE SMOKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
TOPPGATOR BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	163.9656	141.0744	154.24	top 80%
Pork Ribs	10	162.8460	144.5260	153.85	top 76%
Pork	10	167.9772	156.0000	161.63	top 56%
Brisket	10	159.3828	136.5144	147.10	top 85%

“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
WI	9	0	top 79%
MN	1	0	top 99%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 72%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 90%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)	2	37	0	top 95%	2017-08-25
Poor Que	2	15	0	top 50%	2016-06-03

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2015-06-05 → 2017-08-25

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 9 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.63 · weakest Brisket (147.10)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 616.83 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 232 81–369 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 884 10 mapped stops · furthest 265 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Power rating 1437 peak 1501 · #5889 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Jun 5 First tracked contest Poor Que
Jun 5 Career-best overall score635.3484 Poor Que
Jun 5 Peak power rating (1501) Poor Que
2016
Aug 26 Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
2017
Aug 25 10th tracked contest 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)
Aug 25 Most recent contest 6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.4	Poor Que	2016-06-03
+1.2	Poor Que	2015-06-05

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.9	Minnesota in May	2016-05-13
-12.2	Badger Brews & Que	2015-07-31
-10.2	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat	2016-07-09
-8.3	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque	2016-08-26
-7.2	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1)	2017-08-24

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0%	top 95%	85.5%	85.4%
2016	4	0%	top 84%	87.7%	85.5%
2015	4	0%	top 71%	88.2%	86%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-25	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 2) Washington Island, WI	37 / 39 (615.2688)	32 (156.5372)	35 (155.4060)	23 (163.3828)	38 (139.9428)
2017-08-24	6th Annual Death Door Barbeque(DAY 1) Washington Island, WI	38 / 40 (615.1996)	40 (147.9312)	37 (150.8000)	26 (159.9428)	34 (156.5256)
2016-08-26	5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque Washington Island, WI	38 / 42 (612.3884)	40 (151.3712)	35 (153.0856)	12 (167.9772)	41 (139.9544)
2016-07-09	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI	54 / 55 (615.8744)	45 (159.9544)	53 (147.3944)	37 (161.7256)	53 (146.8000)
2016-06-03	Poor Que Montello, WI	15 / 30 (631.7944)	20 (155.9544)	21 (155.3716)	19 (161.0856)	14 (159.3828)
2016-05-13	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	70 / 71 (601.0516)	70 (148.5372)	61 (153.6800)	60 (156.0000)	66 (142.8344)
2015-08-28	4th Annual Deaths Door Barbecue Washington Island, WI	24 / 35 (631.2912)	25 (159.3712)	18 (158.2744)	13 (164.0000)	29 (149.6456)
2015-07-31	Badger Brews & Que Manitowoc, WI	29 / 30 (579.2464)	30 (141.0744)	28 (144.5260)	22 (157.1316)	29 (136.5144)
2015-07-10	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	55 / 80 (630.8236)	57 (157.7488)	32 (162.8460)	36 (162.2744)	60 (147.9544)
2015-06-05	Poor Que Montello, WI	19 / 38 (635.3484)	14 (163.9656)	20 (157.0972)	15 (162.8112)	31 (151.4744)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1096 (285 pts)	#1249 (260 pts)	#1256 (255 pts)	#1070 (330 pts)	#1133 (290 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1090 (270 pts)	#1099 (290 pts)	#1111 (295 pts)	#970 (360 pts)	#1245 (235 pts)