BLAKES SWEET HEAT
BLAKES SWEET HEAT is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 25th of 26 at the Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition (2018). They finished #2579 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Strongest meat
Road miles
Master avg
Backyard (3-meat) avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2579 (51 pts) | #1893 (81 pts) | #2515 (56 pts) | #2570 (51 pts) | #2569 (51 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 137.6112 | 149.66 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 122.0572 | 138.74 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8912 | 149.0628 | 149.98 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.0516 | 137.0516 | 137.05 | top 96% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20183 milestones
- First tracked contest Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score603.2460 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.7144 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 28 / 62 (410.5596) | 28 (137.6112) | 28 (122.0572) | 27 (150.8912) | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition Cornelia, GA | 25 / 26 (603.2460) | 19 (161.7144) | 24 (155.4172) | 25 (149.0628) | 25 (137.0516) |