High-water mark
676.4684
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4684 at A Celebration of Our Heroes — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-09-03
Team Meat Candy
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-10-02
latest 2021-09-03
Best ToY finish
#917
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.49
last 5 Master vs avg 665.49 (-0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.11
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.65 · weakest Pork (162.14)
Road miles
268
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.49 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.5
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.51 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork avg 162.14
- Brisket avg 168.65
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of TRIPLE A COOKERS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
4.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.8 years, then back at A Celebration of Our Heroes (2021-09-03).
- last seen 2016-10-29
- back 2021-09-03
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.
Team Meat Candy has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Team Meat Candy)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Team Meat Candy has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 58
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 28%
- Peak
- 1629
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Team Meat Candy)
They've been 1629 at their best, 118 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Team Meat Candy on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before Team Meat Candy's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.6456 | 166.15 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 158.8344 | 168.56 | top 42% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 153.6456 | 162.14 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 163.9428 | 168.65 | top 45% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2 | 139 | 0 | top 53% | 2016-10-29 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.9 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2021-09-03
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.65 · weakest Pork (162.14)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
665.49
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
876
694–851 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
268
5 mapped stops · furthest 242 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.8 yrs
2016-10-29 → 2021-09-03
Power rating
1511
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6000 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- 2021
- First call A Celebration of Our Heroes
- First overall top-10 A Celebration of Our Heroes
- Career-best overall score676.4684 A Celebration of Our Heroes
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1428 A Celebration of Our Heroes
- Peak power rating (1511) A Celebration of Our Heroes
- Most recent contest A Celebration of Our Heroes
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| +4.6 | A Celebration of Our Heroes | 2021-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94% | 94% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 92.8% | 92.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 92.4% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-03 | A Celebration of Our Heroes 🏅 Madison, IL | 10 / 20 (676.4684) | 6 (172.0000) | 2 (177.1428) | 16 (163.3828) | 17 (163.9428) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 161 / 557 (667.9196) | 423 (157.6456) | 49 (173.1428) | 317 (162.8456) | 39 (174.2856) |
| 2016-10-28 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 139 / 180 (666.1828) | 119 (168.0000) | 106 (167.3828) | 149 (162.8344) | 99 (167.9656) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 315 / 606 (651.2800) | 80 (172.5600) | 418 (158.8344) | 506 (153.6456) | 213 (166.2400) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 136 / 187 (665.6000) | 170 (160.5256) | 114 (166.2744) | 102 (167.9772) | 76 (170.8228) |
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 | #917 (120 pts) | #863 (160 pts) | #682 (245 pts) | #1148 (90 pts) | #1150 (85 pts) |