High-water mark
694.8116
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.8116 at Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-07-03
Slingin Meats BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-06-09
latest 2026-08-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
690.61
last 3 Master vs avg 690.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.47 · weakest Brisket (170.27)
Road miles
524
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 283 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
690.61 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SinBin BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SinBin BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2026-07-03).
- last seen 2023-06-09
- back 2026-07-03
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.
Slingin Meats BBQ 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 98 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.
#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Slingin Meats BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Slingin Meats BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2665 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Slingin Meats BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 165.6916 | 171.79 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 | 174.09 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 171.9772 | 174.47 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 166.8344 | 170.27 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2023-06-09 → 2026-08-14
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 174.47 · weakest Brisket (170.27)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
690.61
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
53
38–30 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
524
3 mapped stops · furthest 283 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2023-06-09 → 2026-07-03
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- First call GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score693.6688 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- 2026
- Career-best overall score694.8116 Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1514) Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship | 2023-06-09 |
| +6.2 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2026-07-03 |
| +1.4 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | 2026-08-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 96.5% | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 96.3% | 96.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 16 / 29 (683.3604) | 24 (165.6916) | 13 (173.1316) | 7 (173.7144) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 11 / 26 (694.8116) | 9 (174.2628) | 8 (175.4172) | 14 (171.9772) | 13 (173.1544) |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 6 / 16 (693.6688) | 9 (175.4056) | 8 (173.7144) | 3 (177.7144) | 12 (166.8344) |