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
- Jul 3, 2026
Slingin Meats BBQ
Slingin Meats BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 16 at the GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2023
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 3.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 175.57 · weakest Brisket (170.70)
Road miles
808
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 283 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
691.37 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 165.6916 | 170.97 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 | 174.13 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 175.57 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 166.8344 | 170.70 | top 63% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
UT
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
58
finished ahead 42 times, behind 37
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Jun 9, 2023 → Jul 3, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score694.8116 Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1514) Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
20234 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship | Jun 9, 2023 |
| +6.2 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | Jul 3, 2026 |
| +1.3 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | Aug 14, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.9 | NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship | Sep 18, 2026 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 96.5% | 95.9% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 8 / 12 (693.6344) | 9 (168.5256) | 6 (174.2744) | 5 (178.8572) | 10 (171.9772) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 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) |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 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) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 6 / 16 (693.6688) | 9 (175.4056) | 8 (173.7144) | 3 (177.7144) | 12 (166.8344) |