Meat Sweats

Meat Sweats is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #6105 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “MeatSweats”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,105

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1428

peak 1428 · rated over 10 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 23, 2017

latest Jun 20, 2025 · 8 years on the trail

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 92%

overall standings

Best overall

659.3256 / 720

Master · BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

536.99 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 549.47 (-12.47)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8344

Chicken · BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash

Consistency

±129.05

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.38 · weakest Brisket (155.84)

Road miles

49,693

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 11,117 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Purse competed for

$36K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

549.47 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

313.22 / 360

4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 12%

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Ghost Hill BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Ghost Hill BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.54 points below their pork, and turns into a call 38% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 155.84
Pork avg 164.38
3 calls in 8 entries

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 22, 2021).

last seen Sep 13, 2019
back Oct 22, 2021

Boom or bust

±14.25% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±14.25% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 82.3% of a perfect score
best 91.6%

A June team

Top 57% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 57% across 3 contests, versus top 92% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 92% the rest of the year

The long haul

49,693 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 49,693 miles across 13 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 11,117 miles to Smokin in the City.

13 mapped stops
furthest 11,117 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Meat Sweats, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smokin Budha with the Phat Daddyz

#6,103 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Meat Sweats)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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Bare Bones BBQ

#6,101 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Meat Sweats)

They've been 1506 at their best, 78 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

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J & M BBQ

#6,094 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1429

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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Poultrygeist BBQ

#6,110 of the rated field

1428 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1428

They turned up 5 years after Meat Sweats did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 13, 2026

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Dats Cool

#6,107 of the rated field

1428 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1428

Level with Meat Sweats on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2025

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Second Hand Smokers

#6,109 of the rated field

1428 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1428

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	4	1	1	170.8344	144.4800	158.89	top 82%
Pork Ribs	13	2	0	1	170.2744	142.2972	156.63	top 95%
Pork	6	2	0	1	169.7028	157.7028	164.38	top 50%
Brisket	8	3	0	1	164.0572	142.1944	155.84	top 60%

“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)	6	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 93%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 76%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	4	0	top 148%
CA	2	1	top 12%
WI	1	0	top 58%
ID	1	0	top 80%
MO	1	0	top 79%
KS	1	0	top 78%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)	2	1	1	top 12%	Jun 20, 2025
Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023	2	20	0	top 211%	Oct 27, 2023
Smokin in the city	2	19	0	top 100%	Apr 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 4 of 13 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 9 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 13 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

First title May 3, 2024 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

Opponents faced 424 finished ahead 113 times, behind 377

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Sep 13, 2019 → Oct 22, 2021

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

20252 milestones

Jun 20 First Reserve Championship IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Jun 20 Most recent contest IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20244 milestones

May 3 First category win (Chicken) IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First overall top-10 IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First overall podium IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
May 3 First Grand Championship IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)

20233 milestones

Jul 14 Career-best overall score659.3256 BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash
Jul 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash
Oct 27 10th tracked contest Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023

20191 milestone

Sep 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3828 Bands brews & BBQ

20181 milestone

Apr 21 First call Smokin in the City

20172 milestones

Jun 23 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Jun 23 Peak power rating (1491) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.7	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash	Jul 14, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.4	Smokin in the City	Apr 21, 2018
-14.3	Smokin in the city	Apr 6, 2019
-12.1	Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 22, 2021
-8.7	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	Jun 23, 2017
-8.2	Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023	Oct 27, 2023

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)
2025	2	0	1	0	50%	top 42%	91.4%	91.3%
2024	1	1	1	1	100%	top 10%	90.1%	90.1%
2023	3	0	0	0	33%	top 140%	91.6%	89%
2022	1	0	0	0	100%	top 200%	89.3%	89.3%
2021	1	0	0	0	0%	top 100%	80.8%	80.8%
2019	2	0	0	0	0%	top 90%	91%	75.8%
2018	2	0	0	0	50%	top 90%	86%	64.9%
2017	1	0	0	0	0%	top 78%	85%	85%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 20, 2025	IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA	2 / 15 (657.0744)	8 (162.2628)	5 (163.4060)	4 (169.7028)	4 (161.7028)
Mar 21, 2025	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	30 / 43 (329.0744)	37 (158.8000)	16 (170.2744)	—	—
May 3, 2024	IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated San Diego, CA	1 / 10 (648.6056)	1 (162.3200)	3 (162.8456)	2 (164.6172)	2 (158.8228)
Oct 27, 2023	Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL	31 / 14 (311.3256)	30 (158.2628)	31 (153.0628)	—	—
Jul 14, 2023	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	11 / 19 (659.3256)	8 (170.8344)	13 (165.0856)	11 (163.9656)	13 (159.4400)
Jul 14, 2023	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI	—	—	11 (161.6572)	—	—
Oct 28, 2022	Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL	20 / 10 (321.6572)	9 (166.8572)	27 (154.8000)	—	—
Oct 22, 2021	Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Madison, AL	30 / 30 (290.8228)	29 (145.1084)	28 (145.7144)	—	—
Sep 13, 2019	Bands brews & BBQ 🏅 Boise, ID	20 / 25 (655.3828)	19 (165.7028)	20 (164)	19 (166.2972)	18 (159.3828)
Apr 6, 2019	Smokin in the city Perth WA	19 / 19 (436.0228)	18 (146.8572)	19 (142.2972)	—	18 (146.8684)
Jun 1, 2018	Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO	38 / 48 (619.3028)	18 (166.3200)	44 (146.7884)	28 (164)	47 (142.1944)
Apr 21, 2018	Smokin in the City Perth	20 / 20 (314.9372)	—	14 (150.8800)	—	8 (164.0572)
Jun 23, 2017	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	144 / 184 (611.8284)	177 (144.4800)	126 (155.4056)	112 (157.7028)	112 (154.2400)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Meat Sweats

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Boom or bust

A June team

The long haul

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)