SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3510

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1519 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2026-05-01

Best ToY finish

#927

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

676.0228 / 720

Master · Big Island BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.12 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 661.93 (-2.82)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · Big Island BBQ

Consistency

±10.09

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.95)

Road miles

632

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$41K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

661.93 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

676.0228 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.0228 at Big Island BBQ — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-08-22

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Subtle Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

7.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 7.8 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2023-05-12).

last seen 2015-07-31
back 2023-05-12

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.

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

SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ

#3515 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1493

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Cozy Pig BBQ

#3501 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Ring Of Fire

#3518 of the rated field

1493 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Level with SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Creekside BBQ

#3520 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin' Beaver

#3529 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2023-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BUCK SMOKE

#3492 of the rated field

1493 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1493

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before SWEET MEAT INJECTIONS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	0	170.8456	161.0972	165.41	top 64%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	170.3428	158.2628	164.95	top 57%
Pork	6	2	1	174.2628	150.8000	165.69	top 45%
Brisket	6	1	0	169.1316	160.5716	165.89	top 43%

“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
MN	4	0	top 56%
ND	2	0	top 67%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 61%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
ND BBQ Championship	2	24	0	top 67%	2026-05-01

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.7 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2026-05-01

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 4 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 165.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.95)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 1 of 6 contests

Master average 661.93 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 232 107–229 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 632 6 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi

Schedule strength 1559 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Purse competed for $40,900 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 7.8 yrs 2015-07-31 → 2023-05-12

Power rating 1493 peak 1519 · #3510 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest Big Island BBQ
Aug 22 First call Big Island BBQ
Aug 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.0228 Big Island BBQ
Aug 22 Career-best overall score676.0228 Big Island BBQ
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Big Island BBQ
2015
Jul 31 First overall top-10 Great Northern BBQ
Jul 31 Peak power rating (1519) Great Northern BBQ
2026
May 1 Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	Big Island BBQ	2014-08-22
+9.3	Great Northern BBQ	2015-07-31
+3	ND BBQ Championship	2024-09-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Smokin in Steele	2023-06-02
-10.9	Minnesota in May	2023-05-12
-6.9	ND BBQ Championship	2026-05-01

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 83%	90.1%	90.1%
2024	1	0	0%	top 51%	92.5%	92.5%
2023	2	0	0%	top 85%	91.6%	91%
2015	1	1	100%	top 27%	93.2%	93.2%
2014	1	0	100%	top 28%	93.9%	93.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-01	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	59 / 71 (648.4224)	27 (170.8228)	62 (161.1312)	66 (150.8000)	37 (165.6684)
2024-09-27	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	24 / 47 (666.2972)	27 (165.7372)	33 (163.4056)	19 (168.0228)	19 (169.1316)
2023-06-02	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	25 / 29 (650.7424)	25 (161.1084)	25 (158.2628)	12 (167.9656)	16 (163.4056)
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	49 / 59 (659.3028)	52 (161.0972)	25 (168.5484)	47 (161.6572)	23 (168.0000)
2015-07-31	Great Northern BBQ Brainerd, MN	7 / 26 (670.8116)	21 (162.8228)	9 (167.9888)	2 (171.4400)	4 (168.5600)
2014-08-22	Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	15 / 54 (676.0228)	19 (170.8456)	11 (170.3428)	5 (174.2628)	31 (160.5716)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#927 (60 pts)	#1010 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)	#970 (60 pts)	#950 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1157 (65 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1106 (90 pts)	#1082 (90 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1041 (114 pts)	#1101 (114 pts)	#1204 (114 pts)	#816 (179 pts)	#861 (169 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1501 (156 pts)	#2148 (71 pts)	#1710 (136 pts)	#1250 (251 pts)	#1367 (201 pts)