A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Just Smoked Your Butt ahead in 100% of their meetings
Just Smoked Your Butt has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Meat-A-Swinging
Meat-A-Swinging is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 27th of 34 at the Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL) (2017). They are ranked #5727 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Meat A Swinging”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1445
peak 1445 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 16, 2017
latest Jun 17, 2022 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Best overall
638.8688 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.27 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 618.71 (+0.56)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.63
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.76 · weakest Brisket (149.98)
Road miles
7
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.71 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Meat-A-Swinging, each with one reason worth a look.
89 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Meat-A-Swinging)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Frontier Restoration ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Meat-A-Swinging's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Level with Meat-A-Swinging on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,738 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Smoked Your Butt | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BLOWIN' SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET ASH BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.9144 | 139.9656 | 151.13 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1772 | 147.9196 | 156.84 | top 71% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 153.6684 | 160.76 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 143.4060 | 149.98 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 88% | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | 2 | 64 | 0 | top 73% | Sep 24, 2021 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 104 | 0 | top 96% | Sep 21, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
228
finished ahead 68 times, behind 396
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 27, 2019 → Sep 24, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score638.8688 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
20192 milestones
- First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1493) Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 2017 |
| -14 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 21, 2018 |
| -9.5 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" | Jun 17, 2022 |
| -7.3 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL) | Jun 16, 2017 |
| -5.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | Sep 24, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.5% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2022 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 28 / 29 (613.6688) | 17 (166.9144) | 27 (149.6800) | 29 (153.6684) | 29 (143.4060) |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 64 / 86 (638.8688) | 55 (161.1544) | 66 (158.8916) | 52 (164.0228) | 67 (154.8000) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 72 / 102 (634.3888) | 100 (142.8688) | 2 (177.1772) | 59 (161.7372) | 79 (152.6056) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 104 / 107 (600.4340) | 107 (139.9656) | 95 (151.4056) | 61 (162.2400) | 99 (146.8228) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 107 / 112 (608.9936) | 111 (142.7884) | 102 (147.9196) | 41 (166.2856) | 90 (152) |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL) Kansas City, KS | 27 / 34 (615.8968) | 29 (153.1084) | 26 (155.9656) | 27 (156.5828) | 27 (150.2400) |