High-water mark
685.6344
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6344 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-11-08
Sweet Meat Butcher Shop
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2024-01-04
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#927
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.63
last 5 Master vs avg 671.63 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.26 · weakest Brisket (165.45)
Road miles
244
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.63 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Kings BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.82 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 165.45
- Pork avg 170.26
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bar Down BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sweet Meat Butcher Shop on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Sweet Meat Butcher Shop's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Sweet Meat Butcher Shop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Sweet Meat Butcher Shop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Beer BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.9084 | 167.57 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 164.5256 | 169.49 | top 62% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 167.4288 | 170.26 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 158.8000 | 165.45 | top 66% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 61% | 2026-04-17 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2024-01-04 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.26 · weakest Brisket (165.45)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
671.63
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
155
60–190 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
244
6 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,200
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2025-01-09 → 2026-01-09
Power rating
1481
peak 1501 · #4067 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1600 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- First call The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score685.6344 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1501) The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 2026
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2024-11-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2026-01-09 |
| -9.4 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2026-04-17 |
| -8.5 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | 2024-01-04 |
| -0.8 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2025-01-09 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 89% | 93.9% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 95.2% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 37 / 41 (654.6396) | 40 (155.9084) | 36 (164.5256) | 24 (171.4056) | 36 (162.8000) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 10 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 33 / 38 (676.3880) | 34 (168.5256) | 30 (169.6684) | 30 (168.5256) | 22 (169.6684) |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 18 / 38 (679.3140) | 5 (169.6684) | 25 (167.9656) | 12 (170.8344) | 15 (170.8456) |
| 2024-11-08 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 8 / 26 (685.6344) | 11 (171.9772) | 5 (175.4172) | 6 (173.1200) | 15 (165.1200) |
| 2024-01-04 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 31 / 43 (662.1600) | 24 (169.6800) | 31 (166.2512) | 28 (167.4288) | 37 (158.8000) |
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) | #951 (65 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |