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
- Nov 8, 2024
Sweet Meat Butcher Shop
Sweet Meat Butcher Shop is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown (2024). They are ranked #4103 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jan 4, 2024
latest Apr 17, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.26 · weakest Brisket (165.45)
Road miles
244
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 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.63 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #1141 (60 pts) | #1203 (60 pts) | #1092 (65 pts) | #1102 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Sweet Meat Butcher Shop, each with one reason worth a look.
131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,120 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,105 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Sweet Meat Butcher Shop's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Level with Sweet Meat Butcher Shop on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,112 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
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.
⚔ Compare careers#4,099 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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.
⚔ Compare careers#4,094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.9084 | 167.15 | top 72% |
| 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 61% | Apr 17, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
155
finished ahead 60 times, behind 190
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jan 9, 2025 → Jan 9, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20247 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Nov 8, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2026 |
| -9.4 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -8.5 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
| -0.8 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2025 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 89% | 93.9% | 92.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 37 / 41 (654.6396) | 40 (155.9084) | 36 (164.5256) | 24 (171.4056) | 36 (162.8000) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 10 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 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) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 18 / 38 (679.3140) | 28 (169.6684) | 25 (167.9656) | 12 (170.8344) | 15 (170.8456) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 8 / 26 (685.6344) | 11 (171.9772) | 5 (175.4172) | 6 (173.1200) | 15 (165.1200) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 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) |