High-water mark
693.6456
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.6456 at Torry Island BBQ Showdown — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-03-20
Slapulator BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1531 · rated over 23 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
25
in the data
First seen
2021-11-19
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#280
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 25 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.78 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 670.27 (+5.51)
Walk rate
48%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±14.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.45)
Road miles
4,408
mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 1051 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$349K
listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 23 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.27 / 720
20 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
659.51 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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 (9 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Drunkin Brothers BBQ has finished one call ahead of Slapulator BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
18–0
behind in the head-to-head
Kings BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 18 of their 18 shared contests.
A strong matchup
14–5
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 74% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of K & E's Little Smokers in 14 of their 19 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
13 of 18
shared pork entries lost
Kings BBQ Team ahead 72% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Kings BBQ Team has out-cooked them in 13 of 18 shared pork entries.
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
Going Yard BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
Boom or bust
±30.41%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±30.41% 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 104.8% of a perfect score
- best 184.7%
A March team
Top 40%
average finish in March
Something about March: average finish in the top 40% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
- 3 March contests
- top 58% the rest of the year
The long haul
4,408
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,408 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,051 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST.
- 25 mapped stops
- furthest 1,051 mi
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.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1528
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Slapulator BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Slapulator BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 42
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1475
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Slapulator BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 36 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Slapulator BBQ)
Fewer contests behind them than Slapulator BBQ has cooked, 7 to 25, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#4351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Slapulator BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Slapulator BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Slapulator BBQ)
Level with Slapulator BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4356 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
23 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K & E's Little Smokers | 19 | 14 | 5 | 74% | ⚔ compare |
| Kings BBQ Team | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Going Yard BBQ | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Cooters N Smoke | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | 12 | 3 | 8 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Tillman's BBQ | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 149.7140 | 167.11 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 154.2400 | 165.45 | top 62% |
| Pork | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 158.2056 | 169.04 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 178.8572 | 142.8000 | 166.60 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 17 | 0 | top 51% |
| GA | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 12 | 0 | top 69% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 10 | 0 | top 51% | 2026-01-22 |
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 70% | 2026-04-17 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 64% | 2025-11-21 |
| Poosa Q | 2 | 51 | 0 | top 78% | 2023-10-05 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.4 yrs
2021-11-19 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2022
8 contests
Contests a season
4.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
17 of 25 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
17
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
24 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 169.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.45)
Walk rate
48%
a top-10 call in 12 of 25 contests
Overall top-10 rate
28%
7 of 25 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
670.27
out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
659.51
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,077
685–1,172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,408
25 mapped stops · furthest 1,051 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$349,135
listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 23 state-championship entries
Power rating
1476
peak 1531 · #4342 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5548 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2022
- First category win (Pork) Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1531) Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2024
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2026
- Career-best overall score693.6456 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- 25th tracked contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2026-03-20 |
| +11.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2022-01-28 |
| +10.9 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | 2022-01-07 |
| +8.6 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2021-11-19 |
| +6.9 | Grills Gone Wild | 2024-02-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 2022-11-18 |
| -11.7 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2024-11-22 |
| -9.5 | Poosa Q | 2023-10-05 |
| -8.4 | Poosa Q | 2022-05-05 |
| -7.8 | Ribs on the Ridge | 2026-02-20 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60% | top 64% | 96.3% | 93.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80% | top 51% | 96.2% | 94% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 73% | 95% | 92.4% |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25% | top 55% | 184.7% | 122.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 180.4% | 180.4% |
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 | 34 / 41 (672.9944) | 14 (175.4056) | 37 (162.8116) | 38 (165.0972) | 21 (169.6800) |
| 2026-03-20 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 5 / 34 (693.6456) | 3 (176.5600) | 13 (173.7028) | 4 (177.7028) | 18 (165.6800) |
| 2026-03-13 | Jeepin 4 Justice 🏅 Shady Hills, FL | 10 / 15 (673.6112) | 13 (169.6684) | 12 (167.4172) | 9 (170.2628) | 11 (166.2628) |
| 2026-02-20 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 27 / 32 (666.1488) | 22 (169.1200) | 22 (167.4060) | 30 (158.2056) | 10 (171.4172) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 63 (672.4800) | 37 (170.2972) | 48 (166.2628) | 36 (169.6800) | 45 (166.2400) |
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 12 / 31 (683.3484) | 14 (170.8344) | 11 (172.0000) | 18 (170.2628) | 12 (170.2512) |
| 2024-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 23 / 26 (643.7716) | 16 (167.3944) | 25 (155.3716) | 18 (167.3828) | 22 (153.6228) |
| 2024-03-16 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 6 / 15 (675.2568) | 8 (168.5256) | 7 (169.6800) | 4 (170.8228) | 4 (166.2284) |
| 2024-02-16 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ 🏅 Haines City, FL | 17 / 29 (682.7312) | 15 (171.9656) | 3 (176.5716) | 17 (171.9656) | 24 (162.2284) |
| 2024-02-09 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 8 / 28 (692.4684) | 7 (175.4056) | 24 (168.5256) | 3 (176.5716) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 25 / 61 (690.2288) | 28 (174.2744) | 41 (167.4288) | 34 (169.6684) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 62 / 73 (656.9712) | 71 (158.2400) | 67 (159.9428) | 29 (170.2628) | 42 (168.5256) |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 31 / 40 (658.6856) | 39 (150.1828) | 15 (172.5600) | 17 (167.4172) | 21 (168.5256) |
| 2023-04-14 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 18 / 32 (683.9088) | 6 (175.4172) | 24 (162.8116) | 20 (170.2628) | 6 (175.4172) |
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 34 / 47 (662.1256) | 31 (167.3712) | 45 (154.2400) | 28 (167.3944) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 38 / 51 (663.8284) | 42 (166.2284) | 48 (155.9316) | 25 (171.4056) | 21 (170.2628) |
| 2022-11-18 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 52 / 57 (636.3656) | 28 (168.5256) | 49 (159.3600) | 34 (165.6800) | 57 (142.8000) |
| 2022-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 23 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 303 / 505 (660.5256) | 322 (164.5484) | 396 (160.5600) | 101 (173.1544) | 315 (162.2628) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA | 38 / 49 (671.8400) | 18 (174.2628) | 11 (175.4172) | 44 (161.6456) | 44 (160.5144) |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 51 / 72 (664.4688) | 41 (167.9772) | 58 (163.3944) | 29 (169.6800) | 53 (163.4172) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 10 / 60 (665.0628) | 32 (154.2172) | 15 (165.1772) | 3 (173.1084) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2022-01-07 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 4 / 29 (663.9088) | 3 (167.4060) | 5 (165.6800) | 1 (171.4400) | 6 (159.3828) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 8 / 37 (649.5548) | 13 (157.0744) | 11 (161.0972) | 12 (158.8116) | 2 (172.5716) |
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 | #280 (597 pts) | #260 (692 pts) | #371 (542 pts) | #282 (602 pts) | #282 (597 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1143 (61 pts) | #1084 (96 pts) | #1572 (51 pts) | #1103 (86 pts) | #1164 (66 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #440 (457 pts) | #465 (457 pts) | #481 (492 pts) | #380 (572 pts) | #354 (637 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | — | #341 (68 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #489 (392 pts) | #464 (472 pts) | #493 (480 pts) | #484 (422 pts) | #362 (587 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #332 (60 pts) | #276 (110 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #807 (180 pts) | #797 (215 pts) | #765 (250 pts) | #854 (180 pts) | #837 (180 pts) |