On the rise
+36
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 36 points across 5 contests since Apr 26, 2019 — from 1514 up to 1549.
- 5 contests since Apr 26, 2019
- now 1549
BITE ME
BITE ME is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 4th of 33 at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2019). They are ranked #1763 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BITE-ME”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1549
peak 1549 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Mar 6, 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
31% of 13 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 19%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.93
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.29 · weakest Brisket (153.10)
Road miles
470
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
338.24 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
492.25 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #79 (119 pts) | #88 (104 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BITE ME, each with one reason worth a look.
58 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1550
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 7 years before BITE ME's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,767 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
Fewer contests behind them than BITE ME has cooked, 6 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#1,764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1549
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1549
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,762 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 91%
- Peak
- 1559
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1550
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before BITE ME's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FYC BARBEQUE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BALDY'S BUTTS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 5 | 4 | 0 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Angry Jack BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 164.5484 | 167.29 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 170.8344 | 158.8228 | 164.64 | top 22% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 167.3828 | 159.9540 | 164.67 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 153.0972 | 153.10 | top 33% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
13 of 13 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
176
finished ahead 212 times, behind 66
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Mar 3, 2017 → Aug 24, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Peak power rating (1549) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20196 milestones
- First call BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall top-10 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.9544 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- 10th tracked contest Smokin' Bike Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Smokin' Bike Fest
- Career-best overall score496.9940 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +11.4 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 15, 2019 |
| +9.6 | Smokin' Bike Fest | May 31, 2019 |
| +8.1 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 23, 2019 |
| +6.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 26% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 94.6% | 92.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 16 / 61 (483.8852) | 13 (165.1084) | 16 (158.8228) | 21 (159.9540) | — |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 6 / 35 (495.8624) | 8 (164.5484) | 9 (163.9312) | 3 (167.3828) | — |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 7 / 32 (496.9940) | 8 (167.9656) | 8 (162.7884) | 7 (166.2400) | — |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin' Bike Fest 🏅 Peachtree City, GA | 5 / 31 (340.5256) | 3 (173.7028) | 8 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 4 / 33 (335.9544) | 5 (165.1200) | 2 (170.8344) | 4 (165.0856) | 11 (153.0972) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival Atlanta, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival Kennesaw, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival Cleveland, GA | — | — | — | — | — |