High-water mark
688.4912
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 688.4912 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
MEAT'S MY MISTRESS
MEAT'S MY MISTRESS is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 8 at the So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) (2022). They are ranked #2299 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Meats My Mistress”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1529 · rated over 9 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Mar 25, 2022
latest Aug 14, 2026 · 4.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
14% of 14 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
330.13 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 330.89 (-0.76)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.92
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.42 · weakest Chicken (166.73)
Road miles
1,464
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 445 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$114K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.65 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.89 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 | #1020 (60 pts) | #1093 (60 pts) | #1142 (65 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #239 (181 pts) | #268 (156 pts) | #209 (241 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1006 (101 pts) | #1032 (116 pts) | #1099 (116 pts) | #1018 (111 pts) | #1043 (101 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #228 (169 pts) | #250 (144 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #88 (534 pts) | #98 (484 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MEAT'S MY MISTRESS, each with one reason worth a look.
60 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 32
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1549
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MEAT'S MY MISTRESS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MEAT'S MY MISTRESS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
Fewer contests behind them than MEAT'S MY MISTRESS has cooked, 7 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before MEAT'S MY MISTRESS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1537
Level with MEAT'S MY MISTRESS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,310 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before MEAT'S MY MISTRESS's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swine-O-licious BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushwood BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Fluffy Butt BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL IN THE RING | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke This Drink That BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Sauced BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 171.9772 | 154.7884 | 166.73 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 154.2744 | 166.90 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 166.2972 | 170.42 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 162.2400 | 166.82 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 44% | Mar 22, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
7 of 14 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
566
finished ahead 434 times, behind 340
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 13, 2024 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ & Fly-In on the River
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score688.4912 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)176 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1529) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20241 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Buds Blues and BBQ
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3944 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall top-10 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff
- First category win (Chicken) So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
- First overall podium So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff | May 6, 2022 |
| +10 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +6.5 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) | Sep 10, 2022 |
| +5.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 22, 2024 |
| +2.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 25, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Buds Blues and BBQ | Sep 13, 2024 |
| -2.5 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 95.6% | 95.6% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 94.9% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 92.9% | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 92.8% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 50 / 83 (680.5372) | 40 (171.9772) | 55 (169.1772) | 45 (170.8456) | 47 (168.5372) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 44 / 68 (669.6456) | 52 (165.1544) | 24 (170.2856) | 42 (168.5256) | 43 (165.6800) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 108 / 401 (688.4912) | 161 (171.9656) | 187 (169.7028) | 54 (176) | 135 (170.8228) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO | 13 / 16 (663.9316) | 10 (167.9772) | 10 (167.4172) | 11 (166.2972) | 13 (162.2400) |
| May 25, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN | 45 / 47 (332.5256) | 46 (164.5140) | 34 (168.0116) | — | — |
| May 24, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 12 / 31 (341.6912) | 17 (167.4284) | 5 (174.2628) | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Mayetta, KS | 28 / 29 (320.4684) | 29 (154.7884) | 24 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 17 / 37 (334.2628) | 14 (167.9884) | 20 (166.2744) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2022 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO | 3 / 8 (321.6800) | 1 (167.4056) | 4 (154.2744) | — | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO | 5 / 25 (334.2056) | 4 (170.8228) | 5 (163.3828) | — | — |
| Mar 25, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 12 / 25 (331.3944) | 16 (163.9772) | 8 (167.4172) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.