Slapshot BBQ

Slapshot BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 48 at the Peak City Pig Fest (2014). They are ranked #2914 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SLAP SHOT BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,914

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1508

peak 1540 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest May 10, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#736

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

5% of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

670.8112 / 720

Master · Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.40 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 648.14 (-9.75)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2858

Brisket · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±16.40

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.68)

Road miles

7,759

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 1,003 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

648.14 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

288.45 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 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.

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

670.8112 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.8112 at Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 10, 2015

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 36%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 93% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.68
Chicken avg 164.26
1 call in 20 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOBO'S QUE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 12 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The long haul

7,759 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,759 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,003 miles to Minnesota in May.

22 mapped stops
furthest 1,003 mi

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1436 (140 pts)	#1418 (165 pts)	#1555 (130 pts)	#1476 (150 pts)	#1086 (265 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1657 (150 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1359 (215 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1242 (235 pts)	#1312 (240 pts)	#1015 (350 pts)	#1267 (255 pts)	#1218 (260 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#999 (307 pts)	#659 (582 pts)	#1064 (312 pts)	#1168 (282 pts)	#783 (467 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#736 (477 pts)	#678 (557 pts)	#1011 (337 pts)	#832 (442 pts)	#802 (447 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#919 (320 pts)	#613 (535 pts)	#1105 (275 pts)	#1138 (260 pts)	#622 (525 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Slapshot BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

JB'S SMOKESHACK

#2,922 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1526

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Slapshot BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Slapshot BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Apr 22, 2017

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BIG MONEY BBQ

#2,906 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1518

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Slapshot BBQ)

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2020

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THE BEARDED ONE BBQ

#2,911 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1529

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 5% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Oct 22, 2022

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MASTERS OF FIRE

#2,902 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1509

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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RUB WON OUT

#2,919 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1541

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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Beachdogs 502 BBQ

#2,903 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1522

Level with Slapshot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
RECYCLED SMOKE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Grillin' Thyme	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BANGIN' BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BOBO'S QUE	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	5	0	3	177.1428	139.3600	164.26	top 46%
Pork Ribs	20	1	0	0	169.6800	149.0856	159.68	top 56%
Pork	19	1	0	0	166.2744	146.2400	159.71	top 63%
Brisket	19	4	1	2	178.2858	149.0968	162.63	top 44%

“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)	7	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	15	top 49%
NY	2	top 57%
MN	1	top 98%
VA	1	top 38%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	13	top 38%	May 8, 2015
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	12	top 57%	Jul 6, 2018
Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	2	13	top 49%	May 18, 2018
Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2	19	top 64%	Sep 8, 2017
Peak City Pigfest	2	24	top 63%	Jun 17, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 15 of 22 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 14 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 546 finished ahead 455 times, behind 492

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20191 milestone

May 10 Most recent contest Minnesota in May

20161 milestone

May 20 Peak power rating (1540) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival

20152 milestones

Apr 10 Career-best overall score670.8112 Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)
Jun 19 10th tracked contest Peak City Pigfest

20141 milestone

Jun 20 First overall top-10 Peak City Pig Fest

20135 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First call Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First category win (Brisket) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8570 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 10 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2858 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.3	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 20, 2014
+9.4	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 10, 2013
+5.4	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)	Apr 10, 2015
+4.6	Que & Cruz	Jul 19, 2013
+3.4	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	May 20, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.5	Mankato Cookout (Day 1)	Jun 8, 2018
-7.6	Peak City Pigfest	Jun 17, 2016
-7.2	Minnesota in May	May 10, 2019
-3.3	Beak Week BBQ Challenge	Sep 8, 2017
-2.8	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 6, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 63%	80.1%	80.1%
2018	4	0	0	25%	top 74%	91.3%	87.3%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 64%	90.9%	90.7%
2016	4	0	0	25%	top 58%	90.9%	90.3%
2015	4	0	0	75%	top 50%	93.2%	91.5%
2014	4	1	0	75%	top 37%	92.4%	89.9%
2013	3	0	1	67%	top 36%	92.6%	90.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 10, 2019	Minnesota in May 🏅	36 / 57 (288.4456)	36 (139.3600)	25 (149.0856)	—	—
Jul 6, 2018	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	27 / 39 (615.2912)	37 (145.6456)	23 (152.5484)	19 (156.5256)	11 (160.5716)
Jun 8, 2018	Mankato Cookout (Day 1) Mankato, MN	43 / 44 (613.5540)	43 (153.6800)	42 (154.8000)	43 (155.9772)	43 (149.0968)
Jun 1, 2018	Smokin In Steele Owatonna, MN	—	—	—	—	—
May 18, 2018	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	21 / 38 (657.6456)	16 (169.1084)	27 (159.3944)	31 (160.0116)	10 (169.1312)
Sep 8, 2017	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	27 / 39 (650.7772)	19 (168.5716)	29 (159.9772)	38 (152.5256)	13 (169.7028)
Apr 14, 2017	21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	29 / 49 (654.7084)	25 (167.3828)	33 (157.0972)	32 (163.4056)	18 (166.8228)
Aug 5, 2016	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	28 / 47 (654.1144)	26 (166.2400)	38 (153.0628)	18 (166.2400)	13 (168.5716)
Jun 17, 2016	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	33 / 46 (642.1712)	27 (163.9656)	11 (169.6800)	33 (158.2856)	40 (150.2400)
Jun 11, 2016	Mankato Cookout Day 2 and ( Back Yard) Mankato, MN	—	—	—	—	—
May 20, 2016	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC	13 / 30 (654.7544)	12 (166.8344)	7 (169.6800)	16 (163.4056)	20 (154.8344)
Sep 11, 2015	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	19 / 32 (654.7660)	6 (171.9656)	23 (159.4288)	16 (166.2744)	25 (157.0972)
Jun 19, 2015	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	24 / 45 (649.0404)	2 (173.7028)	18 (165.0972)	33 (160.0116)	41 (150.2288)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	37 / 74 (661.0512)	53 (164.5256)	33 (165.6916)	65 (154.8112)	3 (176.0228)
Apr 10, 2015	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	18 / 51 (670.8112)	19 (170.2628)	19 (168.5828)	32 (162.2512)	14 (169.7144)
Oct 10, 2014	Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off Waxhaw, NC	12 / 27 (655.3716)	2 (177.1428)	23 (155.4060)	17 (160)	11 (162.8228)
Jul 4, 2014	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	12 / 27 (615.8400)	22 (151.9428)	14 (151.4172)	8 (158.8000)	15 (153.6800)
Jun 20, 2014	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	8 / 48 (665.0400)	13 (170.2628)	21 (162.2400)	14 (165.6800)	10 (166.8572)
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	34 / 80 (651.4744)	19 (169.1772)	50 (158.2856)	30 (163.4400)	42 (160.5716)
Oct 11, 2013	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	26 / 55 (640.9828)	50 (152.5028)	32 (158.2056)	17 (165.1200)	16 (165.1544)
Jul 19, 2013	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	17 / 45 (640.4800)	2 (172.5944)	17 (161.1200)	40 (146.2400)	18 (160.5256)
May 10, 2013	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	13 / 58 (666.8570)	6 (170.2858)	22 (162.8572)	50 (155.4282)	1 (178.2858)

Slapshot BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)