A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
ARNING SMOKED MEATS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-11
latest 2018-10-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.91
last 3 Master vs avg 635.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.38 · weakest Chicken (153.30)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Master avg
635.91 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Splitlog Smokers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ (2017-10-06).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2017-10-06
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.
ARNING SMOKED MEATS has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 122 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 71
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1497
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ARNING SMOKED MEATS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ARNING SMOKED MEATS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after ARNING SMOKED MEATS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with ARNING SMOKED MEATS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 151.3944 | 153.30 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.2000 | 158.2744 | 168.38 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 156.5256 | 160.33 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3316 | 145.6572 | 153.89 | top 67% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 66% | 2018-10-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2018-10-05
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.38 · weakest Chicken (153.30)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.91
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
154
82–123 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2017-10-06
Power rating
1497
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best overall score645.0860 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Peak power rating (1502) Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- 2018
- First call *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.2000 *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Most recent contest *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2015-09-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2017-10-06 |
| -0.9 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2018-10-05 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-05 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 34 / 56 (637.6112) | 42 (155.9656) | 5 (177.2000) | 40 (158.7884) | 48 (145.6572) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 54 / 76 (625.0288) | 62 (152.5372) | 50 (158.2744) | 61 (156.5256) | 44 (157.6916) |
| 2015-09-11 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 38 / 76 (645.0860) | 66 (151.3944) | 16 (169.6800) | 27 (165.6800) | 43 (158.3316) |