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.
BBQ GUYS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · 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 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.18
last 3 Master vs avg 620.18 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.34 · weakest Brisket (150.82)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Master avg
620.18 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 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.
BBQ GUYS 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 141 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BBQ GUYS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ GUYS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4114 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
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 | 158.8000 | 148.4684 | 153.26 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 151.9544 | 155.76 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 150.7656 | 160.34 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0628 | 146.8344 | 150.82 | top 77% |
“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 | 44 | 0 | top 74% | 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
averages 160.34 · weakest Brisket (150.82)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.18
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
154
44–161 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
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Peak power rating (1490) Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score627.1996 *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.0000 *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Most recent contest *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2015-09-11 |
| -6.2 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2018-10-05 |
| -3.4 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2017-10-06 |
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 | 0% | top 79% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
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 | 44 / 56 (625.5656) | 50 (148.4684) | 34 (162.2628) | 23 (168.0000) | 46 (146.8344) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 53 / 76 (627.1996) | 51 (158.8000) | 58 (153.0740) | 50 (162.2628) | 54 (153.0628) |
| 2015-09-11 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 67 / 76 (607.7832) | 60 (152.5144) | 62 (151.9544) | 73 (150.7656) | 58 (152.5488) |