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.
The BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-10-29
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
515.36
last 3 Master vs avg 515.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±138.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.69)
Road miles
30
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
515.36 / 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
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Hog Wild West BBQ Contest (2018-09-07).
- last seen 2016-10-29
- back 2018-09-07
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.
The BBQ Team 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 146 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.
#4476 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The BBQ Team)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The BBQ Team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4449 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The BBQ Team)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to The BBQ Team)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with The BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after The BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 156.0456 | 163.06 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 138.2860 | 145.69 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 148.0000 | 155.20 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 140.5260 | 149.95 | top 73% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2016-10-29 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
515.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
791
28–1,017 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2016-10-29 → 2018-09-07
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1488) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2018
- Career-best overall score640.4228 Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -11.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -2.7 | Hog Wild West BBQ Contest | 2018-09-07 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 88.9% | 66.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 463 / 467 (322.8112) | 266 (164.5828) | — | 354 (158.2284) | — |
| 2018-09-07 | Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS | 17 / 25 (640.4228) | 13 (168.5600) | 21 (153.0972) | 17 (159.3828) | 13 (159.3828) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 541 / 557 (582.8576) | 441 (156.0456) | 543 (138.2860) | 526 (148.0000) | 529 (140.5260) |