High-water mark
663.3368
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3368 at The River Grill before the Big Chill — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-10
Sweet Meat BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2018-07-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.99
last 3 Master vs avg 638.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.56 · weakest Brisket (158.25)
Road miles
1,992
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 929 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
638.99 / 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
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2018-07-13).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2018-07-13
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.
Sweet Meat BBQ 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 124 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sweet Meat BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Sweet Meat BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 152.0000 | 159.82 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 153.7142 | 160.56 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 153.6340 | 160.35 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 150.2400 | 158.25 | 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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2018-07-13
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.56 · weakest Brisket (158.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
638.99
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
186
55–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,992
4 mapped stops · furthest 929 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2018-07-13
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3368 The River Grill before the Big Chill
- Career-best overall score663.3368 The River Grill before the Big Chill
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1428 The River Grill before the Big Chill
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2018-07-13 |
| -3.8 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| -3.4 | The River Grill before the Big Chill | 2014-10-10 |
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 92% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-13 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 44 / 48 (627.3484) | 36 (161.1772) | 31 (162.2972) | 46 (153.6340) | 43 (150.2400) |
| 2014-10-10 | The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH | 24 / 49 (663.3368) | 27 (166.2856) | 27 (165.6800) | 22 (169.1428) | 27 (162.2284) |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-04-19 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 43 / 68 (626.2856) | 48 (152.0000) | 46 (153.7142) | 45 (158.2858) | 21 (162.2856) |