The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Men of Erin has finished one call ahead of Meat Me in St. Louie 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Meat Me in St. Louie
Meat Me in St. Louie is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 5th of 23 at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series) (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 13 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2015
latest May 4, 2018 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.77
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.70 · weakest Brisket (153.69)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Master avg
629.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 155.4056 | 164.70 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 150.2628 | 155.10 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 151.4400 | 156.42 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 149.1544 | 153.69 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 44% | May 4, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
46
finished ahead 45 times, behind 29
Longest layoff
1 yrs
May 1, 2015 → May 6, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series)
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
- First call UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
- First category win (Chicken) UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
- First overall top-10 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
- Career-best overall score642.2404 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2018 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 9 / 14 (630.1828) | 4 (167.4056) | 11 (152.5028) | 10 (157.1544) | 9 (153.1200) |
| May 5, 2017 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 7 / 17 (638.1144) | 7 (161.1200) | 8 (159.3944) | 6 (162.8000) | 10 (154.8000) |
| May 6, 2016 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 12 / 24 (609.1084) | 14 (155.4056) | 13 (150.2628) | 8 (154.2856) | 12 (149.1544) |
| May 1, 2015 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series) Kansas City, MO | 5 / 23 (642.2404) | 1 (174.8572) | 8 (158.2516) | 17 (151.4400) | 8 (157.6916) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.