Among the elite
#603
of 6,476 rated teams
In the top 9% of every rated team in the data
A power rating of 1658 puts them #603 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.
- rating 1658
- peak 1658
- 23 rated contests
SLATER HOUSE BBQ
SLATER HOUSE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the BBQ, Boogie & Blues (2024). They are ranked #603 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1658
peak 1658 · rated over 23 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
Mar 4, 2022
latest Nov 14, 2025 · 3.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
3
0 reserve · wins it all 12% of the time
Category wins
3
10 podiums
Overall top-10s
16
62% of 26 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
342.82 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 337.56 (+5.26)
Walk rate
77%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.84
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.48 · weakest Brisket (161.65)
Road miles
3,007
across 26 mapped stops · furthest 260 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$243K
listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
3 🏅
won from 23 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
337.56 / 360
16 Backyard contests · 2 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
496.91 / 540
8 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 1 GC
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #205 (168 pts) | #167 (253 pts) | #270 (118 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #153 (357 pts) | #194 (252 pts) | #156 (382 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #76 (736 pts) | #118 (536 pts) | #78 (766 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #51 (981 pts) | #99 (664 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1432 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #70 (662 pts) | #97 (502 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SLATER HOUSE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
#609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 52
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1689
1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to SLATER HOUSE BBQ)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — Deviant Smoke ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 74%
- Peak
- 1658
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 30
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 53%
- Peak
- 1672
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before SLATER HOUSE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1662
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 37 contests to 26.
⚔ Compare careers#607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 51
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1680
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 51 contests, alongside a 57% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 51
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1663
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before SLATER HOUSE BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewbabys BBQ | 17 | 14 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 17 | 8 | 8 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 16 | 11 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 16 | 5 | 8 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 14 | 13 | 1 | 93% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 14 | 13 | 1 | 93% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 24 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 178.8572 | 157.0972 | 169.48 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 156.5372 | 165.84 | top 34% |
| Pork | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 155.3828 | 167.81 | top 21% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 161.6456 | 161.65 | top 15% |
“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 | 1 | top 24% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 2 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 27% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 13% | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 24% | Mar 7, 2025 |
| BBQ, Boogie & Blues | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 16% | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 24% | Dec 1, 2023 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 26% | Aug 18, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
12 contests
Contests a season
6.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
15 of 26 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
14
5 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
25 entries · 1 win · 12 calls
First title
Aug 19, 2022
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Opponents faced
620
finished ahead 1,151 times, behind 485
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- 25th tracked contest BBQ & Boogie
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Peak power rating (1658) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20241 milestone
- Biggest field won (34 teams) BBQ, Boogie & Blues
20231 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
20229 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score488.4916 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First category win (Pork) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First state championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score514.8000 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
| +16.4 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | Dec 1, 2022 |
| +12.9 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
| +12.4 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2024 |
| +11.4 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -4 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 18, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 97.1% | 96.4% |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40% | top 38% | 95.2% | 93.3% |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 75% | top 33% | 96.8% | 92.7% |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 100% | top 20% | 95.6% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 6 / 56 (349.6916) | 2 (178.8572) | 12 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 3 / 32 (349.6800) | 9 (170.8228) | 2 (178.8572) | 6 (169.6916) | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 9 / 45 (342.2400) | 11 (170.2628) | 9 (171.9772) | 5 (171.4056) | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 11 / 58 (341.0972) | 11 (172.5600) | 14 (168.5372) | — | — |
| May 25, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN | 47 / 47 (331.3828) | 40 (166.2628) | 44 (165.1200) | — | — |
| May 24, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 1 / 34 (342.8344) | 6 (166.8344) | 1 (176) | 5 (167.4516) | 5 (161.6456) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 59 (327.9312) | 14 (166.8112) | 24 (161.1200) | 4 (174.2744) | — |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 7 / 17 (329.6228) | 12 (163.3828) | 8 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 7 / 60 (343.3828) | 18 (167.3712) | 3 (176.0116) | 6 (173.7372) | — |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 7 / 73 (348.5372) | 7 (175.4172) | 12 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 13 / 27 (485.5656) | 6 (167.4056) | 14 (161.6572) | 15 (156.5028) | — |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 8 / 38 (330.7656) | 3 (171.4056) | 9 (159.3600) | — | — |
| May 6, 2023 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 11 / 23 (323.9088) | 10 (166.2400) | 12 (157.6688) | — | — |
| May 5, 2023 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 10 / 35 (342.8000) | 10 (173.1200) | 10 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 6 / 32 (506.8116) | 5 (174.2628) | 11 (156.5372) | 2 (176.0116) | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 30 / 39 (326.2404) | 29 (166.8344) | 32 (159.4060) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 32 / 80 (326.7772) | 28 (166.2628) | 33 (160.5144) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 42 (162.2744) | — | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 10 / 65 (505.6456) | 7 (174.2628) | 10 (169.6800) | 25 (161.7028) | — |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 1 / 13 (343.9888) | 1 (177.7372) | 7 (166.2516) | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 7 / 57 (505.0396) | 9 (167.9884) | 9 (166.2284) | 6 (170.8228) | — |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 30 (514.8000) | 2 (173.7028) | 8 (162.8000) | 1 (178.2972) | — |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Honeybee BBQ Competition 🏅 Lafayette, GA | 9 / 25 (483.9084) | 8 (161.1200) | 4 (167.4056) | 14 (155.3828) | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 10 / 37 (488.4916) | 3 (171.4172) | 13 (158.2516) | 12 (158.8228) | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 73 (485.0288) | 31 (157.0972) | 24 (160.5372) | 9 (167.3944) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.