A tough matchup
10–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
Slow & Easy
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1530 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2025-11-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.75 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 627.94 (+11.80)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±38.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.55 · weakest Brisket (155.65)
Road miles
46
mi across 14 mapped stops
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Purse competed for
$349K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.94 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.90 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 155.65
- Chicken avg 164.55
- 0 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
11–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Brewski and Barbeque in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16).
- last seen 2019-09-12
- back 2021-09-16
Chicken nemesis
11 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared chicken entries.
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.
104 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Slow & Easy)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BIBS N' RIBS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Slow & Easy's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 20% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Slow & Easy did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3130 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Level with Slow & Easy on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewski and Barbeque | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% | ⚔ compare |
| On the Dotte Smokers | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% | ⚔ compare |
| Heat's Neat | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Burn Rate! | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Me Tender BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse BBQ | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| RED OAK BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Casual Smokers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 155.3944 | 164.55 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 144.5256 | 158.20 | top 76% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 149.1428 | 160.55 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 149.6800 | 155.65 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 48% | 2023-09-27 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 358 | 0 | top 89% | 2025-11-05 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.1 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2025-11-05
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 11 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
12 of 14 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.55 · weakest Brisket (155.65)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 14 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 14 contests
Master average
627.94
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
2,179
2,338–2,991 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
46
14 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$348,635
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-12 → 2021-09-16
Power rating
1502
peak 1530 · #3125 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8116 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1530) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- 2022
- Career-best overall score654.2056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- 2025
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| +15.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +8.6 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| +1 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| +0.3 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -9.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2025-11-05 |
| -8.8 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -5.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| -3.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 3% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 18% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 5% | 70.4% | 70.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 358 / 401 (639.2688) | 376 (155.3944) | 241 (167.4172) | 359 (158.8000) | 349 (157.6572) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 394 / 444 (629.0172) | 344 (162.8000) | 382 (159.4172) | 386 (157.1200) | 403 (149.6800) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 360 / 487 (651.2568) | 301 (166.2400) | 383 (160.5256) | 224 (169.1084) | 417 (155.3828) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 342 / 505 (654.2056) | 302 (165.6800) | 301 (165.7028) | 355 (162.8228) | 357 (160.0000) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 12 / 467 (511.9200) | 233 (166.2400) | 392 (155.4056) | 418 (151.3944) | 388 (151.9428) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 82 / 468 (490.2172) | 237 (165.1428) | 367 (157.0856) | 362 (157.1200) | 379 (153.6916) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 333 / 467 (643.3028) | 302 (162.8572) | 362 (158.8000) | 278 (162.2628) | 316 (159.3828) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 237 / 407 (654.1944) | 41 (175.4172) | 353 (153.0972) | 127 (169.1772) | 304 (156.5028) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 308 / 557 (650.8116) | 199 (167.4056) | 407 (157.6916) | 35 (174.3200) | 451 (151.3944) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 33 / 606 (506.8456) | 368 (161.6916) | 393 (160.5372) | 487 (154.8112) | 279 (163.3828) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 431 / 535 (607.9884) | 261 (161.1656) | 471 (144.5256) | 463 (149.1428) | 349 (153.1544) |