Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
Meatshots BBQ
Meatshots BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 25 at the City of Springs BBQ Championship (2022). They are ranked #1666 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1554
peak 1554 · rated over 8 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Apr 15, 2022
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 3.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
27% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
680.42 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 678.67 (+1.75)
Walk rate
55%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.87)
Road miles
1,386
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 366 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$303K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.67 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #466 (454 pts) | #622 (319 pts) | #386 (661 pts) | #455 (489 pts) | #414 (559 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Meatshots BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
50 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,660 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1585
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Meatshots BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Meatshots BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,670 of the rated field
- Contests
- 32
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1632
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Meatshots BBQ)
They've been 1632 at their best, 79 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,664 of the rated field
- Contests
- 47
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1594
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Meatshots BBQ)
47 contests to 11: their number has had years to settle where Meatshots BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1554
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,668 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1571
Level with Meatshots BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1554
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLLOW Q | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Get Right Cookers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CEO BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 162.2400 | 169.39 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 158.2172 | 167.87 | top 54% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 167.3828 | 172.30 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 155.9428 | 169.19 | top 38% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 37% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 17% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
5 of 11 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
614
finished ahead 498 times, behind 437
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 8, 2023 → Sep 13, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score691.4744 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1554) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Pork-A-Palooza
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1256 Pork-A-Palooza
- First call Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- First overall top-10 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- First category win (Brisket) City of Springs BBQ Championship
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) City of Springs BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +12.8 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | May 6, 2022 |
| +12.8 | City of Springs BBQ Championship | May 20, 2022 |
| +9.9 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 8, 2023 |
| +8.9 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | Pork-A-Palooza | Apr 15, 2022 |
| -0.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 47% | 96% | 94.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60% | top 47% | 95.9% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 221 / 401 (675.3256) | 78 (174.8456) | 304 (164.5256) | 252 (167.3828) | 173 (168.5716) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 124 / 158 (674.7544) | 68 (173.1544) | 157 (158.2172) | 48 (173.7028) | 90 (169.6800) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 8 / 92 (691.4744) | 45 (166.8800) | 5 (177.7372) | 14 (175.4400) | 13 (171.4172) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 15 / 67 (683.3716) | 6 (176.5600) | 35 (168.5604) | 18 (173.1200) | 32 (165.1312) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 19 / 99 (677.1776) | 38 (168.0344) | 68 (162.2744) | 20 (172.5944) | 7 (174.2744) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | OKC BBQ Fest 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK | 20 / 35 (672.4228) | 22 (167.3828) | 25 (165.0972) | 12 (174.2628) | 22 (165.6800) |
| May 20, 2022 | City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK | 7 / 25 (689.0744) | 16 (165.6800) | 12 (169.6800) | 9 (173.7144) | 1 (180) |
| May 20, 2022 | City of Springs BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs 2) Sulphur, OK | — | — | 3 (168.5600) | — | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 8 / 38 (690.2744) | 18 (169.7144) | 5 (176.6172) | 13 (171.9656) | 8 (171.9772) |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Pork-A-Palooza 🏅 Weatherford, OK | 24 / 29 (654.1256) | 25 (162.2400) | 17 (167.4172) | 14 (168.5256) | 25 (155.9428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.