A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Bitter Sweet BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-04-11
latest 2017-04-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
519.51
last 4 Master vs avg 519.51 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±131.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.99 · weakest Brisket (146.06)
Road miles
128
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Master avg
519.51 / 720
4 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
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (2016-04-08).
- last seen 2014-08-08
- back 2016-04-08
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.
Bitter Sweet BBQ has 4 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 122 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.
#5260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bitter Sweet BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
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#5295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
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#5273 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.2000 | 139.9200 | 147.83 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 140.0000 | 151.99 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0228 | 137.6800 | 146.85 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 139.9428 | 146.06 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) | 3 | 65 | 0 | top 93% | 2017-04-07 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2017-04-07
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 151.99 · weakest Brisket (146.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
519.51
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
208
21–310 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
128
4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2016-04-08
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
- Peak power rating (1489) Smoke In The Spring
- 2016
- Career-best overall score603.3372 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.0116 Smoke in the Spring
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway | 2014-08-08 |
| -11.9 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) | 2017-04-07 |
| -11.2 | Smoke In The Spring | 2014-04-11 |
| -8.9 | Smoke in the Spring | 2016-04-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 40.5% | 40.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.2% | 82.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS | 100 / 100 (291.9428) | 98 (142.8572) | 90 (149.0856) | — | — |
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 97 / 109 (603.3372) | 100 (147.3600) | 47 (164.0116) | 96 (152.0228) | 103 (139.9428) |
| 2014-08-08 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 52 / 53 (592.0000) | 36 (161.2000) | 52 (140.0000) | 53 (137.6800) | 42 (153.1200) |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 65 / 73 (590.7772) | 71 (139.9200) | 49 (154.8800) | 62 (150.8572) | 61 (145.1200) |