The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Bacon Brew & Que (2016-10-07).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2016-10-07
Sweet-n-Sassy
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2016-10-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.44
last 3 Master vs avg 645.44 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.71 · weakest Brisket (156.15)
Road miles
485
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
645.44 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Sweet-n-Sassy has 3 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 149 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.
#3729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1488
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Sweet-n-Sassy)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sweet-n-Sassy has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Sweet-n-Sassy did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sweet-n-Sassy on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 158.8568 | 165.71 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 149.1428 | 159.61 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2858 | 162.7768 | 163.97 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5714 | 140.4800 | 156.15 | top 65% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2016-10-07
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.71 · weakest Brisket (156.15)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
645.44
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
30–57 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
485
3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2016-10-07
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- First category win (Brisket) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8568 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score650.8568 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5714 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1494) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- 2016
- Most recent contest Bacon Brew & Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2013-05-03 |
| -2.9 | Bacon Brew & Que | 2016-10-07 |
| -2.6 | Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival | 2013-09-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 67% | 90.4% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | Bacon Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | 18 / 26 (644.9940) | 17 (167.4056) | 17 (163.4172) | 22 (162.7768) | 24 (151.3944) |
| 2013-09-27 | Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO | 24 / 39 (640.4800) | 6 (170.8800) | 12 (166.2628) | 22 (162.8572) | 38 (140.4800) |
| 2013-05-03 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 18 / 25 (650.8568) | 21 (158.8568) | 23 (149.1428) | 11 (166.2858) | 1 (176.5714) |