A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ALL FIRED UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ALL FIRED UP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Just a Sliver Sweets
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-10-13
latest 2025-10-10
Best ToY finish
#1461
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.72
last 3 Master vs avg 630.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.87)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.72 / 720
3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Pig Kahunas in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Just a Sliver Sweets 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.
#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Just a Sliver Sweets)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Just a Sliver Sweets has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Just a Sliver Sweets's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Just a Sliver Sweets's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Just a Sliver Sweets on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Just a Sliver Sweets's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 155.3944 | 163.02 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 147.9772 | 153.87 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 150.8116 | 158.64 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 152.5032 | 155.20 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD State BBQ Bash | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 93% | 2025-10-10 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2023-10-13 → 2025-10-10
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.87)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
42–141 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1493) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2024
- Career-best overall score640.9604 MD State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9772 MD State BBQ Bash
- 2025
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | MD State BBQ Bash | 2024-10-11 |
| -7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2023-10-13 |
| -5.6 | MD State BBQ Bash | 2025-10-10 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 89% | 89% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 26 / 29 (627.8404) | 26 (165.6916) | 26 (155.3944) | 28 (150.8116) | 23 (155.9428) |
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 25 / 26 (640.9604) | 16 (167.9772) | 25 (158.2400) | 22 (162.2400) | 24 (152.5032) |
| 2023-10-13 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 23 / 23 (623.3716) | 23 (155.3944) | 22 (147.9772) | 20 (162.8572) | 21 (157.1428) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1461 (54 pts) | #1494 (54 pts) | #1555 (54 pts) | #1474 (54 pts) | #1177 (64 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1548 (51 pts) | #1109 (96 pts) | #1622 (51 pts) | #1204 (66 pts) | #1504 (56 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1552 (58 pts) | #1584 (58 pts) | #1419 (63 pts) | #1239 (73 pts) | #1265 (68 pts) |