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.
Masters of Meat 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 115 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Masters of Meat has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after Masters of Meat did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Masters of Meat on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 141.7142 | 150.97 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 146.8344 | 153.41 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 115.4284 | 138.27 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8570 | 112.5714 | 134.68 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.6 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| -13.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -11.7 | Wild West BBQ | 2014-05-09 |
| -10 | Griller's Cup | 2014-07-16 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.6% | 83.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 79.7% | 77.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-16 | Griller's Cup Laramie, WY | 24 / 26 (608.8456) | 25 (153.0512) | 18 (161.0856) | 22 (159.9544) | 24 (134.7544) |
| 2014-05-09 | Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO | 28 / 29 (588.4228) | 15 (159.3828) | 27 (146.8344) | 29 (141.6800) | 27 (140.5256) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 171 / 183 (573.7140) | 142 (149.7142) | 96 (157.7144) | 183 (115.4284) | 125 (150.8570) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 78 / 79 (538.2856) | 74 (141.7142) | 65 (148.0002) | 78 (135.9998) | 79 (112.5714) |