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 Pete's Smokin Hot Meats has 1 rated contest — 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 108 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.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 11 years after Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Sweet Pete's Smokin Hot Meats's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 162.8456 | 162.85 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 169.1200 | 169.12 | top 32% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 169.6800 | 169.68 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 159.3828 | 159.38 | top 56% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest 🏅 Garnett, KS | 11 / 25 (661.0284) | 16 (162.8456) | 8 (169.1200) | 7 (169.6800) | 14 (159.3828) |