The Meat Sweats, AL
The Meat Sweats, AL is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 23 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #342 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Aug 1, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.66)
Purse competed for
$3,100
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #342 (83 pts) | #327 (103 pts) | #371 (73 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 167.3944 | 167.39 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 161.6572 | 161.66 | top 87% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.9772 | 167.98 | top 61% |
“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 history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 18 / 23 (329.0516) | 14 (167.3944) | 20 (161.6572) | 14 (167.9772) | — |