High-water mark
697.0968
career-best overall
96.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 697.0968 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual — 96.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-06-06
Sugar 'n Spice BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1545
peak 1545 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2020-08-21
latest 2025-06-06
Best ToY finish
#672
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.07 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.89 (+1.18)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.57 · weakest Brisket (165.97)
Road miles
456
mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$199K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.89 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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.
Their season
2023
their best year
2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 37%
A tough matchup
10–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 14%.
- Brisket avg 165.97
- Chicken avg 171.57
- 1 calls in 14 entries
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (2025-04-25).
- last seen 2023-09-22
- back 2025-04-25
Chicken nemesis
6 of 10
shared chicken entries lost
SLAPS BBQ ahead 60% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SLAPS BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 10 shared chicken entries.
A June team
Top 36%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 36% across 6 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.
- 6 June contests
- top 47% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.09%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 93.5% of a perfect score
- 14 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.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1545
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Sugar 'n Spice BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Sugar 'n Spice BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1861 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1555
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Sugar 'n Spice BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1859 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1860 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1561
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1856 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1554
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Sugar 'n Spice BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| MAD MUTT'S BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| POWER I BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| RIB I'S | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| This is Nice | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Velvet Swine | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Cow Angry Beaver | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 165.6800 | 171.57 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 160.5372 | 169.54 | top 42% |
| Pork | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 152.5140 | 166.30 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 153.1656 | 165.97 | top 51% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 10 | 0 | top 38% |
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 43% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 25% | 2023-06-23 |
| Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 64% | 2023-06-09 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 25% | 2022-09-23 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.8 yrs
2020-08-21 → 2025-06-06
Busiest season
2020
4 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
10 of 14 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
11
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.57 · weakest Brisket (165.97)
Walk rate
36%
a top-10 call in 5 of 14 contests
Overall top-10 rate
7%
1 of 14 contests
Master average
672.89
out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
569
686–464 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
456
14 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$199,490
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 12 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2023-09-22 → 2025-04-25
Power rating
1545
peak 1545 · #1848 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Bricks
- First call Smoke on the Bricks
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2748 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 2025
- First overall top-10 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Career-best overall score697.0968 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Peak power rating (1545) McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| +11 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| +9.3 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual | 2025-06-06 |
| +9.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | 2021-09-24 |
| +7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2022-09-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2022-06-10 |
| -6.9 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest | 2025-04-25 |
| -2.1 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest | 2020-09-26 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 96.8% | 94.9% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 37% | 92.5% | 92.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 93.9% | 93.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 94% | 93.6% |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 67% | 93.6% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 7 / 28 (697.0968) | 5 (176.5828) | 6 (176.5600) | 16 (168.5484) | 7 (175.4056) |
| 2025-04-25 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 32 / 40 (669.5424) | 14 (175.4056) | 23 (171.9656) | 38 (158.2056) | 29 (163.9656) |
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 32 / 73 (665.0516) | 15 (174.8572) | 56 (160.5372) | 47 (162.2400) | 27 (167.4172) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 53 / 167 (666.2168) | 19 (172.5600) | 33 (170.8800) | 147 (152.5140) | 27 (170.2628) |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Kansas City, MO | 16 / 44 (679.9200) | 19 (170.8344) | 6 (176.0116) | 24 (169.7028) | 35 (163.3712) |
| 2022-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 24 / 87 (672.4344) | 39 (167.3944) | 40 (164.5372) | 23 (170.8228) | 17 (169.6800) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 25 / 164 (675.9656) | 21 (171.9656) | 34 (168.5716) | 52 (168.5828) | 42 (166.8456) |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 33 / 36 (666.6852) | 24 (170.2512) | 25 (168.5600) | 32 (165.0856) | 29 (162.7884) |
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 19 / 86 (676.4684) | 4 (176.5600) | 34 (167.9772) | 42 (166.2400) | 31 (165.6912) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 26 / 145 (672.0112) | 11 (173.1428) | 35 (169.1428) | 7 (176.5600) | 102 (153.1656) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS | 82 / 94 (666.7888) | 71 (167.9772) | 77 (165.6916) | 80 (165.1200) | 65 (168.0000) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 52 / 93 (671.8856) | 51 (169.1200) | 50 (167.4056) | 37 (170.2628) | 58 (165.0972) |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO | 25 / 36 (673.0972) | 30 (165.6800) | 13 (172.6172) | 13 (172.0000) | 27 (162.8000) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 24 / 43 (674.2748) | 24 (169.7144) | 10 (173.1544) | 34 (162.2744) | 21 (169.1316) |
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 | #672 (218 pts) | #625 (293 pts) | #740 (238 pts) | #836 (158 pts) | #691 (218 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #796 (200 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1716 (100 pts) | #1946 (75 pts) | #1697 (115 pts) | #1578 (120 pts) | #1775 (95 pts) |