The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Humble BBQ Cook Off (Jan 29, 2021).
- last seen Apr 26, 2019
- back Jan 29, 2021
Spice Girls
Spice Girls is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 39th of 113 at the Humble BBQ Cook Off (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 29, 2021
latest Jan 29, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.10)
Road miles
4,142
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,901 mi
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Spice Girls, each with one reason worth a look.
Spice Girls has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 117 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Spice Girls on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,980 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Spice Girls's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Spice Girls's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 157.1084 | 157.11 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 153.0972 | 153.10 | top 61% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 161.7144 | 161.71 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 162.8572 | 162.86 | top 25% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
2 of 5 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
112
finished ahead 74 times, behind 38
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Jan 29, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score634.7772 Humble BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.8572 Humble BBQ Cook Off
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2024 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 39 / 113 (634.7772) | 46 (157.1084) | 69 (153.0972) | 35 (161.7144) | 28 (162.8572) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | — | — | — | — | — |