High-water mark
334.8916
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 334.8916 at Minnesota in May — 93.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- May 10, 2019
Squeeze My Slabs
Squeeze My Slabs is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 57 at the Minnesota in May (2019). They are ranked #4139 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1516 · rated over 15 contests
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
May 10, 2019
latest Jun 8, 2024 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
4% of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.26 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 324.00 (+3.26)
Walk rate
39%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.63 · weakest Chicken (159.63)
Road miles
1,367
across 23 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$103K
listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
324.00 / 360
15 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #155 (365 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | — | #704 (260 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #212 (204 pts) | #102 (650 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1115 (121 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #150 (252 pts) | #85 (590 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #148 (185 pts) | #99 (290 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1150 (104 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #53 (200 pts) | #118 (55 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Squeeze My Slabs, each with one reason worth a look.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1480
4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to Squeeze My Slabs)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Squeeze My Slabs ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,137 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Squeeze My Slabs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Fewer contests behind them than Squeeze My Slabs has cooked, 16 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,125 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
They've been 1516 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,153 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1480
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#4,128 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1480
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Squeeze My Slabs's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Bones | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| What’cha Got BBQ | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD BOD BARBEQUE | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| FENDER BENDER BBQ | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Wrecking Crew BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Porket About It | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sensuous BBQ | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sugar Shack | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Racks BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky Shoes BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Pittie Q | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 148.5372 | 159.63 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 176.5828 | 146.2628 | 164.63 | top 44% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 43% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May (Backyard) | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 35% | May 13, 2022 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 46% | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 36% | May 10, 2024 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 88% | Oct 15, 2023 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 85% | Oct 15, 2022 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 88% | Oct 14, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
6 contests
Contests a season
3.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
13 of 23 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
8
6 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
22 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls
Opponents faced
339
finished ahead 400 times, behind 456
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → Oct 16, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5828 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20221 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Minnesota in May (Backyard)
20197 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Minnesota in May
- First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
- First overall podium Minnesota in May
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8916 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score334.8916 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1516) Minnesota in May
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2019 |
| +9.3 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
| +5.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 7, 2024 |
| +3.8 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2024 |
| +2.3 | Minnesota in May | May 7, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | Oct 15, 2021 |
| -10.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 15, 2022 |
| -8.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 14, 2022 |
| -6.6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | Oct 16, 2021 |
| -6.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Oct 13, 2023 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 49% | 92.7% | 90.6% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 67% | 92.4% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 89.7% | 89.5% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 90.8% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 28% | 93% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 23 / 37 (313.0744) | 24 (149.0744) | 16 (164) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 17 / 41 (333.6572) | 23 (163.3828) | 8 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 23 (162.2516) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 26 / 58 (331.3712) | 32 (162.2628) | 16 (169.1084) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 2 (176.5828) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 18 / 24 (332.5028) | 23 (158.2284) | 2 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 21 / 21 (325.6800) | 28 (155.3828) | 7 (170.2972) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 26 (150.7656) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 16 / 59 (331.9312) | 19 (164.5484) | 13 (167.3828) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 23 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 19 / 20 (322.7656) | 10 (167.9656) | 20 (154.8000) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) West Salem, WI | — | — | 10 (160.5028) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 19 / 22 (322.2172) | 20 (160.5600) | 15 (161.6572) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN | 23 / 38 (321.6684) | 32 (154.8228) | 11 (166.8456) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN | — | — | 6 (170.8228) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 27 / 36 (319.9884) | 24 (161.1428) | 27 (158.8456) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 36 / 40 (310.8116) | 38 (148.5372) | 16 (162.2744) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 24 / 60 (326.8572) | 32 (158.8228) | 12 (168.0344) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN | — | — | 15 (168.5944) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 20 / 40 (313.7256) | 4 (167.4628) | 24 (146.2628) | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 19 / 37 (318.8000) | 23 (154.8344) | 11 (163.9656) | — | — |
| May 10, 2019 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 3 / 57 (334.8916) | 4 (167.4628) | 3 (167.4288) | — | — |