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KC Meat Sweats KS

Power ranking

#673
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1568
peak 1596

Contests

53
in the data

First seen

2019-06-07
latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#194
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

5
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

10
of 53 contests

Avg finish

top 46%
overall standings

Best overall

696.5144

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

568.59 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 648.25 (-79.66)

Walk rate

42%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥
Chicken · Meat Inferno

Consistency

±108.13
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.06 · weakest Brisket (167.00)

Road miles

2494
mi across 53 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

FINGER LEIKAM GOOD has finished one call ahead of KC Meat Sweats 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Fergolicious BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 39 of their 43 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Barking Hogs BBQ in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 29% across 13 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 48 16 3 6 180.0000 🔥 156.5256 171.06 top 39%
Pork Ribs 48 10 2 4 180.0000 🔥 154.8000 169.26 top 45%
Pork 48 4 0 1 177.1544 149.6340 167.30 top 53%
Brisket 48 7 0 1 176.5600 157.1312 167.00 top 49%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS430top 45%
MO60top 60%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 42%
Medium (20–39)160top 50%
Large (40+)310top 45%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026300 660.3768 494.96
2025800 688.5028 680.46
2024900 696.5144 674.09
20231302 693.6572 683.89
2022802 686.1712 672.78
2021500 693.7028 572.70
2020200 656.4112 649.85
2019501 677.0972 603.01

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-26 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 85 / 157 (652.5028) 34 (170.8572) 130 (156.5144) 109 (159.4284) 65 (165.7028)
2026-04-10 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS 92 / 101 (660.3768) 94 (163.3828) 84 (166.8228) 63 (169.6684) 94 (160.5028)
2026-03-20 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO 4 (172.0116)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 168 / 401 (681.6456) 208 (170.2628) 23 (176.5944) 245 (167.4056) 210 (167.3828)
2025-10-10 Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS 19 / 30 (676.4112) 18 (169.6800) 5 (174.2628) 24 (161.6340) 9 (170.8344)
2025-10-03 Meat Inferno Edgerton, KS 12 / 21 (681.0172) 11 (168.5372) 12 (170.8228) 8 (171.9772) 13 (169.6800)
2025-08-08 Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS 25 / 53 (688.5028) 12 (175.4172) 13 (175.4056) 23 (172.5944) 35 (165.0856)
2025-06-27 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 20 / 159 (687.9312) 12 (176.5600) 60 (169.1428) 45 (170.2628) 31 (171.9656)
2025-06-06 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 14 / 29 (681.5884) 7 (175.4172) 15 (168.5256) 18 (166.8228) 16 (170.8228)
2025-04-11 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 70 / 92 (666.1484) 76 (165.0856) 72 (166.8228) 27 (173.7372) 76 (160.5028)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 175 / 444 (680.4684) 320 (163.9772) 104 (173.7028) 131 (171.9656) 135 (170.8228)
2024-10-11 Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS 4 / 31 (696.5144) 6 (176.5716) 3 (178.8572) 22 (166.8228) 5 (174.2628)
2024-10-04 Meat Inferno Edgerton, KS 25 / 38 (675.8628) 2 (180.0000) 17 (173.1200) 36 (157.6572) 25 (165.0856)
2024-09-13 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Weston, MO 29 / 38 (671.2684) 15 (171.9772) 21 (169.1200) 21 (169.6684) 30 (160.5028)
2024-08-16 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 35 / 65 (675.3140) 6 (177.7028) 45 (165.6800) 52 (163.4056) 35 (168.5256)
2024-06-21 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 88 / 172 (646.7996) 114 (159.4284) 91 (162.2744) 86 (164.5256) 86 (160.5712)
2024-05-31 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 16 / 25 (671.2684) 7 (174.2628) 17 (162.8000) 17 (166.2400) 11 (167.9656)
2024-04-05 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 64 / 97 (675.2568) 9 (177.7028) 52 (169.6800) 77 (165.0856) 80 (162.7884)
2023-10-27 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 32 / 47 (681.0056) 43 (163.9312) 18 (173.1316) 24 (170.8228) 14 (173.1200)
2023-10-13 Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS 12 / 39 (685.5768) 6 (176.5600) 13 (171.9772) 14 (170.8228) 22 (166.2168)
2023-10-06 Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS 8 / 19 (684.4456) 3 (177.7144) 10 (169.6684) 16 (161.6456) 3 (175.4172)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 316 / 487 (661.5424) 288 (166.8112) 153 (171.9656) 341 (163.3828) 374 (159.3828)
2023-09-09 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS 11 / 38 (690.2176) 8 (175.4288) 12 (171.9888) 20 (168.5256) 6 (174.2744)
2023-08-25 Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS 9 / 44 (689.0400) 8 (174.2628) 1 (180.0000) 14 (173.1200) 29 (161.6572)
2023-08-12 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS 45 / 62 (689.0512) 50 (171.4056) 59 (169.1200) 35 (171.9656) 14 (176.5600)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS 49 / 90 (683.8740) 28 (174.2628) 47 (171.9772) 52 (170.8228) 69 (166.8112)
2023-06-23 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 30 / 167 (678.1940) 16 (172.5828) 55 (168.5484) 53 (169.6684) 44 (167.3944)
2023-06-09 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO 3 / 44 (693.6572) 9 (174.2628) 3 (177.1428) 3 (177.1544) 28 (165.0972)
2023-06-02 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 4 / 28 (689.0744) 1 (178.8572) 4 (173.1200) 14 (169.1200) 14 (167.9772)
2023-04-07 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 48 / 103 (681.0056) 36 (173.1200) 24 (174.2628) 80 (161.6572) 32 (171.9656)
2022-10-14 Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS 8 / 28 (686.1712) 1 (180.0000) 17 (166.2400) 14 (167.9656) 9 (171.9656)
2022-10-07 Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS 22 / 29 (667.2224) 25 (163.9428) 21 (166.2400) 16 (169.6684) 17 (167.3712)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 235 / 505 (670.1940) 300 (165.7028) 239 (167.4172) 61 (175.4056) 327 (161.6684)
2022-09-09 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS 14 / 37 (681.6116) 18 (170.8228) 4 (176.5716) 13 (171.4172) 17 (162.8000)
2022-06-24 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 32 / 164 (670.2168) 28 (170.8572) 1 (178.2972) 94 (163.9312) 120 (157.1312)
2022-06-03 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 17 / 25 (655.8284) 12 (168.5256) 20 (157.6456) 18 (160.5372) 11 (169.1200)
2022-04-08 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 39 / 94 (678.2056) 14 (175.4400) 85 (154.8000) 24 (173.1200) 13 (174.8456)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 167 / 467 (163.3828) 65 (173.7028) 214 (167.3828) 217 (166.2284) 280 (161.6340)
2021-09-10 Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS 29 / 53 (666.0912) 22 (170.8344) 22 (169.6800) 38 (161.6340) 28 (163.9428)
2021-06-25 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 2 / 145 (693.7028) 2 (178.8800) 15 (172.5600) 33 (168.5600) 9 (173.7028)
2021-06-04 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 7 / 28 (686.2400) 4 (176.0000) 21 (166.2516) 10 (170.2628) 4 (173.7256)
2021-04-09 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 80 / 105 (654.0792) 92 (159.9312) 97 (157.6684) 57 (168.5256) 60 (167.9540)
2020-09-11 Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS 32 / 48 (656.4112) 28 (166.2400) 18 (171.4172) 44 (153.6340) 32 (165.1200)
2020-08-28 Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off Nevada, MO 36 / 37 (643.2912) 37 (156.5256) 37 (156.5028) 23 (170.2628) 33 (160.0000)
2019-10-11 Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) DeSoto, KS 32 / 51 (659.2568) 34 (166.2400) 7 (175.4056) 50 (149.6340) 20 (167.9772)
2019-09-27 Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS 9 / 53 (674.2400) 1 (177.7144) 9 (170.8228) 30 (161.6800) 20 (164.0228)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 122 / 468 (343.4516) 311 (161.6800) 293 (162.8228) 225 (165.7256) 189 (166.2632)
2019-06-21 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS 38 / 183 (661.0056) 43 (166.8344) 77 (163.3828) 25 (170.8228) 94 (159.9656)
2019-06-07 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS 15 / 46 (677.0972) 25 (165.1200) 21 (170.2744) 8 (173.7028) 19 (168.0000)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #619 (120 pts) #688 (120 pts) #733 (120 pts) #639 (120 pts) #650 (120 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #407 (510 pts) #342 (675 pts) #392 (645 pts) #438 (480 pts) #418 (525 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #363 (601 pts) #212 (1026 pts) #364 (661 pts) #451 (461 pts) #379 (601 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #194 (1042 pts) #123 (1327 pts) #176 (1192 pts) #269 (817 pts) #191 (1047 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #379 (602 pts) #311 (777 pts) #297 (857 pts) #394 (597 pts) #348 (692 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #752 (180 pts) #773 (195 pts) #800 (195 pts) #776 (180 pts) #782 (180 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #995 (265 pts) #817 (405 pts) #860 (370 pts) #1307 (180 pts) #1150 (230 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1036 (265 pts) #1401 (170 pts) #1053 (290 pts) #1447 (160 pts) #1012 (295 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #776 (486 pts) #1031 (356 pts) #557 (721 pts) #995 (366 pts) #729 (541 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1599 (155 pts) #1721 (150 pts) #1854 (125 pts) #1345 (235 pts) #1204 (265 pts)

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