Meat Monkey's
Meat Monkey's is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 61 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jan 28, 2022
latest Jan 26, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.71 · weakest Brisket (155.09)
Road miles
1
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
341.74 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
638.69 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 162.2628 | 164.85 | top 27% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.3088 | 165.1200 | 169.71 | top 16% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 157.0628 | 163.09 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 154.2400 | 155.09 | top 45% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 22% | Jan 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Opponents faced
186
finished ahead 171 times, behind 48
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 28, 2022 → Jan 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.7376 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3088 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score638.6856 Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 7 / 61 (341.7376) | 14 (167.4288) | 3 (174.3088) | 12 (169.1200) | 31 (155.9428) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 19 / 60 (638.6856) | 19 (162.2628) | 16 (165.1200) | 28 (157.0628) | 23 (154.2400) |