Love Meat Tender
Love Meat Tender is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 18th of 25 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Nov 18, 2022
latest Nov 17, 2023 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.26 · weakest Pork (142.28)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
314.21 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
457.10 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 158.2628 | 158.26 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 149.1084 | 152.53 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1312 | 139.4284 | 142.28 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 151.4400 | 157.15 | top 34% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 80% | Nov 17, 2023 |
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score457.0968 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.8572 Plant City Pig Jam
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 18 / 25 (314.2056) | 16 (158.2628) | 17 (155.9428) | 20 (139.4284) | 11 (151.4400) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 22 / 25 (457.0968) | — | 19 (149.1084) | 22 (145.1312) | 6 (162.8572) |