High-water mark
672.4688
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4688 at Small Town Smoke Down — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 30, 2026
Mark's Meats and Treats
Mark's Meats and Treats is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 9 at the Columbia Valley Smoke Show (2024). They are ranked #6447 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1364
peak 1364 · rated over 23 contests
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
Jun 3, 2022
latest May 30, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
4% of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.80 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 641.17 (+2.63)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.79 · weakest Brisket (155.62)
Road miles
4,591
across 23 mapped stops · furthest 424 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.17 / 720
23 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #912 (99 pts) | #814 (154 pts) | #683 (249 pts) | #898 (114 pts) | #1029 (69 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #704 (192 pts) | #818 (177 pts) | #811 (202 pts) | #659 (252 pts) | #760 (187 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #343 (639 pts) | #295 (794 pts) | #321 (789 pts) | #345 (649 pts) | #326 (694 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #439 (446 pts) | #373 (611 pts) | #408 (606 pts) | #455 (461 pts) | #460 (436 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #536 (378 pts) | #446 (513 pts) | #568 (408 pts) | #509 (428 pts) | #497 (453 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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#6,448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1363
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1365
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 34 contests to 23.
⚔ Compare careers#6,446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1365
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Mark's Meats and Treats's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,449 of the rated field
- Contests
- 79
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1531
79 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#6,444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1366
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Mark's Meats and Treats's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#6,450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1362
Rated 2 points below Mark's Meats and Treats.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kreiser Barbecue | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKER Q | 17 | 2 | 15 | 12% | ⚔ compare |
| Homestead Smoke Shack | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire BBQ | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad to the Brisket | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| MOTLEY QUE | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Brisket Butts | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Notorious P.I.G. | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rack Addicts BBQ Team | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 152.5372 | 162.22 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 146.8116 | 162.79 | top 66% |
| Pork | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 150.2512 | 160.53 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 135.9428 | 155.62 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 16 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Town Smoke Down | 4 | 15 | 0 | top 69% | May 30, 2026 |
| Didsbury Lions BBQ | 4 | 17 | 0 | top 96% | Jul 26, 2025 |
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 3 | 22 | 0 | top 77% | Aug 30, 2025 |
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 87% | Aug 23, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
8 contests
Contests a season
4.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
17 of 23 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
14
4 of them more than once
Opponents faced
205
finished ahead 110 times, behind 528
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score672.4688 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Small Town Smoke Down
- Most recent contest Small Town Smoke Down
20242 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2404 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First overall top-10 Columbia Valley Smoke Show
20231 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
- Peak power rating (1492) Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
- First call Smoke, Wind & Fire
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 30, 2026 |
| +2.9 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Aug 31, 2024 |
| +0.8 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | May 25, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 27, 2022 |
| -12.4 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 5, 2023 |
| -9.6 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Jul 20, 2023 |
| -8.3 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Jul 26, 2025 |
| -8.1 | Smoke 'N the Valley | Sep 10, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 90.2% | 88.6% |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 92.1% | 90.2% |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 86% | 89.9% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 82% | 88.6% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 15 / 24 (672.4688) | 7 (173.1084) | 2 (175.4400) | 12 (171.9888) | 21 (151.9316) |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 35 / 38 (628.5260) | 36 (153.7144) | 30 (162.8344) | 32 (159.4284) | 36 (152.5488) |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 31 / 32 (635.2916) | 32 (153.6572) | 26 (161.6800) | 21 (163.9656) | 29 (155.9888) |
| May 31, 2025 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 20 / 25 (649.6688) | 23 (155.4400) | 18 (163.9888) | 12 (170.2628) | 21 (159.9772) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 17 / 21 (633.0284) | 20 (157.6800) | 19 (157.1772) | 13 (164.5256) | 18 (153.6456) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 22 / 35 (662.8456) | 35 (153.6912) | 14 (169.7144) | 20 (165.1428) | 9 (174.2972) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB | 21 / 24 (647.9204) | 21 (164) | 23 (158.2744) | 20 (164.5372) | 17 (161.1088) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 36 / 39 (639.8860) | 30 (161.7028) | 35 (161.1316) | 36 (159.3944) | 32 (157.6572) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 24 / 28 (644.4112) | 24 (162.2628) | 10 (169.6684) | 26 (154.8344) | 23 (157.6456) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 15 / 27 (663.3484) | 5 (174.2628) | 12 (164) | 19 (163.4056) | 20 (161.6800) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show Invermere, BC | 8 / 9 (654.8344) | 4 (168.0344) | 5 (170.8456) | 9 (156.5716) | 9 (159.3828) |
| May 25, 2024 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 25 / 39 (650.2404) | 14 (170.2972) | 22 (164.5488) | 23 (163.4172) | 31 (151.9772) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 26 / 29 (633.0056) | 6 (170.8572) | 27 (150.7884) | 21 (160.5828) | 26 (150.7772) |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 31 / 40 (645.0056) | 31 (160.5600) | 15 (169.1428) | 27 (163.9656) | 35 (151.3372) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 36 / 44 (634.7316) | 42 (152.5372) | 14 (168.5716) | 35 (157.6456) | 34 (155.9772) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 17 / 17 (618.1944) | 13 (167.9656) | 17 (154.8572) | 14 (157.7488) | 17 (137.6228) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Raymond, AB | 11 / 12 (638.7656) | 9 (162.8228) | 9 (165.1316) | 12 (150.2512) | 11 (160.5600) |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 18 / 23 (647.3828) | 15 (167.9656) | 10 (169.1316) | 21 (153.7256) | 20 (156.5600) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK | 16 / 18 (622.8004) | 15 (155.9540) | 12 (158.8232) | 17 (154.2972) | 16 (153.7260) |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 25 / 36 (636.0460) | 12 (168) | 28 (159.4172) | 31 (156) | 32 (152.6288) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 19 / 19 (613.0172) | 7 (164.0116) | 16 (158.8000) | 17 (154.2628) | 19 (135.9428) |
| Jul 23, 2022 | Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge | 14 / 20 (637.1548) | 16 (159.9888) | 20 (146.8116) | 11 (161.1200) | 5 (169.2344) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 25 / 31 (638.2744) | 30 (152.5488) | 20 (163.4400) | 19 (165.1428) | 24 (157.1428) |