High-water mark
677.6800
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6800 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 24, 2014
The Meat Sweats
The Meat Sweats is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 13 at the Anchor City Cook-Off (2023). Also listed in KCBS results as “The Meat Sweats *” and “The Meatsweats”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 25, 2013
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 9.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Best overall
677.6800 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
173.1200
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.56 · weakest Chicken (158.12)
Road miles
798
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 561 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.25 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
310.78 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
458.09 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 146.8344 | 158.12 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.6172 | 149.1088 | 159.40 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 151.3828 | 160.72 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 168 | 170.56 | top 25% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
1 of 4 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
162
finished ahead 95 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
8.5 yrs
Oct 24, 2014 → Apr 14, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First call Anchor City Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Anchor City Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook-Off
20144 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6800 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score677.6800 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1511) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Oct 24, 2014 |
| +2.2 | Anchor City Cook-Off | Sep 8, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 14, 2023 |
| -4.1 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Oct 25, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 86.3% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Anchor City Cook-Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 6 / 13 (310.7772) | 6 (146.8344) | 5 (163.9428) | — | — |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Chelsea, AL | 16 / 17 (458.0916) | 15 (154.7772) | 16 (151.9316) | 17 (151.3828) | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 19 / 92 (677.6800) | 39 (168.5600) | 14 (172.6172) | 58 (163.3828) | 22 (173.1200) |
| Oct 25, 2013 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA | 28 / 41 (646.8116) | 29 (162.2972) | 40 (149.1088) | 11 (167.4056) | 11 (168) |