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MEAT @ SLIMS

MEAT @ SLIMS is a competition barbecue team with 42 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #433 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#433
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1691
peak 1691 · rated over 41 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

42
in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013
latest Jul 28, 2018 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#187
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1
3 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

5
21 podiums

Overall top-10s

23
55% of 42 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%
overall standings

Best overall

695.3944 / 720
Master · The River Grill before the Big Chill

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

656.81 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 659.80 (-2.98)

Walk rate

86%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Brisket · Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ

Consistency

±19.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.94 · weakest Brisket (163.00)

Road miles

25,895
across 42 mapped stops · furthest 3,555 mi

Schedule strength

38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Master avg

659.80 / 720
42 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Among the elite

#433 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1691 puts them #433 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

  • rating 1691
  • peak 1691
  • 41 rated contests

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (Feb 25, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUTCHER BBQ.

Giant slayer

42 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown.

  • Feb 25, 2016

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 42 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 42 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3944 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3944 at The River Grill before the Big Chill — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Oct 9, 2015

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

STUBBORN BULL BBQ has finished one call ahead of MEAT @ SLIMS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–6 behind in the head-to-head

INSANE SWINE BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

INSANE SWINE BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 29 shared contests.

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The drought

14 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown on Feb 25, 2016 — 14 contests and 10.6 years ago.

  • last GC Feb 25, 2016
  • 10.6 years ago

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ACK-QUE in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

  • 1 Grand Championship
  • 42 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

QUE AND A HALF MEN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 21% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 21% across 5 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

  • 5 October contests
  • top 30% the rest of the year

The long haul

25,895 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 25,895 miles across 42 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,555 miles to Eastern BBQ Contest.

  • 42 mapped stops
  • furthest 3,555 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sun BBQ Fest every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 2nd

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #807 (465 pts) #1026 (360 pts) #715 (560 pts) #944 (395 pts) #783 (495 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #235 (1,382 pts) #321 (1,122 pts) #223 (1,377 pts) #249 (1,297 pts) #266 (1,252 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #187 (1,558 pts) #113 (1,718 pts) #378 (973 pts) #250 (1,223 pts) #233 (1,358 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #318 (1,124 pts) #416 (909 pts) #445 (884 pts) #285 (1,189 pts) #331 (1,084 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #188 (1,437 pts) #118 (1,612 pts) #185 (1,372 pts) #208 (1,257 pts) #310 (987 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MEAT @ SLIMS, each with one reason worth a look.

I.A.B. 30 BBQ
#431 of the rated field
1692 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
2
Top-10s
66%
Peak
1694
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MEAT @ SLIMS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MEAT @ SLIMS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen Jul 10, 2015
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J & B'S BBQ
#436 of the rated field
1691 power rating
Contests
84
GCs
3
Top-10s
49%
Peak
1742
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MEAT @ SLIMS)

They've been 1742 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 84 contests
  • last seen Apr 9, 2021
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Sensuous BBQ
#428 of the rated field
1692 power rating
Contests
51
GCs
5
Top-10s
76%
Peak
1729

Careers of much the same size, 51 contests to 42, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 51 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2026
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ROAST BEAST BBQ
#429 of the rated field
1692 power rating
Contests
54
GCs
0
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1716

54 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 39% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 54 contests
  • last seen Nov 17, 2023
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TEAM WOODSHED
#434 of the rated field
1691 power rating
Contests
54
GCs
0
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1706

Level with MEAT @ SLIMS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 54 contests
  • last seen May 28, 2021
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 30 10 20 33% ⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ 29 12 17 41% ⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ 29 6 23 21% ⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 26 12 14 46% ⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ 19 7 12 37% ⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN 18 11 7 61% ⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ 18 8 10 44% ⚔ compare
Q HAVEN BBQ 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
Smokin Aces 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q 14 10 4 71% ⚔ compare
iQue 14 6 8 43% ⚔ compare
Pork Butt Paradise 14 4 10 29% ⚔ compare
ACK-QUE 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers 12 10 2 83% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 42 19 1 7 176.0344 144.5484 166.94 top 36%
Pork Ribs 42 17 0 3 177.1544 147.3832 164.23 top 39%
Pork 42 17 2 5 177.1428 151.9544 165.63 top 35%
Brisket 42 15 2 6 178.8572 137.6800 163.00 top 39%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 32%
Medium (20–39)190top 38%
Large (40+)211top 23%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CT80top 30%
VT70top 35%
TX41top 19%
NY40top 29%
NH30top 25%
ME30top 42%
RI30top 14%
KS20top 38%
AL10top 34%
OH10top 7%
MA10top 35%
NV10top 16%
VA10top 90%
NJ10top 5%
OK10top 68%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Sun BBQ Fest 4 2 0 top 29% Jun 3, 2017
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 3 10 0 top 41% Jul 28, 2018
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 55 0 top 38% Oct 29, 2016
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 2 2 0 top 29% Apr 30, 2016
Cedar Fest BBQ 2 4 0 top 34% Apr 1, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 8 0 top 37% Aug 14, 2015
Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ 2 7 0 top 30% Jul 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 7 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CT 8 of 42 contests · 15 states in all
Contests visited 32 7 of them more than once
First title Feb 25, 2016 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Opponents faced 1,405 finished ahead 1,879 times, behind 608

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20182 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1691) The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
  2. Most recent contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
20162 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
  2. Biggest field won (42 teams) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
20154 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
  2. First Reserve Championship Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
  3. 25th tracked contest Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
  4. Career-best overall score695.3944 The River Grill before the Big Chill
20141 milestone
  1. First overall podium Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
  2. First overall top-10 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7142 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
  4. First call Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
  5. First category win (Pork) DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship
  6. 10th tracked contest DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13.6DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ ChampionshipOct 5, 2013
+13.3City of Bedford Blues & BBQ FestivalAug 31, 2013
+13.1Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ ChampionshipsJul 18, 2014
+12.3Shotgun Fred BBQ ShowdownFeb 25, 2016
+11.7USA Barbecue ChampionshipOct 30, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.7Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Aug 29, 2014
-8.9Cedar Fest BBQApr 1, 2016
-5.78th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQApr 19, 2013
-5.4Sam's Club National BBQ TourAug 9, 2013
-5.3Sun BBQ FestJun 20, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181010 100% top 29% 91.5% 91.5%
20174010 75% top 33% 92.6% 91.2%
201610132 90% top 31% 95.6% 92.6%
20159061 100% top 21% 96.6% 93.2%
20148051 88% top 36% 95.1% 91.4%
201310071 70% top 31% 92.3% 89.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 28, 2018 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT 10 / 34 (658.7084) 11 (167.3712) 8 (167.9772) 16 (163.3828) 16 (159.9772)
Jul 29, 2017 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT 13 / 30 (645.1088) 28 (153.1084) 3 (170.8572) 11 (163.4060) 15 (157.7372)
Jun 10, 2017 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 12 / 35 (652.9944) 23 (159.3828) 12 (166.2400) 14 (166.2516) 18 (161.1200)
Jun 3, 2017 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 27 / 73 (660.4000) 6 (174.2972) 41 (160.4912) 37 (163.9544) 38 (161.6572)
Apr 15, 2017 Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium 7 / 41 (666.8572) 31 (159.4284) 9 (169.1200) 18 (165.7372) 3 (172.5716)
Nov 11, 2016 World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL 30 / 89 (681.6800) 66 (166.8228) 5 (176.5828) 53 (165.7144) 27 (172.5600)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 55 / 557 (682.1712) 268 (165.0856) 292 (164.5256) 9 (177.1428) 30 (175.4172)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 119 / 180 (670.1716) 36 (174.8572) 145 (162.8000) 49 (171.9772) 163 (160.5372)
Aug 19, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT 13 / 26 (655.4292) 2 (175.4172) 14 (159.4516) 13 (164.6060) 16 (155.9544)
Jul 23, 2016 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT 13 / 26 (665.0972) 12 (167.9656) 17 (164) 13 (163.4288) 5 (169.7028)
Jun 25, 2016 Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT 14 / 40 (660.9824) 2 (175.4056) 17 (163.4056) 24 (159.9312) 22 (162.2400)
Jun 11, 2016 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 2 / 69 (687.9656) 25 (165.7028) 2 (173.7028) 9 (172) 3 (176.5600)
Apr 30, 2016 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT 2 / 39 (660.5260) 10 (166.8344) 21 (157.7144) 1 (172.5600) 9 (163.4172)
Apr 1, 2016 Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX 40 / 67 (619.9424) 55 (144.5484) 6 (168) 21 (163.4628) 55 (143.9312)
Feb 25, 2016 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX 1 / 42 (685.1316) 31 (161.1544) 2 (177.1544) 3 (173.1200) 1 (173.7028)
Oct 9, 2015 The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH 3 / 45 (695.3944) 7 (176) 19 (169.1316) 7 (172.5600) 4 (177.7028)
Sep 12, 2015 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA 13 / 37 (658.1716) 4 (172.5828) 25 (154.8116) 7 (172.5600) 21 (158.2172)
Sep 5, 2015 Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships Hartford, CT 2 / 17 (680.5604) 2 (173.7372) 7 (165.6916) 3 (171.9772) 2 (169.1544)
Aug 14, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME 12 / 26 (659.3028) 4 (171.4056) 22 (155.9772) 10 (167.3828) 10 (164.5372)
Jul 25, 2015 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT 14 / 35 (662.7884) 16 (167.9884) 33 (153.6684) 17 (162.2744) 2 (178.8572)
Jul 17, 2015 Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI 4 / 37 (679.4056) 1 (175.4628) 5 (172.5600) 10 (166.2628) 21 (165.1200)
Jun 13, 2015 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 8 / 52 (674.2744) 3 (176.0344) 33 (161.6800) 20 (166.2972) 9 (170.2628)
May 29, 2015 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH 8 / 49 (670.2056) 8 (170.8800) 4 (170.2744) 20 (165.6800) 20 (163.3712)
Apr 10, 2015 Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX 4 / 53 (659.8512) 13 (165.6684) 18 (164.5256) 9 (164.5372) 11 (165.1200)
Oct 30, 2014 USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV 13 / 79 (684.5600) 52 (165.1544) 16 (172.5600) 14 (173.1200) 14 (173.7256)
Aug 29, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA 27 / 30 (646.1368) 20 (167.9656) 30 (151.9200) 14 (161.7028) 9 (164.5484)
Aug 8, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME 8 / 28 (655.4176) 11 (164.5944) 7 (165.7372) 7 (166.2744) 11 (158.8116)
Jul 25, 2014 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT 7 / 34 (654.1828) 7 (166.8456) 26 (153.6572) 3 (168) 10 (165.6800)
Jul 18, 2014 Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI 3 / 33 (678.9028) 13 (166.8456) 15 (166.2856) 8 (167.4516) 1 (178.3200)
Jun 20, 2014 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 20 / 32 (640.3884) 29 (156.5140) 10 (166.2860) 21 (158.8000) 22 (158.7884)
May 24, 2014 Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY 7 / 86 (665.6000) 39 (162.2284) 10 (167.9772) 5 (172.5716) 30 (162.8228)
May 3, 2014 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT 9 / 17 (638.1716) 3 (172) 13 (149.1200) 9 (159.4060) 9 (157.6456)
Oct 5, 2013 DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ 4 / 85 (659.9428) 8 (168) 34 (155.9656) 1 (172.5600) 11 (163.4172)
Aug 31, 2013 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX 5 / 89 (664.5716) 4 (173.1544) 13 (165.7372) 14 (168.5372) 42 (157.1428)
Aug 16, 2013 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY 9 / 51 (650.7768) 16 (164) 6 (169.1200) 28 (158.8112) 15 (158.8456)
Aug 9, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY 18 / 27 (591.2460) 16 (154.2284) 19 (147.3832) 15 (151.9544) 20 (137.6800)
Jul 26, 2013 The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT 9 / 31 (656.5144) 9 (168.0228) 7 (166.8456) 21 (156.5488) 7 (165.0972)
Jul 20, 2013 Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI 10 / 46 (656.5256) 2 (173.7028) 21 (160) 6 (167.9656) 28 (154.8572)
Jul 13, 2013 Troy Pig Out Troy, NY 8 / 32 (634.7888) 5 (165.7028) 4 (164.5600) 12 (159.4860) 21 (145.0400)
Jun 21, 2013 Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME 14 / 28 (655.4288) 4 (173.1430) 5 (172.5716) 22 (157.7140) 24 (152.0002)
Jun 1, 2013 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH 10 / 43 (653.7142) 13 (168) 17 (161.7144) 14 (162.8568) 14 (161.1430)
Apr 19, 2013 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 43 / 63 (631.4284) 49 (154.2856) 11 (169.7144) 50 (156.5714) 47 (150.8570)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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