MEATSMACK

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5829

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1440

peak 1440 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2018-07-20

Best ToY finish

#690

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0168 / 720

Master · Knights of Columbus

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.37 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 636.63 (+8.74)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7256

Pork Ribs · Route 66 Smoke Out

Consistency

±31.48

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)

Road miles

2,394

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Master avg

636.63 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

665.0168 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0168 at Knights of Columbus — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-06-20

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Silver Bullet Smokers has finished one call ahead of MEATSMACK 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

21–1 behind in the head-to-head

QUAU ahead in 95% of their meetings

QUAU has come out ahead in 21 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) (2018-05-26).

last seen 2016-07-22
back 2018-05-26

Chicken nemesis

16 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

QUAU ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUAU has out-cooked them in 16 of 22 shared chicken entries.

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The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

HOG CALL BBQ

#5836 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to MEATSMACK)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — HOG CALL BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2021-10-22

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Ribbed For Your Pleasure

#5831 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1508 at their best, 68 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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KC Rib doctor

#5840 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 38 contests to 25.

rated over 38 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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Blue Smoke BBQ

#5830 of the rated field

1440 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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2FishQ

#5823 of the rated field

1440 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1440

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2021-08-14

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Subtle Smoke

#5822 of the rated field

1440 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 48
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 48 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
QUAU	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
Its 5 Oclock Somewhere	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKY LINCS	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
ALL IN QUE	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
FIDDLIN' FATBACK	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
RACK MASTERS BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BOSS HAWG BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CHANNABILLY BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
MONSTER-QUE	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
JUGS BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	3	1	173.7028	145.7372	161.39	top 64%
Pork Ribs	25	2	0	173.7256	144.5372	160.12	top 60%
Pork	24	5	2	172.5600	149.6340	160.93	top 62%
Brisket	25	4	0	170.2628	147.4284	160.63	top 53%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IL	24	0	top 67%
MO	1	0	top 84%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 66%
Large (40+)	14	top 69%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Knights of Columbus	3	11	top 68%	2015-06-19
Up In smoke on the Square	2	31	top 73%	2016-06-03
Route 66 Smoke Out	2	23	top 77%	2016-05-06
Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2	41	top 72%	2015-05-23
Central Illinois Bragging Rights	2	25	top 63%	2014-10-10
Morton BBQ Throwdown	2	24	top 59%	2014-07-25

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.1 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2018-07-20

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 5 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IL 24 of 25 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 18 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 10 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 4% 1 of 25 contests

Master average 636.63 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 431 328–660 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,394 25 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength 1545 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs 2016-07-22 → 2018-05-26

Power rating 1440 peak 1440 · #5829 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest Knights of Columbus
Jun 21 First call Knights of Columbus
Jun 21 Peak power rating (1497) Knights of Columbus
Jul 13 First overall top-10 Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
Jul 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9428 Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
2014
Jun 20 Career-best overall score665.0168 Knights of Columbus
Jul 25 10th tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown
2016
May 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7256 Route 66 Smoke Out
2018
Jul 20 25th tracked contest *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)
Jul 20 Most recent contest *Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.3	Knights of Columbus	2014-06-20
+2.3	Morton BBQ Throwdown	2014-07-25
+1.9	Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition	2013-09-27
+1.6	5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown	2015-07-24
+1	*Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL	2016-06-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Route 66 Smoke Out	2016-05-06
-10.7	Knights of Columbus	2015-06-19
-8.9	Smokin on the Lake	2014-05-17
-8.4	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	2015-05-23
-8.2	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)	2018-07-20

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	3	0	33%	top 79%	89.7%	88.9%
2016	5	0	60%	top 71%	90.9%	85.8%
2015	6	0	17%	top 72%	90.6%	88.5%
2014	6	0	33%	top 61%	92.4%	90.3%
2013	5	1	60%	top 62%	91.1%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-07-20	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL) Peoria, IL	39 / 43 (635.7936)	43 (152.4796)	31 (159.4056)	40 (155.9312)	16 (167.9772)
2018-06-15	*Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL	18 / 25 (639.2912)	4 (173.7028)	20 (157.1544)	25 (149.6340)	17 (158.8000)
2018-05-26	*RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL	45 / 60 (645.6228)	23 (168.5484)	33 (163.4516)	51 (157.6800)	42 (155.9428)
2016-07-22	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL	22 / 37 (651.3372)	7 (170.8344)	23 (161.1316)	26 (159.4056)	23 (159.9656)
2016-06-17	*Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL Kewanee, IL	15 / 23 (654.8112)	3 (171.4400)	17 (160.5600)	9 (168.5484)	19 (154.2628)
2016-06-03	Up In smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL	36 / 52 (636.9484)	45 (158.2628)	45 (153.0744)	37 (159.9312)	20 (165.6800)
2016-05-28	Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	34 / 55 (653.0396)	25 (168.5484)	20 (165.6800)	36 (162.8456)	44 (155.9656)
2016-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL	39 / 40 (491.9428)	33 (155.3828)	5 (173.7256)	—	17 (162.8344)
2015-09-11	Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL	35 / 61 (640.4452)	51 (157.0740)	53 (153.6456)	45 (159.4628)	8 (170.2628)
2015-07-24	5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	27 / 47 (640.4796)	40 (154.7884)	18 (164.6056)	32 (156.5600)	17 (164.5256)
2015-06-19	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	27 / 28 (636.4224)	25 (160.5256)	18 (163.4400)	23 (158.7768)	25 (153.6800)
2015-06-05	Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL	31 / 40 (625.4964)	31 (159.3712)	37 (149.0628)	38 (150.2512)	13 (166.8112)
2015-05-23	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL	50 / 58 (629.0288)	38 (162.7884)	57 (144.5372)	35 (163.4400)	38 (158.2632)
2015-05-01	Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Dwight, IL	23 / 40 (652.4224)	25 (162.8340)	20 (166.8572)	29 (158.2056)	17 (164.5256)
2014-10-10	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	25 / 37 (634.2288)	16 (166.2628)	36 (145.6916)	30 (155.9544)	13 (166.3200)
2014-07-25	Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	24 / 48 (645.6112)	16 (166.8572)	30 (157.6456)	26 (160.5828)	19 (160.5256)
2014-06-20	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	11 / 25 (665.0168)	23 (159.3828)	12 (166.2628)	4 (170.2628)	5 (169.1084)
2014-06-13	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	17 / 28 (653.0168)	18 (164.5256)	17 (158.2400)	16 (161.1084)	6 (169.1428)
2014-05-24	Red, White, And BBQ Westmont, IL	41 / 72 (643.9428)	51 (158.2628)	21 (166.8456)	32 (163.4172)	48 (155.4172)
2014-05-17	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	21 / 25 (658.2628)	20 (160.5372)	13 (169.1428)	17 (165.1772)	12 (163.4056)
2013-10-11	Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL	31 / 53 (636.9828)	36 (155.9428)	18 (164.5372)	28 (159.4172)	29 (157.0856)
2013-09-27	Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition Danville, IL	13 / 25 (643.4056)	16 (161.7256)	14 (163.3944)	14 (159.4400)	12 (158.8456)
2013-07-26	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL	31 / 45 (622.7432)	41 (145.7372)	29 (154.8116)	3 (172.5600)	34 (149.6344)
2013-07-13	Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff Peoria, IL	10 / 15 (655.9428)	11 (165.1428)	5 (167.4056)	9 (164.0000)	10 (159.3944)
2013-06-21	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	20 / 32 (623.4282)	20 (153.7140)	15 (152.5714)	3 (169.7144)	25 (147.4284)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#941 (353 pts)	#707 (568 pts)	#815 (488 pts)	#1115 (313 pts)	#907 (393 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1005 (303 pts)	#1089 (293 pts)	#912 (388 pts)	#1101 (303 pts)	#700 (528 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#712 (498 pts)	#722 (523 pts)	#691 (548 pts)	#639 (598 pts)	#496 (758 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#690 (452 pts)	#756 (432 pts)	#595 (557 pts)	#410 (782 pts)	#748 (432 pts)