BUCK SNORT BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2757

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1512

peak 1513 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2015-07-10

Best ToY finish

#1085

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2860 / 720

Master · North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.43 (+4.31)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944

Pork Ribs · Sauce and Cycles

Consistency

±12.91

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.53 · weakest Chicken (159.31)

Road miles

384

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

652.43 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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

674.2860 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2860 at North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-05-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SCORCH AND RESQUE has finished one call ahead of BUCK SNORT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.22 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 50%.

Chicken avg 159.31
Pork Ribs avg 165.53
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CIRCLE W BARBECUE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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.

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

Son of a Brisket

#2762 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-08-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Rex BBQ

#2765 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-09-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Ashley Construction 3

#2756 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

SmokeEaters BarBQ

#2749 of the rated field

1512 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ

#2759 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

MR. BROWN'S BBQ

#2768 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	169.7028	149.0856	159.31	top 60%
Pork Ribs	6	3	1	176.5944	157.1432	165.53	top 41%
Pork	6	4	0	169.7144	158.2628	163.32	top 46%
Brisket	6	1	0	170.8572	158.2284	164.27	top 47%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 46%
Large (40+)	1	top 49%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2	15	0	top 51%	2014-04-25

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

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2015-07-10

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NE 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.53 · weakest Chicken (159.31)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 2 of 6 contests

Master average 652.43 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 117 98–80 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 384 6 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi

Schedule strength 1540 average field rating faced — tougher than 30% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2014-07-04 → 2015-07-10

Power rating 1512 peak 1513 · #2757 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest Pony Express BBQ Challenge
May 3 First call North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 First overall top-10 North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2860 North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 Career-best overall score674.2860 North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
May 3 Peak power rating (1513) North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival
2014
Jul 4 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 Sauce and Cycles
2015
Jul 10 Most recent contest Sauce & Cycles

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival	2013-05-03
+2.5	Sauce & Cycles	2015-07-10
+0.9	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2013-04-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.6	North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival	2014-05-02
-1.6	Sauce and Cycles	2014-07-04
-0.2	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	2014-04-25

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	0%	top 55%	91.4%	91.4%
2014	3	1	100%	top 60%	90.6%	90.3%
2013	2	1	50%	top 32%	93.7%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-07-10	Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE	17 / 31 (658.2628)	12 (169.7028)	24 (157.1544)	18 (162.8228)	11 (168.5828)
2014-07-04	Sauce and Cycles Falls City, NE	10 / 15 (652.4800)	12 (159.3944)	2 (176.5944)	10 (158.2628)	13 (158.2284)
2014-05-02	North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival North Platte, NE	15 / 25 (650.7540)	18 (155.3828)	11 (166.8456)	9 (166.2628)	16 (162.2628)
2014-04-25	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE	15 / 28 (647.9312)	28 (149.0856)	8 (168.0228)	10 (164.5600)	11 (166.2628)
2013-05-03	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE	6 / 38 (674.2860)	5 (166.2858)	10 (167.4286)	9 (169.7144)	6 (170.8572)
2013-04-26	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE	23 / 47 (630.8568)	26 (155.9998)	27 (157.1432)	25 (158.2854)	18 (159.4284)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1085 (260 pts)	#1134 (260 pts)	#1333 (210 pts)	#1254 (220 pts)	#1046 (285 pts)