A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SHAWN'S BIG BUTTZ BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2014-07-25
Best ToY finish
#1102
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.93
last 4 Master vs avg 645.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Road miles
85
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
645.93 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WEBO'S BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
SHAWN'S BIG BUTTZ BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 160 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHAWN'S BIG BUTTZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SHAWN'S BIG BUTTZ BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 155.9998 | 162.99 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 153.1426 | 156.55 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.2856 | 163.3828 | 166.55 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 157.6800 | 159.83 | top 59% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
645.93
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
153
82–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
85
4 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1500) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.3888 WNC Barbeque Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score654.7772 WNC BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 WNC BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest WNC BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | WNC Barbeque Festival | 2013-07-26 |
| -1.9 | WNC BBQ Festival | 2014-07-25 |
| -1.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -0.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-07 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 90.1% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 30 / 46 (654.7772) | 9 (170.8572) | 25 (162.8572) | 29 (163.3828) | 35 (157.6800) |
| 2013-07-26 | WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 36 / 48 (648.3888) | 21 (167.3944) | 45 (153.6456) | 11 (169.1200) | 35 (158.2288) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 55 / 97 (638.2854) | 62 (157.7142) | 62 (156.5714) | 43 (163.4284) | 48 (160.5714) |
| 2013-06-07 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC | 14 / 26 (642.2852) | 22 (155.9998) | 21 (153.1426) | 2 (170.2856) | 10 (162.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2494 (71 pts) | #1632 (156 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | #2525 (71 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1102 (254 pts) | #1210 (234 pts) | #1301 (219 pts) | #712 (469 pts) | #1067 (274 pts) |