BUTT FIRST BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5486

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1501 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2019-08-30

Best ToY finish

#1129

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

641.1430 / 720

Master · 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

621.58 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 622.70 (-1.12)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8572

Pork Ribs · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±17.22

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 157.55 · weakest Chicken (153.83)

Road miles

714

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

622.70 / 720

8 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 65%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN GOOD BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at *Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition (2017-06-16).

last seen 2014-08-30
back 2017-06-16

Pork nemesis

4 of 5 shared pork entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.39% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.5% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

FULL METAL PORK

#5491 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to BUTT FIRST BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — FULL METAL PORK ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-08-30

⚔ Head-to-head

Tool Time

#5505 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BUTT FIRST BBQ)

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

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Avon Purple Cobra's

#5504 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

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ODB's Ribticklin BBQ

#5474 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

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HET KOOKVUUR

#5492 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2018-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

R & B BBQ

#5502 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-08-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ELLIS COUNTY BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	168.0002	133.1544	153.83	top 71%
Pork Ribs	8	1	170.8572	147.3600	154.98	top 73%
Pork	8	0	167.4286	148.5484	157.55	top 69%
Brisket	8	1	167.9656	145.6688	156.33	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	5	0	top 83%
OK	3	0	top 64%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 80%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	42	0	top 90%	2019-08-30
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	46	0	top 73%	2014-08-30

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.4 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2019-08-30

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 5 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 157.55 · weakest Chicken (153.83)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 622.70 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 322 109–352 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 714 8 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength 1534 average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests

Purse competed for $11,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.8 yrs 2014-08-30 → 2017-06-16

Power rating 1451 peak 1501 · #5486 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook-off
Mar 29 Peak power rating (1501) Firelake BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 Career-best overall score641.1430 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
2014
Aug 30 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8572 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
2019
Aug 30 Most recent contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.8	Firelake BBQ Cook-off	2013-03-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2017-09-02
-10.8	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2013-08-31
-9.8	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2019-08-30
-8	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2018-08-31
-4.7	*Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition	2017-06-16

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 93%	84.7%	84.7%
2018	1	0%	top 86%	86.1%	86.1%
2017	2	50%	top 86%	89%	86.3%
2014	1	100%	top 61%	88.2%	88.2%
2013	3	0%	top 65%	89%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-30	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	54 / 58 (610.1944)	52 (155.9656)	54 (153.6916)	50 (154.8684)	53 (145.6688)
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	64 / 74 (619.8396)	73 (143.9540)	72 (147.3600)	28 (167.4056)	45 (161.1200)
2017-09-02	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	42 / 46 (602.6168)	40 (146.7540)	41 (151.9316)	42 (148.5484)	29 (155.3828)
2017-06-16	*Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK	21 / 26 (640.4572)	17 (163.9428)	23 (152.0116)	23 (156.5372)	6 (167.9656)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	46 / 76 (634.7888)	51 (156.6060)	8 (170.8572)	70 (151.3828)	42 (155.9428)
2013-08-31	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	76 / 89 (594.8116)	87 (133.1544)	55 (155.9656)	65 (150.8116)	49 (154.8800)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	38 / 63 (641.1430)	16 (168.0002)	38 (159.4286)	36 (163.4284)	49 (150.2858)
2013-03-29	Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK	19 / 38 (637.7146)	13 (162.2858)	31 (148.5716)	11 (167.4286)	16 (159.4286)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#1559 (170 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1129 (243 pts)	#990 (318 pts)	#1320 (213 pts)	#1075 (283 pts)	#1123 (258 pts)