A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
TELL YOU WHAT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-09
latest 2015-08-14
Best ToY finish
#1246
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.56
last 5 Master vs avg 622.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.98 · weakest Pork (149.41)
Road miles
86
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
622.56 / 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 DOC BONE'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.
TELL YOU WHAT 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 123 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.
#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
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#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after TELL YOU WHAT BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with TELL YOU WHAT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
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#2968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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#2976 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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 | 169.1084 | 146.2288 | 160.98 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7828 | 153.0972 | 158.86 | top 40% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 132.5144 | 149.41 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4744 | 143.9656 | 153.71 | top 46% |
“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 85% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 32% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Valley Ribfest | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 32% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2015-08-14
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.98 · weakest Pork (149.41)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
622.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
109–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
86
4 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2014-08-16
Power rating
1506
peak 1506 · #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 Hudson Valley Ribfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5368 Hudson Valley Ribfest
- Career-best overall score648.5368 Hudson Valley Ribfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1084 Hudson Valley Ribfest
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1506) Hudson Valley Ribfest
- Most recent contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2013-08-16 |
| +4.3 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2014-08-16 |
| +1.3 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | 2015-08-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-08-09 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 90.1% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-14 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 28 / 57 (621.0860) | 11 (165.7144) | 32 (155.3828) | 47 (146.2972) | 29 (153.6916) |
| 2014-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 15 / 60 (646.4348) | 18 (162.8688) | 10 (165.7828) | 39 (150.3088) | 4 (167.4744) |
| 2013-08-16 | Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY | 11 / 51 (648.5368) | 6 (169.1084) | 23 (161.1772) | 5 (168.5256) | 36 (149.7256) |
| 2013-08-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY | 23 / 27 (575.8060) | 22 (146.2288) | 11 (153.0972) | 24 (132.5144) | 15 (143.9656) |
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 | #1246 (207 pts) | #1140 (257 pts) | #1339 (207 pts) | #1147 (257 pts) | #1406 (177 pts) |