CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3630

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1490

peak 1502 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-18

latest 2021-10-01

Best ToY finish

#836

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

674.7544 / 720

Master · Bucks, Ducks & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 653.84 (-1.18)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Chicken · Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±17.08

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.76 · weakest Pork (158.38)

Road miles

913

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$5K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.84 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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

674.7544 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.7544 at Bucks, Ducks & BBQ — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-18

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has finished one call ahead of CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

Pork avg 158.38
Chicken avg 166.76
0 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

4.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) (2021-04-09).

last seen 2016-09-23
back 2021-04-09

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE DANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.37% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.37% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.8% of a perfect score
9 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

BBQR'S DELIGHT

#3638 of the rated field

1490 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 93
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1624

1–5 in 6 shared contests (17% to CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — BBQR'S DELIGHT ahead 5–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 93 contests
last seen 2021-07-16

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Three Legged Pig

#3633 of the rated field

1490 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-03-18

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Diddy's Delectable 3BQ

#3622 of the rated field

1490 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1490

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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Smokey Bros Barbecue

#3648 of the rated field

1490 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 12 years after CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

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PORK FLOYD

#3647 of the rated field

1490 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Level with CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Covered Embers

#3606 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-10-07

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	0	175.4400	159.3712	166.76	top 53%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	171.9772	157.7028	165.62	top 52%
Pork	9	0	0	169.7028	150.8000	158.38	top 75%
Brisket	9	1	1	172.0000	152.5372	163.08	top 54%

“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	Avg finish
AR	6	top 66%
TN	2	top 63%
OK	1	top 50%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 75%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 65%
Large (40+)	2	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	2	12	0	top 72%	2016-09-23

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

On the trail 8 yrs 2013-10-18 → 2021-10-01

Busiest season 2021 2 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AR 6 of 9 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.76 · weakest Pork (158.38)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 653.84 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 190 100–153 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 913 9 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests

Purse competed for $5,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4.5 yrs 2016-09-23 → 2021-04-09

Power rating 1490 peak 1502 · #3630 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Oct 18 First tracked contest Bikes Balloons & BBQ
Oct 18 First call Bikes Balloons & BBQ
Oct 18 First overall top-10 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
Oct 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0632 Bikes Balloons & BBQ
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1502) Bikes Balloons & BBQ
2014
Jul 18 Career-best overall score674.7544 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ
2021
Oct 1 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 1 Most recent contest Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.9	Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off	2021-10-01
+2.4	Bikes Balloons & BBQ	2013-10-18
+2.1	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2014-06-13
+1.9	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)	2021-04-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash	2015-09-25
-4.6	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	2013-10-19
-3.4	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	2016-09-23
-3.1	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ	2014-07-18
-1.9	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	2015-06-05

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)
2021	2	0	50%	top 60%	92.6%	92.3%
2016	1	0	0%	top 68%	87.1%	87.1%
2015	2	0	50%	top 71%	91.4%	90.8%
2014	2	0	0%	top 59%	93.7%	93.2%
2013	2	1	50%	top 63%	91.3%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-10-01	Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Sheridan, AR	18 / 30 (666.8112)	6 (175.4400)	21 (165.6684)	24 (157.1428)	15 (168.5600)
2021-04-09	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose) 🏅 Collierville, TN	26 / 44 (662.1828)	12 (171.4172)	11 (171.9772)	38 (155.4172)	27 (163.3712)
2016-09-23	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	17 / 25 (627.1996)	13 (161.0856)	14 (159.9544)	20 (151.3484)	15 (154.8112)
2015-09-25	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	12 / 16 (649.0056)	12 (159.3712)	9 (166.8228)	16 (151.9544)	3 (170.8572)
2015-06-05	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	18 / 27 (658.1256)	18 (164.5140)	20 (160.5144)	12 (169.7028)	17 (163.3944)
2014-07-18	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	18 / 26 (674.7544)	15 (172.0000)	14 (169.6800)	14 (169.1200)	20 (163.9544)
2014-06-13	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	24 / 49 (667.3368)	30 (164.5484)	15 (171.9656)	43 (158.8228)	11 (172.0000)
2013-10-19	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	19 / 25 (622.1256)	20 (161.0856)	15 (157.7028)	22 (150.8000)	19 (152.5372)
2013-10-18	Bikes Balloons & BBQ Poteau, OK	10 / 20 (657.0632)	7 (171.4172)	8 (166.2972)	11 (161.0972)	12 (158.2516)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#836 (150 pts)	#582 (295 pts)	#779 (205 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#841 (165 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2083 (90 pts)	#2070 (110 pts)	#2109 (105 pts)	#2236 (75 pts)	#2112 (100 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1330 (193 pts)	#1427 (193 pts)	#1385 (203 pts)	#1441 (203 pts)	#1043 (308 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1510 (165 pts)	#1558 (175 pts)	#1311 (230 pts)	#1535 (180 pts)	#1353 (220 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1279 (200 pts)	#1237 (225 pts)	#1221 (240 pts)	#1419 (180 pts)	#1356 (190 pts)