CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ

CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 20 at the Bikes Balloons & BBQ (2013). They are ranked #3640 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,640

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1490

peak 1503 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 18, 2013

latest Oct 1, 2021 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#836

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

11% 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

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.76 · weakest Pork (158.38)

Road miles

913

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi

Schedule strength

50%

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

Purse competed for

$5,000

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.84 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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
Jul 18, 2014

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) (Apr 9, 2021).

last seen Sep 23, 2016
back Apr 9, 2021

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

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

157 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

#3,649 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 93
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1625

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 Jul 16, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

DIESEL SMOKE BBQ

#3,650 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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Three Legged Pig

#3,661 of the rated field

1490 power rating

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

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 Mar 18, 2022

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Covered Embers

#3,637 of the rated field

1491 power rating

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

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 Oct 7, 2023

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ONE EYED SQUEALIE'S

#3,646 of the rated field

1490 power rating

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

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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Dyin Breed BBQ

#3,626 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1516

They turned up 8 years after CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jul 22, 2022

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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	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (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%	Sep 23, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 2 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 6 of 9 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 190 finished ahead 100 times, behind 153

Longest layoff 4.5 yrs Sep 23, 2016 → Apr 9, 2021

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

20212 milestones

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

20141 milestone

Jul 18 Career-best overall score674.7544 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ

20135 milestones

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 (1503) Bikes Balloons & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.9	Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 1, 2021
+2.5	Bikes Balloons & BBQ	Oct 18, 2013
+2.1	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 13, 2014
+1.9	Smokin' For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull Moose)	Apr 9, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash	Sep 25, 2015
-4.5	13th Annual Bordertown Bash	Oct 19, 2013
-3.5	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	Sep 23, 2016
-3	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ	Jul 18, 2014
-1.9	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash	Jun 5, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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)
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
Oct 1, 2021	Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Sheridan, AR	18 / 30 (666.8112)	6 (175.4400)	21 (165.6684)	24 (157.1428)	15 (168.5600)
Apr 9, 2021	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)
Sep 23, 2016	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	17 / 25 (627.1996)	13 (161.0856)	14 (159.9544)	20 (151.3484)	15 (154.8112)
Sep 25, 2015	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	12 / 16 (649.0056)	12 (159.3712)	9 (166.8228)	16 (151.9544)	3 (170.8572)
Jun 5, 2015	Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN	18 / 27 (658.1256)	18 (164.5140)	20 (160.5144)	12 (169.7028)	17 (163.3944)
Jul 18, 2014	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	18 / 26 (674.7544)	15 (172)	14 (169.6800)	14 (169.1200)	20 (163.9544)
Jun 13, 2014	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	24 / 49 (667.3368)	30 (164.5484)	15 (171.9656)	43 (158.8228)	11 (172)
Oct 19, 2013	13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	19 / 25 (622.1256)	20 (161.0856)	15 (157.7028)	22 (150.8000)	19 (152.5372)
Oct 18, 2013	Bikes Balloons & BBQ Poteau, OK	10 / 20 (657.0632)	7 (171.4172)	8 (166.2972)	11 (161.0972)	12 (158.2516)

CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)