A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1502 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-22
latest 2013-10-03
Best ToY finish
#531
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Best overall
648.5944 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.10
last 3 Master vs avg 626.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.55 · weakest Brisket (149.51)
Road miles
646
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 646 mi
Master avg
626.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS has 2 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 118 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.
#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS)
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1531
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS)
They've been 1531 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS)
25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 144.5710 | 161.55 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2858 | 149.1544 | 153.90 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 151.3712 | 161.14 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 138.2856 | 149.51 | top 73% |
“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.
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-03-22 → 2013-10-03
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.55 · weakest Brisket (149.51)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
626.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
607
230–535 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
646
3 mapped stops · furthest 646 mi
Power rating
1496
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
- First call Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5944 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best overall score648.5944 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7372 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Most recent contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 90.1% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 389 / 535 (618.8344) | 150 (166.3316) | 438 (149.1544) | 438 (151.3712) | 370 (151.9772) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 123 / 174 (648.5944) | 18 (173.7372) | 155 (154.2744) | 109 (162.3200) | 129 (158.2628) |
| 2013-03-22 | Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX | 26 / 59 (610.8566) | 46 (144.5710) | 16 (158.2858) | 7 (169.7142) | 44 (138.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #876 (190 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1149 (227 pts) | #1149 (242 pts) | #975 (332 pts) | #1154 (242 pts) | #1170 (237 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #531 (730 pts) | #599 (665 pts) | #569 (705 pts) | #476 (820 pts) | #595 (660 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #622 (625 pts) | #579 (700 pts) | #833 (470 pts) | #549 (745 pts) | #804 (470 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #891 (365 pts) | #1099 (290 pts) | #907 (390 pts) | #943 (380 pts) | #942 (365 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2048 (81 pts) | #2773 (56 pts) | #1964 (111 pts) | #2775 (56 pts) | #2009 (101 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1471 (150 pts) | #1885 (105 pts) | #1863 (110 pts) | #1510 (160 pts) | #1436 (170 pts) |