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.
CATTLE RUSTLERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-10-23
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.09
last 4 Master vs avg 630.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.56 · weakest Brisket (151.84)
Road miles
37
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
630.09 / 720
4 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.
CATTLE RUSTLERS 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 145 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.
#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with CATTLE RUSTLERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after CATTLE RUSTLERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
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#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 156.5714 | 163.56 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 145.6684 | 157.40 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.9028 | 154.8228 | 157.29 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0344 | 119.9432 | 151.84 | top 61% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 70% | 2015-10-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-10-23
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.56 · weakest Brisket (151.84)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
630.09
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
138
64–103 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
37
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5714 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2014
- First call Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.6060 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score648.6060 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2015
- Most recent contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2014-10-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Smokin' the Fort | 2013-10-25 |
| -6.4 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2015-10-23 |
| -0.2 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | 2013-05-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.6% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-23 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 22 / 26 (618.6968) | 17 (161.0972) | 23 (145.6684) | 22 (154.8228) | 18 (157.1084) |
| 2014-10-24 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 19 / 34 (648.6060) | 12 (170.2744) | 27 (147.3944) | 22 (158.9028) | 5 (172.0344) |
| 2013-10-25 | Smokin' the Fort Fort Gibson, OK | 22 / 26 (607.9204) | 15 (166.2856) | 13 (163.9772) | 20 (157.7144) | 26 (119.9432) |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 44 / 88 (645.1430) | 60 (156.5714) | 11 (172.5714) | 56 (157.7142) | 52 (158.2860) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2118 (66 pts) | #2041 (91 pts) | #2205 (61 pts) | #2194 (66 pts) | #2053 (86 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2006 (89 pts) | #1918 (124 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2515 (74 pts) | #1500 (184 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1589 (141 pts) | #1435 (176 pts) | #1154 (256 pts) | #1554 (151 pts) | #1736 (126 pts) |