BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE

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

Power ranking

#1333

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1575

peak 1575 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-16

latest 2017-10-06

Best ToY finish

#396

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

694.7884 / 720

Master · Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

673.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 671.40 (+2.32)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±12.23

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.37 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.15)

Road miles

1,673

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Master avg

671.40 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

694.7884 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.7884 at Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-10

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Organizer Portal has finished one call ahead of BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 24%.

6 contests
5 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 24%

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGG LEGG SMOKERS in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 20 shared pork entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 14 of 20 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SWEET DREAMS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 21% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 21% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.2% of a perfect score
25 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Stand by Your Grill every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 5th

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.

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

BACON & WHISKEY

#1330 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1577

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Badlands BBQ

#1332 of the rated field

1575 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

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ShowMeMoSmoke

#1340 of the rated field

1575 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1592

No shared contest yet.

32 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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AWESOME Q

#1341 of the rated field

1575 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1581

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2018-09-01

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RANCH 13 BBQ

#1338 of the rated field

1575 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

Level with BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2015-12-11

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RACK CITY BBQ

#1331 of the rated field

1575 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1575

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
South Pork	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Swine Life	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Sloppy Hog BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
Misfits of Smoke	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	2	0	2	177.7144	151.3372	167.38	top 51%
Pork Ribs	25	3	1	2	180.0000 🔥	157.0856	167.15	top 47%
Pork	25	7	1	2	178.3200	158.8000	169.37	top 40%
Brisket	25	7	0	1	178.2972	151.9428	167.49	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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	19	top 42%
AL	4	top 56%
TN	2	top 51%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 39%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Stand by Your Grill	4	5	top 44%	2016-08-19
*Roast N Boast BBQ	2	11	top 44%	2017-10-06
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2	22	top 56%	2017-03-18
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	35	top 49%	2017-03-17
Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	2	5	top 52%	2014-10-10

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2013-08-16 → 2017-10-06

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 5 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 19 of 25 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 18 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.37 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.15)

Walk rate 52% a top-10 call in 13 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 28% 7 of 25 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 671.40 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 449 662–482 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,673 25 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength 1563 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

Power rating 1575 peak 1575 · #1333 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 16 First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8516 Stand By Your Grill
Oct 11 First call Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
2014
Mar 14 First overall top-10 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
Aug 15 First category win (Pork) Stand By Your Grill
Oct 10 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
Oct 10 Career-best overall score694.7884 Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge
2015
May 15 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff
2017
Oct 6 25th tracked contest *Roast N Boast BBQ
Oct 6 Peak power rating (1575) *Roast N Boast BBQ
Oct 6 Most recent contest *Roast N Boast BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	Stand By Your Grill	2014-08-15
+14.9	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14
+12.8	The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off	2014-06-20
+12	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	2014-10-10
+10.2	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off	2017-06-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.6	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff	2015-05-15
-8.1	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	2013-10-11
-6.1	Stand By Your Grill	2013-08-16
-4.7	Southaven Springfest	2017-04-28
-2.4	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	5	1	0	60%	top 46%	95.3%	93.6%
2016	7	0	0	43%	top 47%	95.3%	93.4%
2015	5	1	0	20%	top 53%	93.2%	92.2%
2014	6	5	2	83%	top 24%	96.5%	94.7%
2013	2	0	0	50%	top 78%	90.5%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-06	*Roast N Boast BBQ Columbus, MS	11 / 25 (667.2684)	11 (166.2400)	16 (163.3828)	16 (169.1084)	7 (168.5372)
2017-06-16	Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Nesbit, MS	8 / 41 (686.2172)	2 (177.7144)	15 (170.2744)	20 (170.2628)	19 (167.9656)
2017-04-28	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	22 / 33 (669.6228)	14 (169.7028)	18 (167.4172)	29 (158.8000)	5 (173.7028)
2017-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	22 / 45 (677.0400)	21 (171.4056)	31 (165.0972)	19 (168.5372)	14 (172.0000)
2017-03-17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	35 / 68 (668.4460)	34 (168.5488)	39 (165.6800)	31 (169.1316)	48 (165.0856)
2016-09-30	Roast N Boast BBQ Columbus, MS	12 / 27 (683.9084)	17 (167.3828)	2 (178.8800)	10 (171.9772)	19 (165.6684)
2016-08-19	Stand by Your Grill Fulton, MS	17 / 40 (670.1716)	16 (170.8344)	25 (163.3828)	13 (169.1200)	23 (166.8344)
2016-06-17	The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS	12 / 41 (686.2284)	12 (171.4172)	6 (176.0000)	11 (175.4056)	31 (163.4056)
2016-05-13	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	14 / 26 (673.0284)	16 (166.2628)	11 (169.7028)	14 (170.8228)	16 (166.2400)
2016-04-08	Sixth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	13 / 27 (666.7660)	12 (166.8344)	16 (164.5372)	7 (169.7144)	13 (165.6800)
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	39 / 61 (663.8744)	27 (171.9772)	37 (166.8228)	25 (169.6800)	52 (155.3944)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	45 / 95 (663.8744)	44 (167.9772)	74 (157.0856)	52 (164.5488)	11 (174.2628)
2015-10-02	Roast N' Boast Columbus, MS	9 / 26 (667.8856)	17 (161.6572)	11 (168.5484)	10 (166.8344)	7 (170.8456)
2015-09-11	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	20 / 55 (671.3368)	30 (165.1084)	28 (164.5372)	15 (170.2856)	15 (171.4056)
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	30 / 57 (668.9940)	38 (165.0972)	25 (167.3828)	27 (168.5256)	28 (167.9884)
2015-05-15	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL	23 / 27 (654.1372)	15 (170.8572)	24 (158.8000)	19 (163.3828)	21 (161.0972)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	53 / 94 (655.8400)	50 (165.6916)	67 (159.3600)	39 (166.8228)	46 (163.9656)
2014-10-10	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	5 / 25 (694.7884)	13 (170.2628)	1 (180.0000)	4 (174.2628)	10 (170.2628)
2014-08-15	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	5 / 65 (689.7600)	53 (162.2972)	13 (172.0000)	1 (178.3200)	2 (177.1428)
2014-06-20	The Desoto Shrine Club 6th Annual 2014 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS	7 / 49 (687.9200)	23 (167.9656)	19 (167.3944)	2 (177.7144)	13 (174.8456)
2014-05-09	Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS	9 / 23 (670.2972)	2 (172.5600)	14 (160.5716)	15 (164.0228)	5 (173.1428)
2014-04-04	Fourth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN	17 / 31 (662.1944)	17 (165.0856)	11 (169.6916)	18 (166.2628)	20 (161.1544)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	8 / 95 (685.6572)	20 (170.2628)	37 (165.1200)	11 (171.9772)	5 (178.2972)
2013-10-11	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL	27 / 32 (647.7712)	32 (151.3372)	16 (166.2284)	7 (169.7028)	25 (160.5028)
2013-08-16	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	45 / 62 (651.8516)	55 (159.9544)	14 (170.8344)	18 (169.1200)	57 (151.9428)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#783 (483 pts)	#633 (633 pts)	#927 (418 pts)	#960 (388 pts)	#660 (603 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#791 (463 pts)	#833 (458 pts)	#775 (513 pts)	#765 (513 pts)	#819 (458 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#837 (403 pts)	#928 (373 pts)	#969 (358 pts)	#824 (438 pts)	#800 (458 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#396 (953 pts)	#549 (713 pts)	#488 (818 pts)	#314 (1108 pts)	#378 (988 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1654 (132 pts)	#1720 (132 pts)	#1251 (232 pts)	#1112 (272 pts)	#1688 (132 pts)