A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Fork BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Fork BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BUTT-LIQUOR-BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-09-22
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.19
last 4 Master vs avg 607.19 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.83 · weakest Pork (146.41)
Road miles
5
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.19 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of POKER SMOKERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-09-22
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.
BUTT-LIQUOR-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 136 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.
#5046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BUTT-LIQUOR-BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUTT-LIQUOR-BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BUTT-LIQUOR-BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with BUTT-LIQUOR-BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
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#5056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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 | 166.2972 | 146.2400 | 156.83 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 143.3828 | 154.40 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9772 | 142.8456 | 146.41 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 138.7772 | 149.55 | top 75% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 3 | 97 | 0 | top 91% | 2015-09-25 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.83 · weakest Pork (146.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
607.19
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
214
72–374 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1486) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2017
- Career-best overall score638.2056 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2628 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| -11.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2015-09-25 |
| -10.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2014-09-26 |
| -2.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2017-09-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 71 / 112 (638.2056) | 58 (161.6800) | 22 (170.2628) | 110 (145.1200) | 57 (161.1428) |
| 2015-09-25 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 101 / 112 (605.6112) | 97 (153.1200) | 105 (147.4056) | 90 (151.9772) | 80 (153.1084) |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 97 / 112 (610.8344) | 41 (166.2972) | 69 (156.5372) | 109 (142.8456) | 93 (145.1544) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 109 / 114 (574.0912) | 109 (146.2400) | 107 (143.3828) | 106 (145.6912) | 106 (138.7772) |
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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2218 (75 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |