Butts Up BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4693

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2014-08-01

Best ToY finish

#1589

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

638.0224 / 720

Master · The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

615.85

last 5 Master vs avg 615.97 (-0.12)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

162.8572

Chicken · Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival

Consistency

±11.92

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 154.17 · weakest Brisket (153.76)

Road miles

1,093

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 474 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Master avg

615.97 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 61%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 61%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

APORKALYPSE NOW ahead in 100% of their meetings

APORKALYPSE NOW has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

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.

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

HIDDEN FIRE

#4696 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Butts Up BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Butts Up BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Swappin Sauces

#4709 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1508 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-11-08

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The Barber's Que

#4704 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

ROUND BOYS BBQ

#4677 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Level with Butts Up BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2020-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' PEPPERS BBQ

#4705 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1502 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

The Po Po Piggy

#4701 of the rated field

1468 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after Butts Up BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
APORKALYPSE NOW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	162.8572	146.2856	154.15	top 72%
Pork Ribs	6	161.0856	145.6572	153.88	top 65%
Pork	6	161.6800	146.2856	154.17	top 70%
Brisket	6	162.7884	136.4572	153.76	top 56%

“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
MD	4	top 64%
TN	1	top 88%
DE	1	top 78%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2	28	0	top 62%	2014-05-02

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2014-08-01

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 3 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MD 4 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 154.17 · weakest Brisket (153.76)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 615.97 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 263 119–245 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,093 6 mapped stops · furthest 474 mi

Schedule strength 1519 average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests

Power rating 1469 peak 1469 · #4693 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 3 Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8572 Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 Peak power rating (1499) Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
2014
May 30 Career-best overall score638.0224 The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 1 Most recent contest Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.2	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2013-05-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off	2014-05-30
-8	Hogs & Hops Dover	2013-09-20
-7.2	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	2014-08-01
-5.7	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2014-05-02
-0.8	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	2013-04-19

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	3	0	0	0	0%	top 81%	88.6%	85.9%
2013	3	0	0	0	0%	top 61%	86.3%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-08-01	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	48 / 59 (603.8056)	36 (159.4056)	36 (154.8344)	42 (153.1084)	55 (136.4572)
2014-05-30	The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN	42 / 48 (638.0224)	46 (152.4684)	37 (161.0856)	37 (161.6800)	31 (162.7884)
2014-05-02	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	43 / 59 (612.9600)	44 (152.5028)	55 (145.6572)	40 (153.7028)	19 (161.0972)
2013-09-20	Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE	35 / 45 (602.7316)	33 (151.4056)	30 (152.5488)	30 (154.2628)	31 (144.5144)
2013-05-03	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	28 / 55 (621.7144)	23 (162.8572)	34 (150.8574)	47 (146.2856)	17 (161.7142)
2013-04-19	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	56 / 106 (616.5712)	93 (146.2856)	35 (158.2862)	52 (155.9998)	50 (155.9996)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1589 (150 pts)	#1666 (150 pts)	#1653 (150 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#1518 (180 pts)