HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM

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

Power ranking

#5422

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-09-19

latest 2022-09-23

Best ToY finish

#858

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

677.6348 / 720

Master · South Carolina Festival of Discovery

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.48 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 632.26 (+26.23)

Walk rate

23%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)

Consistency

±49.27

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.08 · weakest Brisket (160.24)

Road miles

1,386

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$88K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

632.26 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

High-water mark

677.6348 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.6348 at South Carolina Festival of Discovery — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-07-07

A tough matchup

17–1 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.85 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 18%.

Brisket avg 160.24
Chicken avg 165.08
0 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CAROLINA SMOKE in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SC Festival of Discovery (2021-07-09).

last seen 2019-07-12
back 2021-07-09

Chicken nemesis

13 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 13 of 14 shared chicken entries.

A July team

Top 58% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 58% across 5 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

5 July contests
top 71% the rest of the year

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.

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

K & E's Little Smokers

#5425 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1500

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

ALL ABOUT THAT BASTE

#5428 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Red Line BBQ

#5418 of the rated field

1452 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1452

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2021-10-16

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Papa Wood BBQ

#5434 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2024-05-24

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Fire BBQ

#5427 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 27% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2026-07-25

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SNOUTS HONOR BBQ TEAM

#5435 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Level with HAWLIN BUTTZ BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
K & D SMOKERS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	4	175.4172	155.3716	165.08	top 53%
Pork Ribs	20	1	173.7372	128.9372	160.51	top 65%
Pork	22	0	172.5600	142.7428	161.02	top 68%
Brisket	22	0	173.1200	147.3256	160.24	top 63%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
NC	16	0	top 77%
SC	6	0	top 55%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 76%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	3	32	top 54%	2021-07-09
Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge	2	19	top 80%	2022-09-23
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	39	top 71%	2017-09-15
*Pigs & Pedals	2	27	top 58%	2017-08-04

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8 yrs 2014-09-19 → 2022-09-23

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 16 of 22 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 17 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.08 · weakest Brisket (160.24)

Walk rate 23% a top-10 call in 5 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 22 contests

Master average 632.26 out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 427 355–740 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,386 22 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Purse competed for $87,810 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-07-12 → 2021-07-09

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5422 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Sep 19 First tracked contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Sep 19 First call Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
Sep 19 Peak power rating (1497) Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
2016
Aug 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9428 Pigs & Pedals
2017
Jul 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)
Aug 4 10th tracked contest *Pigs & Pedals
2022
Jul 7 Career-best overall score677.6348 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
Sep 23 Most recent contest Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.7	South Carolina Festival of Discovery	2022-07-07
+7.2	21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off	2017-04-14
+6.2	SC Festival of Discovery	2021-07-09
+3.1	SC Festival Of Discovery	2018-07-12
+2.7	Piggin In The Park	2018-06-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Hog Happnin'	2016-11-04
-11	Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off	2014-10-10
-10.9	Jiggy With the Piggy	2018-05-04
-7.5	*22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff	2018-04-20
-7.4	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge	2022-09-23

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	2	0%	top 65%	94.1%	91.2%
2021	2	0%	top 55%	94.1%	92.8%
2019	1	0%	top 69%	89.3%	89.3%
2018	5	0%	top 80%	92.6%	84.3%
2017	5	40%	top 71%	93%	90.1%
2016	4	25%	top 69%	91.1%	84.5%
2015	1	100%	top 64%	89.7%	89.7%
2014	2	50%	top 76%	89.6%	87.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-09-23	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC	29 / 32 (635.7488)	24 (165.0856)	28 (156.5260)	31 (157.0628)	28 (157.0744)
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	37 / 92 (677.6348)	34 (169.6916)	48 (167.4060)	47 (167.4172)	22 (173.1200)
2021-09-24	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	19 / 27 (658.1488)	19 (164.5372)	19 (163.9888)	23 (161.0972)	13 (168.5256)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	32 / 81 (677.6344)	15 (174.2628)	62 (158.2516)	11 (172.5600)	17 (172.5600)
2019-07-12	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	57 / 83 (643.2572)	15 (171.9772)	67 (152.4800)	61 (158.2972)	47 (160.5028)
2018-10-19	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	32 / 35 (612.9260)	30 (155.3716)	20 (165.1544)	34 (142.7428)	33 (149.6572)
2018-07-12	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	49 / 89 (650.0912)	45 (164.5372)	55 (160.5372)	45 (165.0856)	52 (159.9312)
2018-06-01	Piggin In The Park Woodruff, SC	22 / 34 (666.7084)	26 (162.8000)	28 (163.9772)	15 (170.2628)	13 (169.6684)
2018-05-04	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	70 / 70 (495.3028)	21 (171.9772)	—	53 (159.3712)	43 (163.9544)
2018-04-20	*22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff Kings Mountain, NC	30 / 33 (609.4056)	31 (155.3828)	33 (128.9372)	18 (165.6800)	24 (159.4056)
2017-09-22	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	35 / 41 (644.3540)	34 (161.0856)	13 (170.2628)	30 (161.6456)	37 (151.3600)
2017-09-15	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	53 / 63 (635.2456)	45 (164.5256)	47 (159.9772)	55 (157.6684)	56 (153.0744)
2017-08-04	*Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	27 / 46 (638.7544)	28 (158.2400)	33 (155.3716)	22 (162.2628)	22 (162.8800)
2017-07-21	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley) Maggie Valley, NC	40 / 47 (654.6972)	8 (175.4172)	20 (170.8344)	39 (161.1200)	42 (147.3256)
2017-04-14	21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	20 / 49 (669.5772)	4 (174.2744)	23 (165.6916)	28 (165.0856)	24 (164.5256)
2016-11-04	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	56 / 56 (479.2796)	39 (161.6456)	—	50 (159.3712)	48 (158.2628)
2016-10-07	Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC	15 / 25 (654.1604)	19 (158.2516)	16 (164.5716)	12 (167.3828)	13 (163.9544)
2016-09-16	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	39 / 68 (644.4460)	59 (155.9772)	39 (161.6916)	32 (163.3828)	26 (163.3944)
2016-08-05	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	27 / 47 (655.9428)	15 (170.2628)	5 (173.7372)	43 (151.4056)	30 (160.5372)
2015-10-09	Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n Waxhaw, NC	18 / 28 (646.1252)	5 (170.8456)	18 (163.4056)	25 (154.2056)	20 (157.6684)
2014-10-10	Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off Waxhaw, NC	24 / 27 (615.2456)	22 (156.0000)	25 (148.5372)	23 (153.6340)	17 (157.0744)
2014-09-19	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	22 / 35 (644.9940)	6 (169.7028)	25 (158.8228)	16 (165.6684)	30 (150.8000)

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	#1056 (117 pts)	#1045 (122 pts)	#1170 (117 pts)	#1103 (117 pts)	#980 (132 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#858 (142 pts)	#781 (192 pts)	#945 (142 pts)	#753 (192 pts)	#735 (212 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#1736 (110 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#938 (312 pts)	#988 (317 pts)	#1107 (262 pts)	#866 (382 pts)	#893 (362 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1140 (265 pts)	#814 (485 pts)	#1056 (335 pts)	#1249 (255 pts)	#1199 (260 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1113 (280 pts)	#1099 (310 pts)	#1036 (340 pts)	#1163 (295 pts)	#1133 (290 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1985 (88 pts)	#1506 (178 pts)	#2052 (88 pts)	#2828 (53 pts)	#2098 (78 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1776 (132 pts)	#1275 (242 pts)	#1960 (112 pts)	#1600 (167 pts)	#1660 (152 pts)