A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAN'T SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAN'T SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PUTZ BUTTS
PUTZ BUTTS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 19th of 22 at the NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off (2014). They finished #1676 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Putz & Butts”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 7, 2014
latest Aug 28, 2015 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 158.69 · weakest Chicken (151.82)
Road miles
688
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
621.73 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8228 | 140.5372 | 151.82 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 152.5256 | 158.27 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 139.9088 | 152.95 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 155.4172 | 158.69 | top 47% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
160
finished ahead 64 times, behind 115
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
20146 milestones
- First tracked contest NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off
- First call Smokin' On The Pecos
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0744 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best overall score653.0744 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2856 Smokin' On The Pecos
- Peak power rating (1494) Smokin' On The Pecos
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | Smokin' On The Pecos | Jun 27, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off | Mar 7, 2014 |
| -9.4 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | Aug 28, 2015 |
| -2.3 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | Apr 17, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 85.4% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 90.7% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2015 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 48 / 57 (610.0800) | 39 (158.8228) | 52 (152.5256) | 53 (139.9088) | 30 (158.8228) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX | 26 / 44 (614.7312) | 35 (150.2400) | 13 (162.8456) | 35 (146.2284) | 23 (155.4172) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 26 / 60 (653.0744) | 46 (157.6800) | 44 (158.2744) | 5 (174.2856) | 16 (162.8344) |
| Mar 7, 2014 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX | 19 / 22 (609.0516) | 22 (140.5372) | 14 (159.4400) | 17 (151.3828) | 12 (157.6916) |