A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
MUTTLEY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-10-02
latest 2017-09-01
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.51
last 5 Master vs avg 603.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±64.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.13 · weakest Brisket (153.89)
Road miles
34
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.51 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−11.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.24 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 153.89
- Pork avg 165.13
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUSHWHACKER COOKING CORP. in 4 of their 4 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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MUTTLEY'S BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MUTTLEY'S BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MUTTLEY'S BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4757 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1501
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MUTTLEY'S BBQ)
They've been 1501 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after MUTTLEY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with MUTTLEY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewski and Barbeque | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Me Tender BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BROWNIES BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT FINGER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 151.9544 | 157.20 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 144.4684 | 160.31 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 161.7028 | 165.13 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 150.7540 | 153.89 | top 72% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2017-09-01
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.13 · weakest Brisket (153.89)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
603.51
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,305
525–1,775 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
34
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #4778 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1494) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2796 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best overall score651.2796 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -6.8 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -6.2 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -6.2 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.5% | 78.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 255 / 407 (651.2796) | 130 (170.8228) | 144 (168.0000) | 273 (161.7028) | 349 (150.7540) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 181 / 184 (474.7772) | 110 (156.5144) | 31 (167.4172) | — | 125 (150.8456) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 448 / 557 (625.4624) | 469 (154.2056) | 530 (144.4684) | 33 (174.8572) | 447 (151.9312) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 425 / 606 (635.3372) | 535 (151.9544) | 220 (166.8572) | 369 (161.7028) | 431 (154.8228) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 416 / 552 (630.6976) | 484 (152.5260) | 448 (154.8000) | 317 (162.2744) | 304 (161.0972) |
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 | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (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) |