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-A-BING BBQ has 2 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 123 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUTT-A-BING BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head11 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BUTT-A-BING BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after BUTT-A-BING BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BUTT-A-BING BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.7884 | 158.8112 | 160.80 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 154.8344 | 155.98 | top 51% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 144.5716 | 147.97 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 135.4288 | 145.98 | top 67% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 87.2% | 84.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-02 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD | 30 / 59 (627.8056) | 21 (162.7884) | 32 (157.1200) | 48 (151.3600) | 25 (156.5372) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 82 / 109 (593.6460) | 44 (158.8112) | 51 (154.8344) | 95 (144.5716) | 100 (135.4288) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |