SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ CO
Rating
1649
peak 1712
Contests
62
in the data
First seen
2019-01-11
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#54
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
3 reserve
Category wins
4
29 podiums
Overall top-10s
31
of 62 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
669.70 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 672.96 (-3.25)
Walk rate
87%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
9
best run (overall)
Consistency
±66.71
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.53 · weakest Brisket (168.39)
Road miles
19648
mi across 62 mapped stops · furthest 648 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 17 of their 19 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ in 24 of their 30 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 5% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 4.5136 points of the Grand Championship at Montana BBQ Cook-Off (2019-06-22).
📅 A September team
Something about September: average finish in the top 16% across 4 contests, versus top 34% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 60 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5028 | 172.53 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 60 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 177.7144 | 155.9200 | 170.24 | top 39% |
| Pork | 61 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 178.2972 | 158.8228 | 170.24 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 60 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 176.5600 | 153.6684 | 168.39 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 15 | 0 | top 33% |
| WY | 15 | 0 | top 30% |
| MT | 10 | 0 | top 23% |
| SD | 8 | 0 | top 39% |
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 38% |
| NE | 3 | 0 | top 50% |
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 45 | 0 | top 33% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CO (15 of 62 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork (61 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 672.96
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 656.4572 | 653.26 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 693.0740 | 676.76 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 703.9772 | 688.91 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 698.2400 | 685.31 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 685.6340 | 606.04 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 698.2628 | 679.14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 686.2404 | 683.48 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 695.4060 | 676.55 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual McLouth, KS | 23 / 30 (656.4572) | 24 (163.9772) | 9 (173.1200) | 26 (161.6800) | 26 (157.6800) |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 19 / 27 (650.0684) | 4 (173.1200) | 23 (155.9200) | 16 (165.0972) | 19 (155.9312) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 11 / 38 (693.0740) | 17 (171.9656) | 20 (170.8228) | 5 (177.1428) | 14 (173.1428) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 9 / 27 (684.5144) | 4 (176.0116) | 13 (169.6800) | 9 (173.1200) | 14 (165.7028) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY | 19 / 26 (664.4000) | 6 (171.9772) | 16 (166.2400) | 10 (170.8228) | 22 (155.3600) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 13 / 33 (674.7428) | 1 (180.0000) | 18 (159.9544) | 11 (167.9656) | 16 (166.8228) |
| 2025-06-06 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 18 / 48 (681.6456) | 10 (174.2628) | 20 (170.2628) | 31 (166.2400) | 15 (170.8800) |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 25 / 30 (662.1712) | 14 (170.8344) | 6 (173.7028) | 24 (163.9656) | 27 (153.6684) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 47 / 74 (673.0284) | 23 (173.7028) | 61 (163.9428) | 37 (169.6916) | 54 (165.6912) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 11 / 444 (700.0228) | 11 (178.8572) | 173 (170.8456) | 68 (174.8800) | 32 (175.4400) |
| 2024-09-06 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 3 / 36 (698.2628) | 2 (178.2972) | 10 (174.2628) | 14 (173.1200) | 8 (172.5828) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 5 / 29 (685.6344) | 19 (169.6800) | 14 (169.1316) | 5 (173.7028) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 2 / 29 (703.9772) | 7 (176.5600) | 3 (177.1544) | 7 (175.4172) | 7 (174.8456) |
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO | 2 / 29 (693.6688) | 7 (175.4172) | 6 (171.4172) | 8 (171.4172) | 4 (175.4172) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 6 / 26 (689.6228) | 14 (170.8228) | 14 (169.6800) | 3 (176.5600) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 8 / 25 (683.3484) | 11 (168.5256) | 3 (175.4172) | 10 (170.2856) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 9 / 29 (691.4288) | 7 (177.1544) | 6 (174.8572) | 12 (172.5600) | 16 (166.8572) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 7 / 16 (696.5028) | 4 (175.4056) | 5 (176.0116) | 5 (175.4056) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 3 / 29 (686.2056) | 7 (174.2628) | 8 (172.5600) | 14 (169.1200) | 10 (170.2628) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 63 / 97 (675.2916) | 68 (166.2400) | 58 (168.5488) | 67 (166.2400) | 24 (174.2628) |
| 2024-01-26 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 16 / 26 (678.7888) | 2 (178.2972) | 17 (169.6800) | 16 (167.9772) | 21 (162.8344) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 4 / 28 (687.3256) | 11 (168.5256) | 8 (172.5600) | 11 (170.8228) | 7 (175.4172) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 34 / 487 (694.2288) | 100 (174.2628) | 65 (174.8572) | 77 (174.2744) | 139 (170.8344) |
| 2023-09-08 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 11 / 28 (675.9660) | 4 (176.0000) | 1 (176.5716) | 25 (163.4172) | 24 (159.9772) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 15 / 26 (671.8396) | 16 (166.2284) | 9 (173.7144) | 16 (167.3712) | 19 (164.5256) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 7 / 27 (694.2516) | 3 (177.7144) | 5 (175.4172) | 5 (177.1544) | 14 (163.9656) |
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT | 3 / 24 (691.3712) | 4 (175.4056) | 11 (168.0000) | 2 (176.5600) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 5 / 22 (698.2400) | 4 (175.4172) | 6 (176.0000) | 7 (173.1200) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 7 / 36 (687.4060) | 19 (168.5372) | 12 (172.5716) | 9 (172.5944) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 4 / 37 (697.1312) | 1 (177.7028) | 15 (172.5484) | 2 (177.7028) | 18 (169.1772) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 20 / 30 (655.3256) | 27 (156.5028) | 7 (171.4172) | 22 (161.1428) | 11 (166.2628) |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 Westminster, CO | 5 / 31 (685.6340) | 2 (177.1428) | 14 (170.2628) | 8 (171.4172) | 18 (166.8112) |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 Westminster, CO | 11 / 32 (677.6112) | 11 (170.2628) | 16 (166.8228) | 18 (166.8228) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 3 / 29 (682.8000) | 15 (167.4172) | 13 (167.9772) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (170.8456) |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 5 / 28 (163.9772) | 14 (169.7372) | 2 (177.7144) | 7 (173.1428) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 14 / 29 (674.7312) | 8 (175.4056) | 10 (168.5372) | 10 (170.8228) | 18 (159.9656) |
| 2022-06-10 | Montana BBQ Cook-off Absarokee, MT | 6 / 27 (684.5028) | 3 (173.1200) | 2 (177.1428) | 4 (173.7144) | 12 (160.5256) |
| 2022-05-06 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 9 / 33 (673.0400) | 5 (171.9656) | 4 (174.8572) | 21 (163.9772) | 21 (162.2400) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 88 / 92 (668.9940) | 49 (172.5600) | 91 (163.9428) | 58 (170.2628) | 86 (162.2284) |
| 2021-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 12 / 26 (678.2172) | 2 (174.8572) | 20 (159.4172) | 11 (169.6800) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY | 11 / 27 (677.6000) | 23 (162.8000) | 18 (165.6800) | 3 (175.4172) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 22 / 31 (668.5256) | 11 (174.2628) | 28 (158.2400) | 3 (168.0572) | 14 (168.6172) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 4 / 30 (684.5028) | 3 (177.1428) | 6 (171.4172) | 10 (169.1200) | 12 (166.8228) |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 3 / 25 (698.2628) | 3 (177.7028) | 2 (177.1772) | 2 (178.2972) | 15 (165.0856) |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 Holdrege, NE | 13 / 36 (685.1088) | 11 (174.8456) | 9 (176.0000) | 22 (165.1316) | 19 (169.1316) |
| 2021-06-18 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 Holdrege, NE | 21 / 40 (671.9312) | 8 (176.0000) | 30 (163.3828) | 11 (174.2856) | 33 (158.2628) |
| 2020-10-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 29 / 58 (686.2404) | 21 (174.3088) | 35 (167.3944) | 6 (176.0116) | 37 (168.5256) |
| 2020-10-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 24 / 64 (685.6684) | 16 (174.2856) | 24 (170.8344) | 51 (166.2856) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 18 / 41 (679.9312) | 7 (174.2628) | 36 (161.1200) | 8 (173.7028) | 12 (170.8456) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 10 / 41 (679.3368) | 12 (172.0000) | 16 (169.1084) | 35 (161.6684) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 5 / 43 (686.2056) | 6 (174.8572) | 20 (167.9772) | 21 (167.9656) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2019-10-18 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition Westminster, CO | 17 / 46 (666.1600) | 16 (169.6800) | 20 (166.2744) | 36 (159.9544) | 9 (170.2512) |
| 2019-09-13 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 3 / 28 (674.7428) | 9 (167.9772) | 4 (169.6800) | 4 (170.2744) | 8 (166.8112) |
| 2019-08-23 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 19 / 31 (669.0284) | 5 (176.5600) | 15 (169.1200) | 27 (158.8228) | 16 (164.5256) |
| 2019-08-16 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 11 / 30 (669.6116) | 15 (163.9772) | 13 (167.9772) | 4 (174.2744) | 12 (163.3828) |
| 2019-08-09 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO | 9 / 30 (682.7884) | 16 (167.3828) | 10 (170.8916) | 8 (171.4056) | 3 (173.1084) |
| 2019-06-22 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 2 / 29 (695.4060) | 2 (176.5600) | 6 (171.4516) | 7 (171.9772) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 7 / 28 (679.9772) | 18 (163.9656) | 13 (171.4172) | 7 (170.8572) | 3 (173.7372) |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO | 10 / 40 (679.3484) | 13 (170.8456) | 4 (173.1428) | 21 (165.6800) | 10 (169.6800) |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 12 / 38 (671.8972) | 19 (168.5256) | 5 (172.5944) | 24 (165.0972) | 18 (165.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #564 (147 pts) | #465 (262 pts) | #573 (202 pts) | #585 (152 pts) | #623 (137 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #321 (676 pts) | #211 (1066 pts) | #370 (701 pts) | #304 (756 pts) | #364 (616 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #54 (1877 pts) | #64 (1694 pts) | #89 (1548 pts) | #93 (1443 pts) | #114 (1373 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #97 (1495 pts) | #86 (1535 pts) | #108 (1475 pts) | #108 (1385 pts) | #162 (1165 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #167 (1184 pts) | #167 (1214 pts) | #164 (1229 pts) | #176 (1149 pts) | #256 (904 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #207 (939 pts) | #148 (1179 pts) | #250 (844 pts) | #176 (1034 pts) | #226 (884 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #220 (540 pts) | #189 (650 pts) | #334 (375 pts) | #235 (530 pts) | #143 (800 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #191 (1351 pts) | #231 (1181 pts) | #192 (1316 pts) | #252 (1136 pts) | #156 (1431 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #310 (1049 pts) | #353 (974 pts) | #323 (1019 pts) | #315 (1039 pts) | #313 (1049 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #314 (1150 pts) | #317 (1125 pts) | #416 (935 pts) | #214 (1370 pts) | #374 (1025 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #320 (1134 pts) | #355 (1054 pts) | #468 (869 pts) | #340 (1084 pts) | #292 (1194 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #283 (1212 pts) | #195 (1462 pts) | #419 (897 pts) | #361 (987 pts) | #258 (1277 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #149 (1746 pts) | #131 (1711 pts) | #131 (1711 pts) | #128 (1675 pts) | #65 (2060 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #322 (953 pts) | #301 (978 pts) | #334 (898 pts) | #262 (1093 pts) | #360 (868 pts) |