A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
MAY THE PORK BE WITH YOU
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-03-28
latest 2016-03-25
Best ToY finish
#1616
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
599.16
last 5 Master vs avg 599.16 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±40.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.38)
Road miles
17,356
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 8649 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Master avg
599.16 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
−6.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.78 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 146.38
- Chicken avg 153.16
- 1 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WINGMAN BBQ SAUCE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Going the wrong way
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 4 contests since 2015-03-27 — from 1479 down to 1454.
- 4 contests since 2015-03-27
- now 1454
The long haul
17,356
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 17,356 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 8,649 miles to The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 8,649 mi
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.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after MAY THE PORK BE WITH YOU did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Level with MAY THE PORK BE WITH YOU on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5358 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 136.5600 | 153.16 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 117.7716 | 146.38 | top 77% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.4400 | 146.8228 | 151.29 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 123.4288 | 148.33 | top 79% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
| AU | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firelake BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 92% | 2016-03-25 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-03-28 → 2016-03-25
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.38)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
599.16
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
137
21–181 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
17,356
5 mapped stops · furthest 8,649 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #5337 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1489) Firelake BBQ Cook-off
- 2015
- First call Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Career-best overall score638.1940 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4400 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- 2016
- Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival | 2016-01-29 |
| -11.4 | Firelake BBQ Cook-off | 2014-03-28 |
| -9.8 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off | 2016-03-25 |
| -9.4 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off | 2015-03-27 |
| -3.1 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff | 2015-06-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 95% | 85.6% | 79.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 88.6% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK | 63 / 66 (616.5372) | 49 (162.3316) | 66 (137.6344) | 63 (151.9884) | 43 (164.5828) |
| 2016-01-29 | The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival Sydney, AU | 16 / 17 (528.1260) | 17 (138.3428) | 16 (117.7716) | 8 (148.5828) | 15 (123.4288) |
| 2015-06-05 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 22 / 30 (638.1940) | 20 (161.1428) | 10 (167.4400) | 27 (153.6340) | 20 (155.9772) |
| 2015-03-27 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK | 46 / 52 (633.0972) | 29 (167.4400) | 45 (157.0972) | 49 (155.4400) | 47 (153.1200) |
| 2014-03-28 | Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK | 40 / 43 (579.8628) | 41 (136.5600) | 31 (151.9544) | 40 (146.8228) | 37 (144.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1616 (130 pts) | #1669 (140 pts) | #1424 (190 pts) | #1923 (115 pts) | #1655 (140 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2542 (68 pts) | #2572 (68 pts) | #2580 (68 pts) | #2588 (68 pts) | #2563 (68 pts) |