BUTT'N HEADS

BUTT'N HEADS is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 5th of 26 at the Rock'n Ribville (2015). They are ranked #3075 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,075

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1504

peak 1530 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 8, 2015

latest Nov 18, 2017 · 2.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#713

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

18% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

677.5772 / 720

Master · Rock'n Ribville

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.78 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 662.00 (-5.22)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Brisket · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Consistency

±8.71

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.33)

Road miles

1,075

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 397 mi

Schedule strength

84%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1613)

Master avg

662.00 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

677.5772 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.5772 at Rock'n Ribville — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 9, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 36%

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

J & B'S BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

J & B'S BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FIREQUE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

6 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

J & B'S BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, J & B'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared brisket entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1613 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1613 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.

11 rated contests

The metronome

±1.21% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.21% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
11 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1538 (175 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1411 (193 pts)	#1305 (243 pts)	#1171 (283 pts)	#1337 (238 pts)	#1368 (223 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#713 (497 pts)	#1052 (312 pts)	#717 (532 pts)	#655 (577 pts)	#682 (547 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BUTT'N HEADS, each with one reason worth a look.

119 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

CITY GONE COUNTRY

#3,086 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1512

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BUTT'N HEADS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUTT'N HEADS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Mar 3, 2017

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SMITH BBQ CO.

#3,057 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1504

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 2, 2023

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ULTIMATE TAILGATE

#3,091 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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LIVYQ

#3,090 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1525

Level with BUTT'N HEADS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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PIGS ON THE RUN

#3,085 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1518

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 6, 2019

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SMOKIN YETI BBQ

#3,072 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 25, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
J & B'S BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND SHINE BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Pot's BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ROAST BEAST BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ATLANTA BBQ STORE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Willingham's	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
RUNWAY SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CRIMSON Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	0	0	0	173.1084	157.1200	164.90	top 65%
Pork Ribs	11	2	0	0	171.9772	150.7772	164.33	top 59%
Pork	11	2	1	1	173.1316	158.2288	165.88	top 56%
Brisket	11	3	0	0	175.4400	158.7768	166.89	top 49%

“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)	4	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
GA	9	top 65%
MS	1	top 58%
AL	1	top 33%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2)	2	54	0	top 91%	Nov 18, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 9 of 11 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 256 finished ahead 171 times, behind 333

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20173 milestones

Mar 3 Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Nov 17 10th tracked contest Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Duel
Nov 18 Most recent contest Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2)

20157 milestones

May 8 First tracked contest Boda Getta BBQ
May 8 First call Boda Getta BBQ
May 8 First category win (Pork) Boda Getta BBQ
May 8 First overall top-10 Boda Getta BBQ
May 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9084 Boda Getta BBQ
Oct 9 Career-best overall score677.5772 Rock'n Ribville
Nov 20 Peak power rating (1530) The National BBQ Cup

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	Rock'n Ribville	Oct 9, 2015
+9	Boda Getta BBQ	May 8, 2015
+6.6	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)	Aug 14, 2015
+2.4	The National BBQ Cup	Nov 20, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.7	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2)	Nov 18, 2017
-4.6	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1)	Nov 17, 2017
-4.6	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 3, 2017
-4.1	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier)	Aug 19, 2016
-3.6	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Duel	Nov 17, 2017

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	4	0	0	25%	top 85%	91.3%	90.9%
2016	3	0	0	0%	top 66%	92.6%	91.8%
2015	4	2	1	75%	top 36%	94.1%	93.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 18, 2017	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2) Cumming, GA	55 / 58 (648.9256)	27 (173.1084)	58 (152.4916)	47 (164.5488)	54 (158.7768)
Nov 17, 2017	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Duel Cumming, GA	50 / 58 (657.6344)	28 (170.9144)	57 (158.2400)	42 (164.5256)	47 (163.9544)
Nov 17, 2017	Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Cumming, GA	54 / 62 (657.0860)	60 (157.1200)	51 (163.9544)	31 (168.5600)	27 (167.4516)
Mar 3, 2017	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	46 / 63 (653.5428)	37 (166.8344)	60 (150.7772)	48 (160.4912)	6 (175.4400)
Nov 4, 2016	Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA	22 / 33 (666.7080)	29 (157.6568)	18 (170.2628)	14 (170.2628)	18 (168.5256)
Aug 19, 2016	Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	28 / 39 (654.6744)	29 (162.8000)	28 (165.6916)	24 (166.2400)	30 (159.9428)
Apr 8, 2016	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	25 / 43 (661.6800)	12 (169.6684)	11 (169.7372)	36 (158.2288)	23 (164.0456)
Nov 20, 2015	The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA	39 / 74 (675.2912)	56 (163.9428)	21 (171.9772)	50 (165.1084)	16 (174.2628)
Oct 9, 2015	Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA	5 / 26 (677.5772)	15 (165.0856)	4 (171.9772)	5 (169.6800)	4 (170.8344)
Aug 14, 2015	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	15 / 40 (668.9828)	25 (166.2400)	17 (166.8228)	23 (163.9428)	10 (171.9772)
May 8, 2015	Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL	7 / 21 (659.9084)	16 (160.5484)	7 (165.7028)	1 (173.1316)	13 (160.5256)

BUTT'N HEADS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)