Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6916 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas (2015-06-13).
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.
Lost Gonzo BBQ has 3 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 99 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after Lost Gonzo BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Lost Gonzo BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 154.8000 | 163.98 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 162.8572 | 169.01 | top 31% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 161.0972 | 164.84 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 154.8116 | 161.56 | top 52% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 31% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas | 2015-06-13 |
| -0.2 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 52% | 94.7% | 92.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 212 / 606 (662.7544) | 198 (167.4172) | 106 (170.8344) | 130 (169.6912) | 433 (154.8116) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 59 / 187 (681.6916) | 37 (174.2972) | 39 (174.2972) | 162 (161.0972) | 55 (172.0000) |
| 2015-06-13 | BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas Dallas, TX | 16 / 18 (648.5144) | 17 (154.8000) | 14 (162.8572) | 11 (166.2856) | 9 (164.5716) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 24 / 89 (644.5828) | 42 (159.4056) | 7 (168.0344) | 29 (162.2972) | 50 (154.8456) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1290 (208 pts) | #1395 (203 pts) | #1341 (218 pts) | #1325 (233 pts) | #1190 (248 pts) |