BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS

BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 24th of 67 at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival (2018). They are ranked #4173 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,173

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1479 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 22, 2014

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1931

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

663.2684 / 720

Master · East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.12 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.15 (+5.97)

Walk rate

13%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9656

Chicken · East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

Consistency

±16.30

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.19 · weakest Brisket (157.02)

Road miles

130

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$4,300

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

635.15 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

663.2684 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.2684 at East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 24, 2018

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Royal Smoke in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

B & C SMOKERS ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, B & C SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.2% of a perfect score
8 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 24th

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1931 (65 pts)	#1495 (145 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2178 (90 pts)	#2212 (85 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

DAWGHOUSE BBQ

#4,158 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1540

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS)

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

rated over 38 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2024

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Griswold Grillers

#4,157 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 41 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Parrothead BBQ

#4,195 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

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BLACK'S BBQ CO.

#4,167 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

Level with BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2019

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KISS OF SMOKE BBQ

#4,177 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1502

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2017

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Ginuswine

#4,175 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DUNN UP BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BEAUX HAWG BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
FUNNY FARM BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BLACK EYE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Royal Smoke	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Two Fat Guys Burning Meat	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BEWILDERED BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' ASS BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Pork Pullers	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Double Stack BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' R'S 2.0	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	171.9656	147.9200	160.19	top 58%
Pork Ribs	8	0	166.8344	145.0860	159.33	top 61%
Pork	8	0	167.4284	144.5256	158.61	top 64%
Brisket	8	0	166.2628	144.5144	157.02	top 63%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	6	24	0	top 61%	Aug 23, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 290 finished ahead 174 times, behind 346

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

20191 milestone

Aug 23 Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20183 milestones

Aug 24 First call East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Aug 24 Career-best overall score663.2684 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Aug 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20161 milestone

Aug 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1488 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20142 milestones

Aug 22 First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1496) East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.8	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 24, 2018
+3.8	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 25, 2017
+3.3	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 26, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2019
-8.9	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 10, 2015
-6.9	Cookin on the Kaw	Oct 10, 2014
-6.1	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 28, 2015
-3.6	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 22, 2014

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 92%	85.5%	85.5%
2018	1	100%	top 36%	92.1%	92.1%
2017	1	0%	top 47%	90.2%	90.2%
2016	1	0%	top 48%	90.3%	90.3%
2015	2	0%	top 81%	87.1%	86.4%
2014	2	0%	top 71%	88.2%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	61 / 66 (615.8172)	64 (147.9200)	34 (165.1428)	64 (145.1088)	46 (157.6456)
Aug 24, 2018	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	24 / 67 (663.2684)	9 (171.9656)	30 (166.2628)	42 (161.0856)	27 (163.9544)
Aug 25, 2017	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	27 / 57 (649.5888)	39 (157.1200)	26 (163.4060)	28 (167.3828)	30 (161.6800)
Aug 26, 2016	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	29 / 61 (650.1488)	19 (167.9772)	20 (166.8344)	33 (162.8228)	47 (152.5144)
Aug 28, 2015	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	49 / 65 (626.7772)	36 (158.8344)	35 (162.2856)	35 (161.1428)	58 (144.5144)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	84 / 97 (617.0060)	62 (161.1316)	96 (145.0860)	95 (144.5256)	29 (166.2628)
Oct 10, 2014	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	35 / 46 (634.7088)	24 (165.1772)	42 (149.0516)	34 (159.3828)	29 (161.0972)
Aug 22, 2014	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	45 / 69 (623.8744)	56 (151.3716)	45 (156.5716)	16 (167.4284)	56 (148.5028)

BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

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)