A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
ROY RAY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-10-23
latest 2018-10-13
Best ToY finish
#1316
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
497.95 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 516.27 (-18.32)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±146.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.26 · weakest Brisket (140.40)
Road miles
207
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Master avg
516.27 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
−19.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 19.86 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 140.40
- Chicken avg 160.26
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) (2017-05-05).
- last seen 2015-10-23
- back 2017-05-05
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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5473 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Level with ROY RAY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after ROY RAY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIVINE SWINE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.3484 | 160.26 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 150.8000 | 159.05 | top 68% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 153.1200 | 159.88 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2632 | 133.0628 | 140.40 | top 94% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 96% | 2018-10-13 |
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2 | 47 | 0 | top 80% | 2018-05-04 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2018-10-13
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.26 · weakest Brisket (140.40)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
516.27
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
150
31–205 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
207
6 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
1599
average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2017-05-05
Power rating
1451
peak 1451 · #5457 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2017
- First call *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que(JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer )
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5828 *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que(JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer )
- 2018
- Career-best overall score633.0288 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Most recent contest *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
| -9.7 | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que(JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer ) | 2017-10-14 |
| -9.4 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | 2017-05-19 |
| -9.3 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2015-10-23 |
| -6.1 | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que | 2018-10-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.9% | 87.2% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 97% | 85.5% | 57.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-13 | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que Muskogee, OK | 24 / 26 (622.1832) | 22 (159.4628) | 22 (150.8000) | 25 (153.6572) | 22 (158.2632) |
| 2018-05-04 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 47 / 68 (633.0288) | 42 (161.6800) | 27 (166.8456) | 32 (165.6800) | 66 (138.8232) |
| 2017-10-14 | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que(JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer ) Muskogee, OK | 18 / 18 (301.6456) | — | — | 8 (168.5828) | 17 (133.0628) |
| 2017-05-19 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK | 36 / 36 (615.2456) | 21 (168.5600) | 36 (154.7772) | 35 (153.1200) | 36 (138.7884) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 62 / 68 (317.6460) | — | 34 (159.4060) | 41 (158.2400) | — |
| 2015-10-23 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 24 / 26 (607.8512) | 25 (151.3484) | 17 (163.4400) | 17 (160.0000) | 25 (133.0628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1693 (116 pts) | #1561 (126 pts) | #1580 (126 pts) | #1778 (111 pts) | #1560 (126 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1316 (198 pts) | #2146 (80 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1236 (258 pts) | #1695 (143 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2769 (56 pts) | #2832 (51 pts) | #2027 (91 pts) | #2059 (91 pts) | #2839 (51 pts) |