They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1544
peak 1547 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-10-27
Best ToY finish
#875
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.72 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 673.35 (-1.64)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.63)
Road miles
2,221
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 422 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Master avg
673.35 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
High-water mark
693.2116
career-best overall
96.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 693.2116 at *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival — 96.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-10-13
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAJUN BLAZE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAJUN BLAZE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 501 BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Hot Springs Blues & BBQ (2015-09-19).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2015-09-19
They cook the hard rooms
1608
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1608 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.
- 8 rated contests
The metronome
±1.59%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 93.5% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1543
No shared contest yet.
Level with LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1546
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#1868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.3200 | 158.2284 | 167.90 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 162.2744 | 167.63 | top 50% |
| Pork | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4628 | 159.3600 | 170.13 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.1544 | 158.8684 | 167.69 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| LA | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
| AR | 2 | 0 | top 16% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2 | 71 | 0 | top 77% | 2017-10-27 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-10-27
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
2 of 8 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.63)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
4 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
673.35
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
289
148–200 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,221
8 mapped stops · furthest 422 mi
Schedule strength
1608
average field rating faced — tougher than 82% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-09-19
Power rating
1544
peak 1547 · #1877 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- First call Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.9712 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
- 2017
- First category win (Chicken) *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall podium *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score693.2116 *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.3200 *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1547) *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | Hot Springs Blues & BBQ | 2015-09-19 |
| +14.1 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship | 2016-09-16 |
| +11.7 | *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival | 2017-10-13 |
| +9.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-03-03 |
| +6.3 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | 2013-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2016-10-21 |
| -4.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | 2017-09-22 |
| -3.3 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2017-10-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75% | top 53% | 96.3% | 93.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 50% | 94.2% | 92.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 71 / 95 (664.4800) | 78 (163.3828) | 75 (164.5372) | 29 (170.8572) | 61 (165.7028) |
| 2017-10-13 | *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Duncanville, TX | 3 / 18 (693.2116) | 1 (178.3200) | 10 (162.2744) | 3 (175.4628) | 3 (177.1544) |
| 2017-09-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Edmond, OK | 27 / 30 (672.5024) | 23 (170.2512) | 25 (166.3084) | 10 (172.5600) | 28 (163.3828) |
| 2017-03-03 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 9 / 29 (673.6340) | 13 (170.8456) | 15 (166.2744) | 5 (169.7028) | 12 (166.8112) |
| 2016-10-21 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 77 / 96 (654.7652) | 92 (158.2284) | 49 (169.6800) | 46 (167.9884) | 79 (158.8684) |
| 2016-09-16 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship Pine Bluff, AR | 4 / 21 (678.1944) | 10 (169.6916) | 6 (169.1200) | 4 (171.9772) | 8 (167.4056) |
| 2015-09-19 | Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR | 4 / 29 (685.0744) | 15 (167.9888) | 13 (168.5600) | 4 (173.1200) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2013-09-27 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA | 13 / 38 (664.9712) | 22 (164.5256) | 2 (174.2628) | 24 (159.3600) | 10 (166.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #875 (412 pts) | #873 (447 pts) | #1190 (277 pts) | #763 (527 pts) | #933 (392 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1396 (196 pts) | #1879 (121 pts) | #1668 (161 pts) | #1503 (196 pts) | #1724 (141 pts) |