FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2058

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1536

peak 1536 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-09-25

latest 2017-09-22

Best ToY finish

#1511

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

687.3828 / 720

Master · Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

671.45

last 5 Master vs avg 671.45 (+0.00)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.5828

Pork Ribs · Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±18.22

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.84 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Road miles

418

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)

Master avg

671.45 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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

687.3828 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3828 at Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-09-23

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 40%.

Brisket avg 163.63
Chicken avg 170.84
2 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TRICK`S BLACK DOG Q in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1603 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

5 rated 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.

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

e2BBQ

#2046 of the rated field

1536 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1539

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY)

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

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2021-03-26

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SONS OF BBQ

#2062 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-02-03

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Rib Stars

#2049 of the rated field

1536 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

Level with FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-09-16

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Double S Smokers

#2048 of the rated field

1536 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

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Berg's BBQ

#2067 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Braddah's BBQ

#2061 of the rated field

1536 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-09

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
PORKYLICIOUS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	0	0	173.7256	165.0740	170.84	top 40%
Pork Ribs	5	1	1	1	176.5828	162.2516	170.38	top 36%
Pork	5	0	0	0	170.2628	164.5256	166.60	top 57%
Brisket	5	2	0	0	173.7144	141.6800	163.63	top 47%

“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
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 34%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	3	5	0	top 39%	2017-09-22
WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)	2	6	0	top 44%	2017-07-21

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 2 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.84 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 60% 3 of 5 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 671.45 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 106 119–71 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 418 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi

Schedule strength 1603 average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests

Power rating 1536 peak 1536 · #2058 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Sep 25 First tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Sep 25 First call Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
2016
Jul 22 First overall top-10 WNC BBQ Festival-
Jul 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.4912 WNC BBQ Festival-
Sep 23 First category win (Pork Ribs) Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Sep 23 Career-best overall score687.3828 Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Sep 23 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5828 Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
2017
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1536) Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Sep 22 Most recent contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.7	WNC BBQ Festival-	2016-07-22
+15.9	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	2017-09-22
+15.7	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	2016-09-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.2	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	2015-09-25
-5.2	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)	2017-07-21

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	1	0	50%	top 46%	95.2%	93.2%
2016	2	2	1	50%	top 14%	95.5%	95.3%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 85%	89.3%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-22	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	6 / 41 (685.6800)	13 (171.4172)	11 (171.4172)	12 (170.2628)	8 (172.5828)
2017-07-21	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley) Maggie Valley, NC	36 / 47 (656.9136)	39 (165.0740)	21 (170.8228)	29 (164.5256)	39 (156.4912)
2016-09-23	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	5 / 31 (687.3828)	7 (172.5600)	1 (176.5828)	27 (164.5256)	4 (173.7144)
2016-07-22	WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC	6 / 49 (684.4912)	15 (171.4056)	12 (170.8344)	20 (168.5484)	12 (173.7028)
2015-09-25	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	23 / 27 (642.7772)	8 (173.7256)	22 (162.2516)	18 (165.1200)	26 (141.6800)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1511 (175 pts)	#2070 (110 pts)	#1854 (125 pts)	#2185 (85 pts)	#1799 (125 pts)