A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HELPING U BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HELPING U BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SMOKING DAT BUTT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-08-05
latest 2018-09-01
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
610.82
last 4 Master vs avg 610.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.67)
Road miles
25
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Master avg
610.82 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1604
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 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.
SMOKING DAT BUTT BBQ has 4 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 164 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.
#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKING DAT BUTT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SMOKING DAT BUTT BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 142.2400 | 154.09 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 143.9544 | 149.67 | top 89% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7600 | 147.9200 | 156.97 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 143.3600 | 150.08 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 3 | 0 | top 86% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2016-08-05 → 2018-09-01
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.67)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
610.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
22–163 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
25
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1604
average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2017-07-21 → 2018-09-01
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska
- Peak power rating (1492) 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska
- 2018
- Career-best overall score626.1488 *Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7600 *Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- Most recent contest *Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | BBQ in the Bluffs | 2017-05-12 |
| -7.6 | 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska | 2016-08-05 |
| -6.6 | Riverfest Community Festival | 2017-07-21 |
| -6.1 | *Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2018-09-01 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.5% | 83.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-01 | *Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 30 / 34 (626.1488) | 30 (156.5144) | 23 (159.3944) | 14 (165.7600) | 33 (144.4800) |
| 2017-07-21 | Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE | 38 / 46 (615.8512) | 39 (154.8000) | 46 (143.9544) | 36 (157.1312) | 23 (159.9656) |
| 2017-05-12 | BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA | 38 / 39 (589.4972) | 38 (142.2400) | 38 (146.8116) | 33 (157.0856) | 38 (143.3600) |
| 2016-08-05 | 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE | 61 / 70 (611.7828) | 40 (162.8228) | 64 (148.5144) | 63 (147.9200) | 53 (152.5256) |
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 | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1741 (130 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |