A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HOUSTON'S BUTT BONE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-09
latest 2017-08-25
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.55
last 3 Master vs avg 622.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.92 · weakest Chicken (150.83)
Road miles
43
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
622.55 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
HOUSTON'S BUTT BONE BBQ has 3 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 148 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after HOUSTON'S BUTT BONE BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOUSTON'S BUTT BONE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 143.9884 | 150.83 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 150.2288 | 155.40 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 159.4056 | 160.92 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 145.6800 | 155.39 | top 72% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-09-09 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.92 · weakest Chicken (150.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
622.55
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
183
35–160 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
43
3 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best overall score633.6344 *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1200 *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- Peak power rating (1494) *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2017-08-25 |
| -8.2 | Smokin' On The Summit | 2017-06-02 |
| -5.8 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2016-09-09 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 85.9% | 85.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-25 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 51 / 57 (615.8856) | 53 (149.0856) | 53 (150.8572) | 40 (159.4056) | 45 (156.5372) |
| 2017-06-02 | Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 53 / 65 (618.1256) | 62 (143.9884) | 57 (150.2288) | 46 (159.9428) | 25 (163.9656) |
| 2016-09-09 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 59 / 76 (633.6344) | 52 (159.4172) | 37 (165.1200) | 52 (163.4172) | 74 (145.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |