A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
THE BUTTS UP BARBECUE CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-03-10
latest 2018-06-08
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.34
last 5 Master vs avg 625.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.45 · weakest Pork (149.33)
Road miles
251
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Master avg
625.34 / 720
5 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
−12.1
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.12 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork avg 149.33
- Brisket avg 161.45
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
- 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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4771 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after THE BUTTS UP BARBECUE CREW did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE BUTTS UP BARBECUE CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIPPIN ON SMOKE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 149.1200 | 158.93 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 139.9432 | 155.62 | top 82% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 139.9428 | 149.33 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 151.9432 | 161.45 | top 63% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2017-03-10 → 2018-06-08
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.45 · weakest Pork (149.33)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
625.34
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
130
31–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
251
5 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi
Schedule strength
1604
average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #4768 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1489) *Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off
- 2018
- First call *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score641.5996 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.2628 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | *Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off | 2017-03-10 |
| -7.4 | *Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 | 2018-03-02 |
| -6.4 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2017-10-20 |
| -5.2 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | 2017-07-28 |
| -2.3 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2018-06-08 |
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 | 50% | top 83% | 89.1% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.9% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 28 / 40 (641.5996) | 34 (157.1084) | 27 (160.0000) | 39 (154.2284) | 8 (170.2628) |
| 2018-03-02 | *Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Cheney, KS | 45 / 47 (635.8972) | 16 (170.2628) | 44 (159.3944) | 47 (143.9772) | 34 (162.2628) |
| 2017-10-20 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 40 / 47 (632.9948) | 42 (159.3828) | 30 (165.6916) | 42 (155.9772) | 42 (151.9432) |
| 2017-07-28 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | 33 / 43 (632.3772) | 40 (158.8000) | 37 (153.0744) | 39 (152.5256) | 19 (167.9772) |
| 2017-03-10 | *Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS | 34 / 34 (583.8288) | 34 (149.1200) | 34 (139.9432) | 34 (139.9428) | 31 (154.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #1418 (165 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1241 (215 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1657 (150 pts) |