High-water mark
670.7660
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.7660 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-05-05
BEAKS TO BUTTS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-05-05
latest 2019-05-03
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.03
last 3 Master vs avg 652.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.43)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.03 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT COLE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT COLE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIG'N & CHIK'N in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
BEAKS TO BUTTS 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 129 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.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BEAKS TO BUTTS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with BEAKS TO BUTTS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.3828 | 167.20 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 151.3256 | 158.43 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 160.5256 | 167.59 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 153.6460 | 158.81 | top 73% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 69% | 2019-05-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.43)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
652.03
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
174
86–163 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7660 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score670.7660 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1507) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2019
- First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2018-05-04 |
| -5.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 44 / 54 (639.7716) | 6 (174.2744) | 52 (151.3256) | 42 (160.5256) | 47 (153.6460) |
| 2018-05-04 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 53 / 61 (645.5544) | 48 (163.3828) | 52 (157.0972) | 22 (169.1200) | 53 (155.9544) |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 26 / 69 (670.7660) | 39 (163.9544) | 31 (166.8572) | 13 (173.1200) | 32 (166.8344) |
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 | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1946 (75 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |