A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PORKY BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORKY BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CROME'S SMOKE
CROME'S SMOKE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at the Sauce and Cycles (2014). They finished #1524 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 4, 2014
latest May 18, 2018 · 3.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.23)
Road miles
287
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Master avg
625.14 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 154.8228 | 161.41 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 143.3600 | 151.23 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 140.5600 | 152.96 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 141.6460 | 159.55 | top 56% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NE
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
160
finished ahead 27 times, behind 160
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Jul 10, 2015 → Apr 6, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Sauce and Cycles
- First call Sauce and Cycles
- Career-best overall score637.0400 Sauce and Cycles
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 Sauce and Cycles
- Peak power rating (1497) Sauce and Cycles
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Sauce & Cycles | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -6.6 | Smoke in the Spring | Apr 6, 2018 |
| -6.4 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | May 18, 2018 |
| -3.4 | Sauce and Cycles | Jul 4, 2014 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.4% | 87% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2018 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 36 / 42 (623.8288) | 39 (154.8228) | 39 (147.9316) | 30 (159.9544) | 25 (161.1200) |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 87 / 103 (628.9716) | 89 (158.8000) | 87 (154.8000) | 92 (153.0972) | 58 (162.2744) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE | 30 / 31 (610.7204) | 11 (169.7028) | 20 (158.8116) | 31 (140.5600) | 30 (141.6460) |
| Jul 4, 2014 | Sauce and Cycles Falls City, NE | 11 / 15 (637.0400) | 11 (162.2972) | 14 (143.3600) | 11 (158.2400) | 2 (173.1428) |