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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-07-04
latest 2018-05-18
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.14
last 4 Master vs avg 625.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.23)
Road miles
287
mi 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
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.
The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (2018-04-06).
- last seen 2015-07-10
- back 2018-04-06
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.
CROME'S SMOKE 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 150 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after CROME'S SMOKE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with CROME'S SMOKE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
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 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 3 | 0 | top 85% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
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% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2014-07-04 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2018
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
Chicken
averages 161.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.23)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
625.14
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
160
27–160 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
287
4 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi
Schedule strength
1595
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2015-07-10 → 2018-04-06
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- 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
- 2018
- Most recent contest 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Sauce & Cycles | 2015-07-10 |
| -6.6 | Smoke in the Spring | 2018-04-06 |
| -6.4 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | 2018-05-18 |
| -3.4 | Sauce and Cycles | 2014-07-04 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 36 / 42 (623.8288) | 39 (154.8228) | 39 (147.9316) | 30 (159.9544) | 25 (161.1200) |
| 2018-04-06 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 87 / 103 (628.9716) | 89 (158.8000) | 87 (154.8000) | 92 (153.0972) | 58 (162.2744) |
| 2015-07-10 | Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE | 30 / 31 (610.7204) | 11 (169.7028) | 20 (158.8116) | 31 (140.5600) | 30 (141.6460) |
| 2014-07-04 | Sauce and Cycles Falls City, NE | 11 / 15 (637.0400) | 11 (162.2972) | 14 (143.3600) | 11 (158.2400) | 2 (173.1428) |
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) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |