A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
RACKS N BUTTS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-07-13
latest 2020-09-26
Best ToY finish
#719
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.75
last 4 Master vs avg 626.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.47
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.85 · weakest Pork (154.67)
Road miles
1
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.75 / 720
4 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 comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) (2020-07-17).
- last seen 2018-07-13
- back 2020-07-17
They cook the hard rooms
1607
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1607 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 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.
RACKS N BUTTS BBQ 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 126 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.
#4971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before RACKS N BUTTS BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with RACKS N BUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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 | 164.5600 | 156.5488 | 159.85 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7372 | 151.9200 | 155.27 | top 94% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8112 | 143.9656 | 154.67 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 144.5256 | 156.97 | top 83% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 92% | 2020-07-18 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2018-07-13 → 2020-09-26
Busiest season
2020
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.85 · weakest Pork (154.67)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
626.75
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
8–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1607
average field rating faced — tougher than 82% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2018-07-13 → 2020-07-17
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1489) *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL)
- 2020
- Career-best overall score646.8228 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7256 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
- Most recent contest West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-07-13 |
| -10 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest | 2020-09-26 |
| -8.8 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | 2020-07-18 |
| -7.5 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | 2020-07-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 89.8% | 88% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO | 35 / 36 (628.9944) | 35 (156.5488) | 35 (154.8572) | 31 (162.8112) | 35 (154.7772) |
| 2020-07-18 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 31 / 32 (625.0972) | 30 (164.5600) | 30 (157.7372) | 32 (143.9656) | 29 (158.8344) |
| 2020-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 37 / 42 (646.8228) | 38 (161.7372) | 39 (156.5488) | 40 (158.8112) | 19 (169.7256) |
| 2018-07-13 | *1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO | 23 / 24 (606.0912) | 19 (156.5600) | 22 (151.9200) | 20 (153.0856) | 24 (144.5256) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #719 (117 pts) | #751 (117 pts) | #749 (117 pts) | #750 (117 pts) | #627 (147 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2485 (59 pts) | #1911 (79 pts) | #1987 (64 pts) | #1957 (74 pts) | #2540 (54 pts) |