High-water mark
679.3716
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3716 at Qlathe BBQ Championship — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-03-18
KC Butt Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1512 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-09-11
latest 2022-10-28
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.49
last 4 Master vs avg 659.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.85 · weakest Brisket (159.71)
Road miles
48
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
WHO DAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of KC Butt Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Flying W North BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1609
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1609 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% 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.
KC Butt Smokers 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 104 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before KC Butt Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with KC Butt Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before KC Butt Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before KC Butt Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before KC Butt Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 165.1084 | 169.85 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 157.1200 | 163.53 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.9428 | 166.40 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 143.3828 | 159.71 | top 66% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2020-09-11 → 2022-10-28
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
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 · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.85 · weakest Brisket (159.71)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
659.49
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
166
102–140 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
4 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
1609
average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1503
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Trails
- First call Smoke on the Trails
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 Smoke on the Trails
- 2021
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2172 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- 2022
- Career-best overall score679.3716 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1512) Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.3 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2022-03-18 |
| +4.6 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2021-03-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | 2022-10-28 |
| -3.3 | Smoke on the Trails | 2020-09-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 94.4% | 92.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 37 / 40 (646.1600) | 31 (165.1084) | 29 (166.2400) | 38 (155.9428) | 38 (158.8688) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 21 / 71 (679.3716) | 19 (172.0000) | 42 (163.9428) | 8 (173.1200) | 21 (170.3088) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 34 / 70 (670.2172) | 43 (166.2744) | 41 (166.8344) | 26 (170.8456) | 36 (166.2628) |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 35 / 48 (642.1944) | 6 (176.0116) | 37 (157.1200) | 30 (165.6800) | 43 (143.3828) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #933 (140 pts) | #947 (150 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #778 (215 pts) | #954 (140 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #580 (175 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |