High-water mark
670.2288
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2288 at Smokin' on the Summit — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-06-05
Bottoms Up BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2020-02-14
Best ToY finish
#856
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.65
last 4 Master vs avg 642.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.41 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Road miles
571
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 570 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.65 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER 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 Mullet Brothers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.7 years, then back at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2020-02-14).
- last seen 2015-06-05
- back 2020-02-14
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.
Bottoms Up 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 107 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bottoms Up BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
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#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 7 years before Bottoms Up BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 7 years before Bottoms Up BBQ'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 148.5712 | 160.28 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 154.8572 | 161.70 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 157.7140 | 166.41 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 150.2858 | 154.26 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' on the Summit | 3 | 13 | 0 | top 44% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.7 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2020-02-14
Busiest season
2020
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.41 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
642.65
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
190
143–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
571
4 mapped stops · furthest 570 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.7 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2020-02-14
Power rating
1505
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SMOKIN on the Summit
- 2014
- First call Smokin on the Summit
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2288 Smokin' on the Summit
- Career-best overall score670.2288 Smokin' on the Summit
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Smokin' on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1509) Smokin' on the Summit
- 2020
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
| +5.1 | Smokin on the Summit | 2014-06-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | SMOKIN on the Summit | 2013-06-07 |
| -3.4 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2020-02-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 89% | 89% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 90% | 90% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 31 / 42 (641.0512) | 29 (161.7028) | 25 (164.5828) | 29 (162.2400) | 36 (152.5256) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 13 / 78 (670.2288) | 23 (167.4172) | 11 (169.7144) | 3 (175.4172) | 45 (157.6800) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 30 / 79 (647.8972) | 30 (163.4284) | 48 (157.6572) | 8 (170.2744) | 40 (156.5372) |
| 2013-06-07 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 63 / 81 (611.4282) | 72 (148.5712) | 57 (154.8572) | 54 (157.7140) | 60 (150.2858) |
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 | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |