High-water mark
664.5256
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5256 at Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 1, 2015
We Like Big Butts
We Like Big Butts is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 14th of 33 at the Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff (2015). They finished #1079 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2015
latest Oct 16, 2020 · 5.5 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.16 · weakest Brisket (158.03)
Road miles
930
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 923 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Master avg
642.73 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #1079 (59 pts) | #834 (89 pts) | #853 (84 pts) | #891 (64 pts) | #862 (69 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 151.4172 | 158.07 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 153.0972 | 164.16 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 156.5600 | 162.46 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 151.3372 | 158.03 | top 78% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
506
finished ahead 66 times, behind 455
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
May 1, 2015 → Sep 15, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club
20156 milestones
- First tracked contest Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
- First call Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5256 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
- Career-best overall score664.5256 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1505) Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2020 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club Summerville, SC | 23 / 24 (651.2456) | 17 (162.2400) | 18 (165.6800) | 22 (162.8228) | 21 (160.5028) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 421 / 467 (612.4116) | 438 (151.4172) | 408 (153.0972) | 375 (156.5600) | 399 (151.3372) |
| May 1, 2015 | Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS | 14 / 33 (664.5256) | 23 (160.5600) | 6 (173.7028) | 12 (168) | 20 (162.2628) |