A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
J-Dub's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2018-05-04
Best ToY finish
#739
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.54
last 4 Master vs avg 604.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 152.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.66)
Road miles
7
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
604.54 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of OSOSLOW BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival (2016-05-06).
- last seen 2014-05-02
- back 2016-05-06
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.
J-Dub's 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 145 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.
#4419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to J-Dub's BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Camping Crew BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after J-Dub's BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with J-Dub's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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 | 165.7028 | 137.6000 | 152.09 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 142.8116 | 149.66 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9428 | 147.9656 | 150.12 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 151.3484 | 152.67 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 3 | 46 | 0 | top 78% | 2018-05-04 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2018-05-04
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 152.67 · weakest Pork Ribs (149.66)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
604.54
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
182
75–220 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2016-05-06
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score611.4284 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7028 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2018-05-04 |
| -8.5 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2016-05-06 |
| -4.1 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| -3.6 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 59 / 68 (607.1656) | 54 (158.2400) | 66 (145.6344) | 58 (151.9428) | 49 (151.3484) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 46 / 68 (608.4112) | 26 (165.7028) | 57 (142.8116) | 60 (147.9656) | 41 (151.9312) |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 67 / 83 (591.1548) | 77 (137.6000) | 68 (147.9204) | 69 (151.3828) | 47 (154.2516) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 52 / 80 (611.4284) | 70 (146.8228) | 32 (162.2744) | 63 (149.1772) | 47 (153.1540) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #739 (189 pts) | #844 (169 pts) | #781 (219 pts) | #734 (219 pts) | #771 (199 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |