KC BUTT-RUBBERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4137

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1480

peak 1517 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2022-06-16

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

668.5372 / 720

Master · Frisco BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

630.85 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 623.13 (+7.73)

Walk rate

27%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival

Consistency

±46.07

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.31 · weakest Brisket (152.19)

Road miles

831

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 607 mi

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Purse competed for

$29K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

623.13 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

668.5372 career-best overall

92.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.5372 at Frisco BBQ Challenge — 92.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-06-16

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.12 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 9%.

Brisket avg 152.19
Pork Ribs avg 162.31
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Royal Smoke in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Frisco BBQ Challenge (2022-06-16).

last seen 2019-06-14
back 2022-06-16

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

Dead Last BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Dead Last BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

An August team

Top 51% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 51% across 4 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

4 August contests
top 60% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 30th

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.

149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Parrothead BBQ

#4167 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to KC BUTT-RUBBERS)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Parrothead BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

None-the-Weiser

#4170 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to KC BUTT-RUBBERS)

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

⚔ Head-to-head

BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS

#4142 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to KC BUTT-RUBBERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BROWNIES BBQ

#4131 of the rated field

1480 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1511

1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to KC BUTT-RUBBERS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before KC BUTT-RUBBERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 21 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Q'IN BY THE FIRE

#4173 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

Level with KC BUTT-RUBBERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

MEAT INC.

#4122 of the rated field

1480 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-04-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DUNN UP BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BEAUX HAWG BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Knights of the Holy Grill	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FUNNY FARM BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Royal Smoke	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
FIGHTING DELFUEGOS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Big Wigs BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BITE MY BUTT BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
HAVE GRILL WILL TRAVEL	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Meat Rubbers	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	0	174.2628	146.2628	161.22	top 51%
Pork Ribs	11	1	0	0	173.7028	151.9428	162.31	top 44%
Pork	10	1	1	1	176.5600	148.4800	162.14	top 45%
Brisket	11	0	0	0	171.4056	125.6456	152.19	top 63%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	9	0	top 61%
CO	2	0	top 57%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 43%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	4	30	0	top 51%	2016-08-26
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	4	10	0	top 67%	2016-06-24

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2022-06-16

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 9 of 11 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 162.31 · weakest Brisket (152.19)

Walk rate 27% a top-10 call in 3 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 9% 1 of 11 contests

Master average 623.13 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 516 452–809 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 831 11 mapped stops · furthest 607 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests

Purse competed for $28,800 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2019-06-14 → 2022-06-16

Power rating 1480 peak 1517 · #4137 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 First overall top-10 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.0000 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Aug 23 First call East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1517) East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
2015
Aug 28 First category win (Pork) East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 28 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
2019
Jun 14 10th tracked contest 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
2022
Jun 16 Career-best overall score668.5372 Frisco BBQ Challenge
Jun 16 Most recent contest Frisco BBQ Challenge

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2013-06-21
+6.3	Frisco BBQ Challenge	2022-06-16
+2.7	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	2014-08-22
+2	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival	2013-08-23
+1.9	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	2015-08-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.6	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2015-06-26
-11.2	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2014-06-27
-9.6	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2016-06-24
-7	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2017-06-23
-2.5	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	2016-08-26

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 43%	92.9%	92.9%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 71%	87%	87%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 76%	85.4%	85.4%
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 73%	88.4%	86.4%
2015	2	0	1	50%	top 74%	90.1%	79.2%
2014	2	0	0	0%	top 64%	88.9%	86.5%
2013	2	1	0	50%	top 25%	92.8%	91.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-06-16	Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	16 / 37 (668.5372)	9 (174.2628)	12 (168.5600)	16 (169.1428)	23 (156.5716)
2019-06-14	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	39 / 55 (626.1032)	20 (169.6800)	40 (157.0860)	45 (148.4800)	43 (150.8572)
2017-06-23	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	139 / 184 (614.7772)	111 (156.0116)	72 (161.7028)	153 (150.2056)	146 (146.8572)
2016-08-26	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	39 / 61 (636.4228)	48 (156.5256)	27 (163.9772)	27 (163.9772)	49 (151.9428)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	150 / 183 (608.4228)	47 (165.1316)	81 (161.1200)	122 (156.5256)	179 (125.6456)
2015-08-28	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	32 / 65 (648.4000)	35 (159.3484)	56 (151.9544)	1 (176.5600)	33 (160.5372)
2015-06-26	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	181 / 183 (492.5140)	127 (155.9884)	51 (165.1200)	—	17 (171.4056)
2014-08-22	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	31 / 69 (639.8972)	25 (164.5256)	28 (161.7144)	28 (162.8572)	48 (150.8000)
2014-06-27	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	153 / 184 (605.6000)	169 (146.2628)	138 (151.9428)	119 (154.2400)	104 (153.1544)
2013-08-23	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	30 / 68 (645.7028)	47 (157.6684)	6 (173.7028)	12 (168.0000)	53 (146.3316)
2013-06-21	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	10 / 183 (668.0000)	26 (168.0000)	19 (168.5716)	14 (171.4284)	65 (160.0000)

KC BUTT-RUBBERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

An August team

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)