High-water mark
669.1200
career-best overall
185.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 669.1200 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 185.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-01-25
Burnin' Buttz
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2017-01-27
latest 2022-01-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.92
last 3 Backyard vs avg 659.92 (+0.00)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±8.28
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.97 · weakest Brisket (161.25)
Road miles
12
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.07 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
659.92 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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
The Rusty Pig has finished one call ahead of Burnin' Buttz 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 75% of their meetings
HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2022-01-28).
- last seen 2020-01-24
- back 2022-01-28
Boom or bust
±40.15%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±40.15% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 160.2% of a perfect score
- best 185.9%
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.
Burnin' Buttz 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 73 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.
#2040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1548
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Burnin' Buttz)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Burnin' Buttz has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Burnin' Buttz has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Burnin' Buttz's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Level with Burnin' Buttz on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2049 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Burnin' Buttz's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 167.9772 | 169.97 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 154.2628 | 164.27 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 160.0228 | 162.72 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 150.7772 | 161.25 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 26% | 2022-01-28 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2017-01-27 → 2022-01-28
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.97 · weakest Brisket (161.25)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
653.07
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
659.92
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
246
289–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
12
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$74,960
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2022-01-28
Power rating
1536
peak 1536 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The Tiger Town Pig Festival
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0744 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2019
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score669.1200 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1536) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| +11.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| +8.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2022-01-28 |
| +1.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2017-01-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 180.3% | 180.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 183.8% | 183.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 185.9% | 185.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 15 / 60 (649.0400) | 2 (173.7028) | 17 (164.5372) | 20 (160.0228) | 28 (150.7772) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 8 / 53 (661.6120) | 9 (168.5372) | 18 (165.1204) | 22 (161.6800) | 8 (166.2744) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 5 / 58 (669.1200) | 9 (169.6684) | 3 (173.1428) | 11 (168.0344) | 20 (158.2744) |
| 2018-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 33 / 60 (653.0744) | 28 (167.9772) | 47 (154.2628) | 37 (161.1544) | 17 (169.6800) |
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-01-23 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |