T&J's Dirty Butts

T&J's Dirty Butts is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 20th of 35 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022). They are ranked #4464 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “T & J's Dirty Butts”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,464

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

667.2916 / 720

Master · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.71 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.55 (+5.16)

Walk rate

10%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±12.14

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.39)

Road miles

across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.55 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.2916 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.2916 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 3, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' has finished one call ahead of T&J's Dirty Butts 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.39
Pork avg 165.40
0 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Brew-N-Que in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).

last seen May 3, 2019
back Aug 13, 2021

Pork nemesis

10 of 10 shared pork entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PIG'N & CHIK'N has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.2% of a perfect score
10 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 26th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to T&J's Dirty Butts, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Muddy River Smokers

#4,476 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1509

They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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J & M BAR B Q

#4,479 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before T&J's Dirty Butts's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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HOGG UGLY

#4,451 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1474

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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None-the-Weiser

#4,441 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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1st and 10 BBQ

#4,478 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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BIRDMAN'S BBQ

#4,489 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

Level with T&J's Dirty Butts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Mar 15, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Brew-N-Que	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SWINEFELD	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
OOPS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PIG'N & CHIK'N	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	174.8572	154.7772	162.83	top 67%
Pork Ribs	10	0	165.6800	136.9716	158.39	top 75%
Pork	10	0	170.2858	161.6456	165.40	top 57%
Brisket	10	0	169.7028	157.6572	162.93	top 58%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 73%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 69%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	26	0	top 69%	May 3, 2019
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	20	0	top 68%	Sep 8, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 359 finished ahead 265 times, behind 456

Longest layoff 2.3 yrs May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021

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

20222 milestones

Sep 8 10th tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Sep 8 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20193 milestones

May 3 First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best overall score667.2916 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20133 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9990 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Peak power rating (1499) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.3	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2019
+5.3	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Sep 8, 2022
+0.8	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 6, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015
-7	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 29, 2016
-5.5	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Aug 13, 2021
-4.8	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	May 2, 2014
-3	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 5, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0%	top 57%	91.5%	91.5%
2021	1	0%	top 80%	89.1%	89.1%
2019	1	100%	top 48%	92.7%	92.7%
2018	1	0%	top 72%	91.3%	91.3%
2017	1	0%	top 71%	90.1%	90.1%
2016	2	0%	top 72%	90.9%	90.7%
2015	1	0%	top 98%	86.1%	86.1%
2014	1	0%	top 69%	89.5%	89.5%
2013	1	0%	top 55%	90.6%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2022	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	20 / 35 (658.7428)	20 (165.7028)	22 (165.6800)	26 (161.6456)	12 (165.7144)
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	39 / 49 (641.5884)	43 (156.5484)	46 (149.6572)	29 (165.7028)	18 (169.6800)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	26 / 54 (667.2916)	5 (174.8572)	34 (165.0856)	32 (164.5372)	32 (162.8116)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	44 / 61 (657.0516)	54 (159.4172)	47 (161.0972)	37 (166.8344)	29 (169.7028)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	49 / 69 (648.8912)	61 (154.7772)	39 (165.0972)	38 (166.2284)	43 (162.7884)
Jul 29, 2016	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	29 / 33 (654.7200)	31 (161.6800)	29 (162.8000)	26 (164.5600)	20 (165.6800)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	38 / 67 (651.2460)	34 (167.9772)	52 (154.7772)	12 (170.2628)	46 (158.2288)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	62 / 63 (619.6916)	45 (162.8000)	63 (136.9716)	45 (162.2628)	55 (157.6572)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	43 / 62 (644.3080)	33 (164.5140)	47 (159.3484)	40 (161.6456)	42 (158.8000)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	34 / 62 (651.9990)	46 (159.9996)	34 (163.4284)	15 (170.2858)	37 (158.2852)

T&J's Dirty Butts

At a glance (the record 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 (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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)