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.
Bubba-Q-Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2021-05-07
Best ToY finish
#2084
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.77
last 4 Master vs avg 624.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.71 · weakest Brisket (151.97)
Road miles
20
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.77 / 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 Smoke Busters in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival (2021-05-07).
- last seen 2015-05-01
- back 2021-05-07
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.
Bubba-Q-Boys 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 148 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.
#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
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#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Bubba-Q-Boys did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bubba-Q-Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Bubba-Q-Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Bubba-Q-Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Bubba-Q-Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 157.7142 | 162.71 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 147.9200 | 154.11 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 150.8000 | 155.97 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9540 | 139.4400 | 151.97 | top 66% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2021-05-07
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.71 · weakest Brisket (151.97)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.77
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
212
104–191 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,050
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2021-05-07
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2014
- Career-best overall score632.9480 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1494) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7144 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2021
- Most recent contest Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| -5.6 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2021-05-07 |
| -2.8 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2015-05-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-07 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 42 / 53 (615.4056) | 34 (164.5600) | 44 (153.6800) | 40 (157.7256) | 51 (139.4400) |
| 2015-05-01 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 52 / 81 (624.4348) | 32 (165.7144) | 37 (160.5716) | 68 (150.8000) | 64 (147.3488) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 42 / 80 (632.9480) | 28 (162.8456) | 64 (147.9200) | 45 (158.2284) | 22 (163.9540) |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 60 / 88 (626.2854) | 57 (157.7142) | 63 (154.2858) | 58 (157.1424) | 54 (157.1430) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2058 (90 pts) |