A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Butts and Tator Tots
Pork Butts and Tator Tots is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 37th of 53 at the Smoke on the Trails (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2017
latest Sep 11, 2020 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.52)
Road miles
19
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
623.29 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 158.8688 | 163.55 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3484 | 141.6460 | 148.52 | top 89% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 153.0740 | 158.67 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1772 | 140.5484 | 152.55 | top 76% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Trails | 3 | 37 | 0 | top 78% | Sep 11, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
175
finished ahead 42 times, behind 183
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Sep 29, 2017 → Mar 15, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Career-best overall score631.2108 Smoke on the Trails
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Trails
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1200 Qlathe BBQ Championship
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke On the Trails
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoke On the Trails
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2019 |
| -8.2 | Smoke On the Trails | Sep 29, 2017 |
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Trails | Sep 11, 2020 |
| -3 | Smoke on the Trails | Sep 27, 2019 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.9% | 86% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2020 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 38 / 48 (631.2108) | 37 (161.1084) | 38 (155.3484) | 40 (159.4056) | 38 (155.3484) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 37 / 53 (625.5428) | 24 (165.1084) | 52 (141.6460) | 20 (165.6684) | 38 (153.1200) |
| Mar 15, 2019 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 58 / 64 (612.4456) | 23 (169.1200) | 59 (146.2516) | 51 (156.5256) | 60 (140.5484) |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 54 / 64 (623.9544) | 44 (158.8688) | 55 (150.8344) | 57 (153.0740) | 38 (161.1772) |