High-water mark
664.4800
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4800 at Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-07-27
Smell our Butts
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-01
latest 2019-09-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.97
last 3 Master vs avg 658.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.12)
Road miles
591
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.97 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Smell our Butts has 3 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 123 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.
#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smell our Butts)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smell our Butts has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smell our Butts)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1525
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smell our Butts)
11 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Smell our Butts's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Smell our Butts did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smell our Butts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 168.5484 | 170.46 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 143.3944 | 153.12 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 167.3944 | 169.50 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 163.4288 | 165.89 | top 43% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-09-01 → 2019-09-12
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.12)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.97
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
692
476–422 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
591
3 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$68,425
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2018-07-27 → 2019-09-12
Power rating
1512
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8744 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2018
- First call Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score664.4800 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest
- 2019
- Peak power rating (1512) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.1 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| +5 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | 2018-07-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.8 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 18% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 86 / 468 (489.0740) | 125 (169.7372) | 413 (153.1544) | 97 (171.4056) | 192 (166.2628) |
| 2018-07-27 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | 12 / 27 (664.4800) | 12 (168.5484) | 17 (162.8000) | 7 (169.7028) | 14 (163.4288) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 254 / 407 (651.8744) | 85 (173.1084) | 395 (143.3944) | 180 (167.3944) | 143 (167.9772) |