A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
3 Men and a Butt
3 Men and a Butt is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 44th of 183 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2016).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 24, 2016
latest Jun 21, 2019 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.71 · weakest Brisket (150.94)
Road miles
308
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.81 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 3 Men and a Butt, each with one reason worth a look.
3 Men and a Butt has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to 3 Men and a Butt)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — No Butts About It ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1546
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to 3 Men and a Butt)
They've been 1546 at their best, 50 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with 3 Men and a Butt on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before 3 Men and a Butt's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3544 | 148.5600 | 157.84 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 145.0856 | 158.85 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 155.9656 | 163.71 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 123.8972 | 150.94 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
269
finished ahead 336 times, behind 395
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20172 milestones
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2744 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score650.2744 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1509) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -4.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 143 / 183 (621.6228) | 45 (166.3544) | 165 (145.0856) | 139 (155.9656) | 127 (154.2172) |
| Aug 19, 2018 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival – Saucy and Glazed BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Newton, KS | — | 9 (153.7028) | 8 (161.1200) | — | — |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 94 / 185 (634.3200) | 51 (163.4744) | 124 (155.4628) | 113 (156) | 80 (159.3828) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 118 / 184 (621.0172) | 102 (157.1084) | 49 (165.1316) | 7 (174.8800) | 181 (123.8972) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 44 / 183 (650.2744) | 157 (148.5600) | 36 (167.4516) | 32 (168) | 39 (166.2628) |