A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Deadwood BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1438
peak 1438 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2019-05-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
485.47 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 527.81 (-42.35)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±131.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.83)
Road miles
695
mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
527.81 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
The weak link
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.35 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 148.83
- Pork avg 157.18
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mullet Brothers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (2019-05-03).
- last seen 2017-05-05
- back 2019-05-03
Pork nemesis
5 of 5
shared pork entries lost
BUTCHER BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.
Boom or bust
±18.30%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±18.30% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 73.3% of a perfect score
- best 88.3%
A June team
Top 57%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 57% across 3 contests, versus top 80% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 80% the rest of the year
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.
71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 55
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1563
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Deadwood BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SMOKIN BONES ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5872 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5870 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5889 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with Deadwood BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Deadwood BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GRISWOLDS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| UNCLE BC'S | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIVINE SWINE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Men On Fire | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 132.5372 | 151.73 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 136.5144 | 148.83 | top 77% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 151.9428 | 157.18 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 140.5488 | 155.08 | top 55% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 5 | 0 | top 89% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' on the Summit | 3 | 38 | 0 | top 57% | 2015-06-05 |
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 66 | 0 | top 89% | 2017-05-05 |
| Chillin and Grillin | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 89% | 2015-10-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.9 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
5 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.83)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
527.81
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
354
135–442 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
695
9 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% 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
2 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2019-05-03
Power rating
1438
peak 1438 · #5881 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SMOKIN on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1495) SMOKIN on the Summit
- 2015
- Career-best overall score635.8168 Smokin' on the Summit
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.0000 Smokin' on the Summit
- 2019
- Most recent contest Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
| -11.3 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2019-05-03 |
| -10.9 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2015-05-01 |
| -10.4 | Chillin and Grillin | 2015-10-09 |
| -7.7 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2016-05-06 |
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 100% | 44.8% | 44.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 38.2% | 38.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 82% | 82% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 88.3% | 79.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.2% | 85.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 56 / 56 (322.8228) | 32 (160.0000) | — | 33 (162.8228) | — |
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 66 / 68 (274.7200) | 64 (132.5372) | 58 (142.1828) | — | — |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 68 / 83 (590.1032) | 71 (146.2400) | 78 (136.5144) | 64 (154.2172) | 49 (153.1316) |
| 2015-10-09 | Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK | 26 / 28 (603.8744) | 28 (146.8344) | 22 (157.6684) | 23 (158.8228) | 26 (140.5488) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 38 / 78 (635.8168) | 50 (156.5256) | 55 (151.9084) | 48 (159.3828) | 15 (168.0000) |
| 2015-05-01 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 73 / 81 (469.0400) | 41 (161.1428) | — | 47 (161.6916) | 68 (146.2056) |
| 2014-10-10 | Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK | 27 / 32 (593.4856) | 26 (149.7028) | 30 (138.1028) | 28 (151.9428) | 21 (153.7372) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 43 / 79 (634.7428) | 53 (155.4060) | 42 (159.9884) | 55 (155.3828) | 22 (163.9656) |
| 2013-06-07 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 54 / 81 (625.7142) | 54 (157.1430) | 54 (155.4286) | 63 (153.1426) | 31 (160.0000) |