High-water mark
670.8232
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.8232 at Smokey Skies BBQ Competition — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 21, 2025
Butcher Boys BBQ
Butcher Boys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 26 at the Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2025). They finished #759 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2025
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.06)
Road miles
4,055
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,990 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.21 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
286.40 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #759 (171 pts) | #762 (201 pts) | #836 (186 pts) | #905 (131 pts) | #623 (261 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 139.3716 | 156.27 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 125.5088 | 151.06 | top 54% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 146.8228 | 155.38 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 166.2972 | 168.56 | top 41% |
“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 field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 44% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
107
finished ahead 52 times, behind 82
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First call Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8232 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score670.8232 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1499) Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8228 Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.9 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2025 |
| +0.9 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | Mar 20, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Jun 30, 2025 |
| -3 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | Mar 21, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 63% | 93.2% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 14 / 34 (291.8744) | 16 (139.3716) | 13 (152.5028) | — | — |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 21 / 24 (633.6000) | 19 (159.9888) | 21 (155.9656) | 24 (146.8228) | 7 (170.8228) |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 15 / 27 (670.8232) | 11 (170.3088) | 12 (170.2744) | 20 (163.9428) | 14 (166.2972) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 12 / 26 (280.9260) | 9 (155.4172) | 12 (125.5088) | — | — |