A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
I Smoke BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1458
peak 1458 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-10-24
latest 2018-10-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
397.86
last 4 Master vs avg 397.86 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±151.90
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 148.77 · weakest Brisket (138.85)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Master avg
397.86 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2016-10-21).
- last seen 2014-10-24
- back 2016-10-21
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.
I Smoke BBQ has 4 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 115 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.
#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after I Smoke BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with I Smoke BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1544 | 141.7484 | 148.77 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.3084 | 130.3088 | 143.06 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 138.8228 | 146.08 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5716 | 133.1200 | 138.85 | top 89% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 100% | 2016-10-21 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-10-24 → 2018-10-26
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 148.77 · weakest Brisket (138.85)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
397.86
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
3–114 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1601
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-10-24 → 2016-10-21
Power rating
1458
peak 1458 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)157.1544 Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2018
- Career-best overall score549.1884 *10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest *10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2014-10-24 |
| -10.5 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2016-10-21 |
| -9 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival | 2017-10-27 |
| -8.6 | *10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival | 2018-10-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 76.3% | 76.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 62.9% | 62.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 61.7% | 61.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 20.1% | 20.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-26 | *10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 26 / 27 (549.1884) | 27 (141.7484) | 27 (130.3088) | 24 (144.0112) | 24 (133.1200) |
| 2017-10-27 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 30 / 32 (453.1196) | 29 (147.4056) | 30 (150.3084) | 25 (155.4056) | — |
| 2016-10-21 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK | 28 / 28 (444.5488) | 23 (157.1544) | 26 (148.5716) | 28 (138.8228) | — |
| 2014-10-24 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 34 / 34 (144.5716) | — | — | — | 30 (144.5716) |