A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Transwest BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-05-26
latest 2018-10-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.78
last 3 Master vs avg 620.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.26 · weakest Brisket (145.27)
Road miles
71
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Master avg
620.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Transwest BBQ 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 125 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.
#4082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Transwest BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Transwest BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Transwest BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Transwest BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 164.0000 | 155.3828 | 159.22 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 159.4060 | 162.26 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 147.3600 | 154.04 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 135.9084 | 145.27 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2018-05-26 → 2018-10-19
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Cooks most in
CO
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
Pork Ribs
averages 162.26 · weakest Brisket (145.27)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
620.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
62
20–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
71
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest CSU BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1492) CSU BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score638.1944 BBBrew For Hope
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8228 BBBrew For Hope
- Most recent contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival | 2018-10-19 |
| -8.2 | CSU BBQ Showdown | 2018-05-26 |
| -1.9 | BBBrew For Hope | 2018-07-27 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.6% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-19 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO | 42 / 48 (613.4856) | 38 (158.2628) | 23 (164.5372) | 46 (147.3600) | 44 (143.3256) |
| 2018-07-27 | BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO | 23 / 35 (638.1944) | 30 (155.3828) | 23 (159.4060) | 15 (166.8228) | 26 (156.5828) |
| 2018-05-26 | CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO | 18 / 20 (610.6740) | 16 (164.0000) | 16 (162.8228) | 19 (147.9428) | 20 (135.9084) |