A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bourbon & Blues BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bourbon & Blues BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A Butt to Remember
A Butt to Remember is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 28th of 51 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.31)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
310.48 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
655.87 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 156.4912 | 161.29 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 151.4056 | 157.31 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 157.6800 | 159.19 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 146.2972 | 157.89 | top 54% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 3 | 28 | 0 | top 72% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
215
finished ahead 79 times, behind 250
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 26, 2024 → Jan 22, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8740 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score655.8740 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8228 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 46 / 63 (313.0056) | 44 (156.4912) | 40 (156.5144) | 40 (158.8112) | 11 (167.4288) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 54 / 61 (307.9540) | 53 (156.5484) | 53 (151.4056) | 41 (157.6800) | 50 (146.2972) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 28 / 51 (655.8740) | 8 (170.8228) | 31 (164.0228) | 35 (161.0856) | 32 (159.9428) |