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.
BARRS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2018-08-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
570.93
last 3 Master vs avg 570.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 150.27 · weakest Pork (139.20)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
570.93 / 720
3 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
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2018-08-17).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2018-08-17
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.
BARRS 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 124 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.
#4997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BARRS BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BARRS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with BARRS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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 | 156.0344 | 142.8228 | 150.27 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2860 | 123.9204 | 140.16 | top 92% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6684 | 130.2284 | 139.20 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8456 | 129.6116 | 141.29 | top 88% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2018-08-17
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
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
Chicken
averages 150.27 · weakest Pork (139.20)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
570.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
60
2–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2018-08-17
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) 9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- 2018
- Career-best overall score576.3888 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.2860 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | 9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2013-08-16 |
| -13.5 | Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival | 2014-08-15 |
| -9.7 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2018-08-17 |
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 93% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 28 / 30 (576.3888) | 26 (142.8228) | 24 (158.2860) | 28 (145.6684) | 30 (129.6116) |
| 2014-08-15 | Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 25 / 25 (568.4232) | 23 (151.9428) | 25 (123.9204) | 25 (141.7144) | 21 (150.8456) |
| 2013-08-16 | 9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 25 / 25 (567.9660) | 21 (156.0344) | 24 (138.2860) | 25 (130.2284) | 20 (143.4172) |