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Buffalo Chips

Buffalo Chips is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 124th of 185 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (2018). They are ranked #5963 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,963
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1437
peak 1437 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

6
in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 22, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 88%
overall standings

Best overall

622.1600 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

587.75 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 582.55 (+5.20)

Walk rate

0%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

165.6916

Consistency

±27.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 154.07 · weakest Chicken (140.35)

Road miles

4
across 6 mapped stops

Schedule strength

5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

582.55 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Animal House BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Animal House BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.72 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Chicken avg 140.35
  • Pork avg 154.07
  • 0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smitty's BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Buffalo Chips, each with one reason worth a look.

56 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

MAD COW
#5,965 of the rated field
1437 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1437

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Aug 19, 2022
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HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ
#5,967 of the rated field
1437 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1437

Level with Buffalo Chips on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Jul 13, 2018
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BBQ McLovin'
#5,966 of the rated field
1437 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1437

They turned up 9 years after Buffalo Chips did, first appearing in 2022.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 10, 2025
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The Outback Cookin' Company
#5,958 of the rated field
1437 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1437

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2025
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Pigs In Heat
#5,971 of the rated field
1436 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1436

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen May 26, 2017
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BRANDYWINE SMOKERS
#5,957 of the rated field
1437 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1437

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jun 30, 2023
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
RAW DAWGIN BBQ 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
Second City's Finest 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
DUNN UP BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
Smokin Engineers 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
The Drizzlers 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
Brewski and Barbeque 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
BITE MY BUTT BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
SLOW SMOKERS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
SWEET OLD BUZZARDS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
Beware of the Hog BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Can't Beat Our Meat 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Every Man A Smoker 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Grill on Grill Action 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Mad Cow BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 6 0 0 0 152.6172 112.5722 140.35 top 90%
Pork Ribs 6 0 0 0 156.5828 130.7660 145.50 top 82%
Pork 6 0 0 0 161.7142 137.6912 154.07 top 63%
Brisket 6 0 0 0 165.6916 129.6804 142.62 top 76%

“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)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 4 140 0 top 92% Jun 24, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 6 of 6 contests
Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 363 finished ahead 130 times, behind 966
Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 21, 2013 → Jun 27, 2014

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20183 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score622.1600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)165.6916 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
  3. Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  2. Peak power rating (1485) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.4Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2013
-13.5Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 26, 2015
-13.5Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 24, 2016
-11.2Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 23, 2017
-7.4Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 27, 2014

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 67% 86.4% 86.4%
20171000 0% top 93% 82% 82%
20161000 0% top 98% 76.1% 76.1%
20151000 0% top 97% 78.8% 78.8%
20141000 0% top 76% 84.9% 84.9%
20131000 0% top 98% 77.3% 77.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 22, 2018 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS 124 / 185 (622.1600) 153 (151.3828) 117 (156.5828) 156 (148.5028) 38 (165.6916)
Jun 23, 2017 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 171 / 184 (590.2632) 136 (152.6172) 180 (134.2860) 81 (161.7028) 165 (141.6572)
Jun 24, 2016 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 180 / 183 (547.7600) 166 (146.8228) 180 (130.7660) 176 (137.6912) 174 (132.4800)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 177 / 183 (567.2804) 179 (134.2400) 156 (148.5600) 137 (154.8000) 179 (129.6804)
Jun 27, 2014 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 140 / 184 (611.2808) 175 (144.4800) 125 (153.1204) 74 (160.0116) 99 (153.6688)
Jun 21, 2013 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 180 / 183 (556.5716) 182 (112.5722) 144 (149.7140) 75 (161.7142) 177 (132.5712)

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