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.
Buffalo Chips
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1437
peak 1437 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2018-06-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
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
Consistency
±27.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.07 · weakest Chicken (140.35)
Road miles
4
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
582.55 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 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.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 140th
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.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to Buffalo Chips)
These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5910 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Level with Buffalo Chips on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before Buffalo Chips's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5894 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5912 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Buffalo Chips did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win 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
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 140 | 0 | top 92% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2018-06-22
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.07 · weakest Chicken (140.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
582.55
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
364
130–966 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-27
Power rating
1437
peak 1437 · #5908 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1485) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- Career-best overall score622.1600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.6916 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -13.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| -13.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| -11.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -7.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82% | 82% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 76.1% | 76.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.8% | 78.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 77.3% | 77.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 124 / 185 (622.1600) | 153 (151.3828) | 117 (156.5828) | 156 (148.5028) | 38 (165.6916) |
| 2017-06-23 | 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) |
| 2016-06-24 | 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) |
| 2015-06-26 | 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) |
| 2014-06-27 | 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) |
| 2013-06-21 | 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) |