High-water mark
666.1712
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1712 at Plant City Pig Jam — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 21, 2025
Butter Butts BBQ
Butter Butts BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 24th of 31 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2025). They finished #1016 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Nov 19, 2021
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.14 · weakest Brisket (152.81)
Road miles
17
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.61 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1016 (61 pts) | #1320 (56 pts) | #1363 (56 pts) | #644 (231 pts) | #1048 (61 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1627 (50 pts) | #1195 (90 pts) | — | #1589 (55 pts) | #1249 (70 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1260 (80 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1256 (85 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1888 | 163.3828 | 166.27 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 154.2172 | 161.86 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1544 | 161.1084 | 169.14 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 133.0400 | 152.81 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 89% | Nov 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
167
finished ahead 36 times, behind 206
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Nov 18, 2022 → Jan 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7660 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score666.1712 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1486) Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| -13.7 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 19, 2021 |
| -8.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2025 |
| -3.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 92.5% | 92% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 67.9% | 67.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 24 / 31 (666.1712) | 28 (163.3828) | 27 (163.9656) | 3 (177.1544) | 24 (161.6684) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 32 / 40 (658.7660) | 32 (165.1084) | 30 (167.3944) | 26 (170.2744) | 36 (155.9888) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 25 / 25 (489.0396) | 17 (167.4056) | — | 24 (161.1084) | 21 (160.5256) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 35 / 37 (624.4688) | 21 (169.1888) | 33 (154.2172) | 20 (168.0228) | 37 (133.0400) |