High-water mark
678.7884
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7884 at Smoke on the Mountain — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 25, 2025
Hillbilly Hot Butts
Hillbilly Hot Butts is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 14 at the Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 (2023). They are ranked #3786 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1504 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 27, 2023
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 2.9 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 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.63
last 5 Master vs avg 667.49 (+0.14)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.73 · weakest Chicken (165.78)
Road miles
710
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 177 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$57K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
667.49 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Hillbilly Hot Butts, each with one reason worth a look.
119 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hillbilly Hot Butts)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hillbilly Hot Butts has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1488
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hillbilly Hot Butts)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1488
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Hillbilly Hot Butts's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,782 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Hillbilly Hot Butts's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1488
Level with Hillbilly Hot Butts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 160.4912 | 165.78 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3716 | 166.15 | top 64% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 163.9428 | 168.73 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 161.6800 | 166.83 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big BBQ Bash | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 77% | Jun 20, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
204
finished ahead 77 times, behind 190
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Big BBQ Bash
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score678.7884 Smoke on the Mountain
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- First call Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7772 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- Peak power rating (1504) Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| +2.3 | Big BBQ Bash | Sep 25, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 14, 2025 |
| -6.1 | Big BBQ Bash | Jun 20, 2025 |
| -3.4 | Big BBQ Bash | Jun 21, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 94.3% | 92.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Townsend, TN | 16 / 30 (668.9828) | 26 (162.8000) | 13 (170.2628) | 9 (171.9656) | 19 (163.9544) |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 49 / 56 (670.7316) | 24 (171.9888) | 29 (173.1200) | 51 (163.9428) | 51 (161.6800) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 20 / 37 (678.7884) | 27 (167.3944) | 16 (170.2628) | 17 (169.1428) | 16 (171.9884) |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 21 / 26 (652.9256) | 23 (160.4912) | 20 (161.6572) | 19 (166.2400) | 19 (164.5372) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN | 24 / 33 (666.7428) | 22 (165.7028) | 23 (166.2400) | 24 (166.8344) | 22 (167.9656) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL | 12 / 14 (666.7772) | 12 (166.2856) | 14 (155.3716) | 8 (174.2628) | 8 (170.8572) |