High-water mark
691.9200
career-best overall
96.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.9200 at Atlanta Bar B Q Festival — 96.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 12, 2016
BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ
BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 5th of 28 at the Atlanta Bar B Q Festival (2016).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 2, 2015
latest May 5, 2018 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.98 · weakest Chicken (164.38)
Road miles
85
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
669.15 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,037 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,033 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,043 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 160.5144 | 164.38 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 159.9660 | 168.26 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 163.3828 | 170.98 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 157.6456 | 165.54 | top 56% |
“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 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 55 times, behind 74
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Festival
20165 milestones
- First call Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
- Career-best overall score691.9200 Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
- Peak power rating (1506) Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5548 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival | Aug 12, 2016 |
| +2.8 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | May 5, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) | Oct 2, 2015 |
| -3.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | May 19, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 18% | 96.1% | 96.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2018 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 14 / 27 (663.8512) | 16 (164.5372) | 9 (171.9656) | 11 (169.7028) | 22 (157.6456) |
| May 19, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 18 / 26 (667.2916) | 20 (166.2400) | 15 (169.1200) | 5 (173.1200) | 23 (158.8116) |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 5 / 28 (691.9200) | 18 (166.2284) | 9 (171.9772) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (176) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA | 41 / 52 (653.5548) | 47 (160.5144) | 45 (159.9660) | 36 (163.3828) | 20 (169.6916) |