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
- 2016-08-12
BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-10-02
latest 2018-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.15
last 4 Master vs avg 669.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.98 · weakest Chicken (164.38)
Road miles
85
mi 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
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pot's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pot's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BHR BIG BUTTS BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 | 176.0000 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.6 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2018-05-05
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.98 · weakest Chicken (164.38)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
669.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
55–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
85
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1505
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- 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)
- 2016
- 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
- 2018
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival | 2016-08-12 |
| +2.7 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-10-02 |
| -3.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-05-19 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-05 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 14 / 27 (663.8512) | 16 (164.5372) | 9 (171.9656) | 11 (169.7028) | 22 (157.6456) |
| 2017-05-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 18 / 26 (667.2916) | 20 (166.2400) | 15 (169.1200) | 5 (173.1200) | 23 (158.8116) |
| 2016-11-18 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 5 / 28 (691.9200) | 18 (166.2284) | 9 (171.9772) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (176.0000) |
| 2015-10-02 | 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) |