A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Haulin Buttz BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-16
latest 2017-10-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.17
last 3 Master vs avg 609.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.16 · weakest Chicken (148.32)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Master avg
609.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Haulin Buttz BBQ has 3 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 163 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.
#4724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Haulin Buttz BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Haulin Buttz BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 143.3600 | 148.32 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 151.3944 | 156.16 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 150.8456 | 155.78 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7144 | 143.9200 | 148.91 | top 91% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-10-16 → 2017-10-20
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.16 · weakest Chicken (148.32)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
4–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-10-14 → 2017-10-20
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score618.1488 Smoking in the Foothills
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1428 Smoking in the Foothills
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | 2015-10-16 |
| -10.9 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | 2017-10-20 |
| -9.9 | Smoking in the Foothills | 2016-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-20 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC | 39 / 39 (594.7088) | 39 (143.3600) | 39 (151.3944) | 38 (150.8456) | 36 (149.1088) |
| 2016-10-14 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | 39 / 41 (618.1488) | 40 (143.8972) | 19 (165.1428) | 38 (155.3944) | 36 (153.7144) |
| 2015-10-16 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | 35 / 37 (614.6632) | 32 (157.6916) | 34 (151.9544) | 30 (161.0972) | 34 (143.9200) |