High-water mark
685.6804
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6804 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 27, 2023
Blind Butt Limitless
Blind Butt Limitless is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 17th of 25 at The Art of Barbeque (2024). They are ranked #3663 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1507 · rated over 7 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jun 30, 2023
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.06 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 659.92 (+1.14)
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.14
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.48)
Road miles
1,735
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 536 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$259K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.92 / 720
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #570 (304 pts) | #475 (449 pts) | #604 (349 pts) | #653 (269 pts) | #538 (369 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #771 (180 pts) | #834 (180 pts) | #913 (180 pts) | #631 (275 pts) | #815 (180 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Blind Butt Limitless, each with one reason worth a look.
167 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1502
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Blind Butt Limitless)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Blind Butt Limitless has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to Blind Butt Limitless)
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Blind Butt Limitless)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Blind Butt Limitless)
28 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,659 of the rated field
- Contests
- 35
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1490
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Blind Butt Limitless)
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Blind Butt Limitless's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,693 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Blind Butt Limitless 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoked & Furious | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushmaster BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| At Ease | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas Smoke Whisperer | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 150.2628 | 166.69 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 155.9428 | 162.48 | top 71% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1544 | 150.8228 | 167.06 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 148.5256 | 163.69 | top 65% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 68% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 306 | 0 | top 75% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
784
finished ahead 627 times, behind 911
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 30, 2024 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1507) Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Art of Barbeque
- First call Art of Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9200 Art of Barbeque
- Career-best overall score685.6804 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| +0.7 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | May 10, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | Art of Barbeque | Jun 30, 2023 |
| -6.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -4.9 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest | Sep 6, 2024 |
| -2.6 | The Art of Barbeque | Jun 28, 2024 |
| -2.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 68% | 92.5% | 92.2% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 68% | 95.2% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 328 / 401 (650.1604) | 183 (170.8344) | 367 (156.5144) | 295 (164.5716) | 342 (158.2400) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 306 / 444 (661.6572) | 198 (170.2628) | 158 (171.4288) | 138 (171.4400) | 408 (148.5256) |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 27 / 36 (663.3256) | 10 (174.2628) | 16 (169.7028) | 34 (150.8228) | 21 (168.5372) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 17 / 25 (663.9204) | 4 (173.1316) | 20 (159.4288) | 22 (162.8228) | 14 (168.5372) |
| May 10, 2024 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 17 / 29 (666.2172) | 25 (162.2284) | 14 (166.8572) | 19 (167.4288) | 11 (169.7028) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 106 / 487 (685.6804) | 67 (175.4172) | 368 (162.2516) | 30 (177.1544) | 134 (170.8572) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS | 88 / 90 (632.4568) | 90 (150.2628) | 87 (155.9428) | 64 (167.4172) | 84 (158.8340) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 30 / 35 (655.9200) | 34 (157.1084) | 34 (157.6916) | 8 (174.8456) | 25 (166.2744) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.