A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
592.29
last 3 Master vs avg 592.29 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.43)
Road miles
7
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
592.29 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of OSOSLOW BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival (2016-05-06).
- last seen 2014-05-02
- back 2016-05-06
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.
EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA 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 142 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.
#4254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 62
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1521
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA)
They've been 1521 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Level with EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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 | 153.6800 | 150.3316 | 152.20 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6688 | 140.5028 | 142.43 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 146.2856 | 154.68 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9316 | 131.3600 | 142.98 | top 76% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 51 | 0 | top 75% | 2017-05-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.43)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
592.29
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
153
51–177 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2016-05-06
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score599.3716 *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7600 *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| -6.3 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2016-05-06 |
| -5.9 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
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 75% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 81% | 81% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 51 / 68 (594.1144) | 49 (153.6800) | 60 (140.5028) | 59 (148.0000) | 40 (151.9316) |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 62 / 83 (599.3716) | 56 (152.5828) | 71 (145.6688) | 16 (169.7600) | 77 (131.3600) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 67 / 80 (583.3944) | 61 (150.3316) | 72 (141.1200) | 68 (146.2856) | 61 (145.6572) |