Butts-N-Racks BBQ

Butts-N-Racks BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 49 at the Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #886 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#886

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1618

peak 1618 · rated over 26 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 15, 2014

latest Aug 21, 2026 · 12 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#387

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8000 / 720

Master · Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

686.19 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 677.40 (+8.79)

Walk rate

65%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Bands & BBQ at the Point

Consistency

±16.85

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.03 · weakest Pork (168.48)

Road miles

2,960

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi

Schedule strength

76%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)

Purse competed for

$208K

listed at 24 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 24 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.40 / 720

30 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

2.8684 points from the title

Came within 2.8684 points of the Grand Championship at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues (Aug 16, 2024).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 14%

They almost always walk

65% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 20 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 65% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8000 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8000 at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 16, 2024

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

WeQ4U has finished one call ahead of Butts-N-Racks BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 19%

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A tough matchup

20–3 behind in the head-to-head

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 23 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

3.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at Fire on the Mountain (Jul 26, 2019).

last seen Sep 4, 2015
back Jul 26, 2019

Chicken nemesis

18 of 21 shared chicken entries lost

WeQ4U ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WeQ4U has out-cooked them in 18 of 21 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HIGH ON THE HAWG has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 35% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 35% across 8 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

8 September contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.34% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.34% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.1% of a perfect score
31 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#401 (485 pts)	#348 (635 pts)	#324 (745 pts)	#518 (355 pts)	#364 (580 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#484 (390 pts)	#535 (385 pts)	#454 (520 pts)	#571 (315 pts)	#433 (505 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#387 (551 pts)	#423 (521 pts)	#470 (506 pts)	#463 (446 pts)	#478 (446 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#697 (455 pts)	#662 (520 pts)	#841 (375 pts)	#707 (470 pts)	#893 (340 pts)

Overall rank by season

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WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ

#885 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1628

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Butts-N-Racks BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Butts-N-Racks BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

Q'N CANUCKS

#891 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1635

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Butts-N-Racks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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Southern Swine

#889 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1618

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 29 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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OLD 99 MEAT CO.

#884 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1619

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Feb 14, 2020

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Pappy & Roleys

#887 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1636

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 38 contests, alongside a 39% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jan 9, 2025

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YARD TIME BBQ

#888 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1618

Level with Butts-N-Racks BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE CHIP BBQ	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
BBQ Maestros	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
WE WILL ROCK QUE	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
SmokinGhost BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
BooyaQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	11	1	5	180 🔥	154.2172	170.03	top 50%
Pork Ribs	31	13	2	5	179.4400	149.0972	169.63	top 45%
Pork	30	6	0	3	177.7028	151.9084	168.48	top 52%
Brisket	30	11	1	1	180 🔥	145.6684	169.38	top 43%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 28%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 37%
Large (40+)	13	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IN	13	top 43%
KY	9	top 38%
OH	4	top 44%
TN	4	top 78%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bands & BBQ at the Point	3	7	top 38%	Sep 13, 2024
Buckeye BBQ Classic	2	10	top 53%	Jul 17, 2026
7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025)	2	68	top 81%	May 25, 2025
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues	2	2	top 14%	Aug 16, 2024
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	2	27	top 75%	Aug 19, 2022
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	9	top 50%	Oct 15, 2021
Smokin' in the Hills	2	6	top 35%	Sep 24, 2021
Fire on the Mountain	2	4	top 30%	Jul 24, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 5 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 13 of 31 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 21 8 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 31 entries · 2 wins · 13 calls

Opponents faced 533 finished ahead 643 times, behind 790

Longest layoff 3.9 yrs Sep 4, 2015 → Jul 26, 2019

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Aug 21 Peak power rating (1618) City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest)
Aug 21 Most recent contest City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest)

20251 milestone

Aug 15 25th tracked contest Madison Ribberfest

20243 milestones

Aug 16 First overall podium Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues
Aug 16 First Reserve Championship Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues
Aug 16 Career-best overall score702.8000 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues

20231 milestone

Aug 18 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues

20211 milestone

Sep 24 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Hills

20201 milestone

Aug 14 First category win (Pork Ribs) Big Blue Barbecue

20153 milestones

Sep 4 First call Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff
Sep 4 First overall top-10 Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff
Sep 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2400 Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff

20141 milestone

Aug 15 First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Fire on the Mountain	Jul 26, 2019
+15.1	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues	Aug 16, 2024
+11.6	Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff	Sep 4, 2015
+10.9	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2019
+9.7	Hoosier BBQ Classic #2	Jun 10, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Aug 15, 2014
-7.5	Buckeye BBQ Classic	Jul 18, 2025
-3.5	Madison Ribberfest	Aug 15, 2025
-2.8	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 15, 2021
-2.1	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 8, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	5	2	0	60%	top 51%	96.7%	95.3%
2025	5	1	1	20%	top 65%	95.1%	93.8%
2024	3	2	0	100%	top 19%	97.6%	96.4%
2023	4	2	2	75%	top 40%	95.9%	94.4%
2022	3	0	0	33%	top 54%	94.7%	94%
2021	3	1	0	67%	top 45%	94.5%	94%
2020	3	0	1	100%	top 47%	93.6%	93.4%
2019	3	2	0	100%	top 29%	95.4%	94.5%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 28%	94.2%	94.2%
2014	1	0	0	0%	top 90%	83.5%	83.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 21, 2026	City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) 🏅 Madison, IN	7 / 39 (695.9660)	3 (176.5600)	5 (177.7144)	27 (165.0972)	5 (176.5944)
Jul 17, 2026	Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	10 / 30 (689.6340)	7 (175.4056)	17 (171.4516)	14 (171.9656)	12 (170.8112)
May 24, 2026	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	49 / 82 (691.3372)	80 (165.0856)	4 (178.8572)	69 (168.5372)	8 (178.8572)
May 23, 2026	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	107 / 117 (668.9940)	105 (167.3712)	61 (171.4400)	107 (162.8000)	82 (167.3828)
May 22, 2026	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	—	—	46 (173.1200)	—	—
Sep 12, 2025	Bands and BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	8 / 29 (685.0284)	13 (170.8228)	1 (179.4400)	23 (161.6456)	6 (173.1200)
Aug 15, 2025	Madison Ribberfest 🏅 Madison, IN	27 / 45 (672.9596)	21 (171.9656)	36 (161.6572)	32 (167.3712)	12 (171.9656)
Jul 18, 2025	Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	29 / 40 (669.5772)	23 (169.1200)	31 (164.5372)	23 (167.3712)	21 (168.5488)
May 25, 2025	7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN	69 / 70 (667.2572)	65 (167.3828)	69 (163.9544)	37 (171.9772)	66 (163.9428)
May 24, 2025	7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN	68 / 106 (680.9940)	101 (163.9312)	55 (171.9772)	58 (170.8228)	23 (174.2628)
Sep 13, 2024	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	7 / 31 (690.7540)	3 (176)	24 (161.6456)	2 (177.7028)	4 (175.4056)
Aug 16, 2024	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	2 / 49 (702.8000)	9 (174.2628)	2 (177.7144)	11 (175.4172)	7 (175.4056)
Jun 7, 2024	Hoosier BBQ Classic 🏅 Franklin, IN	11 / 38 (689.0744)	9 (175.4056)	5 (175.4288)	25 (169.6800)	22 (168.5600)
Sep 8, 2023	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	16 / 33 (677.5884)	1 (180)	25 (163.3828)	29 (162.2400)	5 (171.9656)
Aug 18, 2023	Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues 🏅 Madison, IN	10 / 41 (690.2056)	22 (171.4056)	31 (162.2400)	5 (176.5600)	1 (180)
Jun 10, 2023	Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 🏅 Franklin, IN	9 / 28 (683.9432)	16 (170.8344)	9 (171.4516)	9 (173.1200)	16 (168.5372)
Jun 9, 2023	Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 🏅 Franklin, IN	21 / 38 (667.9200)	21 (170.8572)	25 (165.7028)	16 (170.2628)	29 (161.0972)
Aug 19, 2022	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival 🏅 Madison, IN	27 / 45 (666.6624)	26 (168.5140)	27 (167.3828)	28 (165.0856)	26 (165.6800)
Jun 18, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 🏅 Franklin, IN	15 / 27 (682.1828)	12 (173.1200)	10 (172.5600)	19 (168.5256)	16 (167.9772)
Jun 17, 2022	Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 🏅 Franklin, IN	20 / 42 (681.0284)	15 (173.1084)	22 (167.9888)	13 (171.9656)	26 (167.9656)
Oct 15, 2021	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	19 / 27 (680.4800)	19 (167.9656)	12 (171.4172)	11 (172.5716)	20 (168.5256)
Sep 24, 2021	Smokin' in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	6 / 26 (675.9316)	7 (173.1084)	10 (163.9888)	2 (177.1544)	11 (161.6800)
Sep 10, 2021	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	12 / 28 (673.6920)	16 (164.5488)	14 (168.0232)	14 (167.4172)	6 (173.7028)
Sep 18, 2020	Smokin in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	19 / 41 (670.2056)	34 (161.6684)	8 (170.8572)	21 (165.6800)	7 (172)
Aug 14, 2020	Big Blue Barbecue 🏅 Shelbyville, IN	25 / 50 (672.5828)	42 (163.3944)	1 (177.7600)	47 (158.8228)	19 (172.6056)
Jul 24, 2020	Fire on the Mountain 🏅 Leburn, KY	13 / 30 (674.2400)	25 (159.4056)	3 (174.2744)	13 (169.7144)	9 (170.8456)
Oct 18, 2019	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	9 / 31 (686.7312)	3 (177.7028)	21 (167.3712)	2 (174.2628)	20 (167.3944)
Sep 20, 2019	Grillin & Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY	14 / 34 (673.0512)	10 (171.9656)	17 (167.3828)	16 (164)	9 (169.7028)
Jul 26, 2019	Fire on the Mountain 🏅 Leburn, KY	4 / 25 (682.1480)	7 (173.1084)	4 (173.1200)	13 (168.5484)	12 (167.3712)
Sep 4, 2015	Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff Vernon, IN	5 / 18 (678.2400)	3 (172.5944)	2 (175.4400)	9 (166.2628)	11 (163.9428)
Aug 15, 2014	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN	54 / 60 (600.8912)	54 (154.2172)	55 (149.0972)	54 (151.9084)	54 (145.6684)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Butts-N-Racks BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)