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.
Texan Smoke Bandits
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1520 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-04
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.34
last 4 Master vs avg 612.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±61.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.93 · weakest Brisket (159.01)
Road miles
467
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Master avg
612.34 / 720
3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JERRY KING MIDLAND TX 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.
Texan Smoke Bandits 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 103 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.
#2669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Texan Smoke Bandits)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Texan Smoke Bandits has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1529
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Texan Smoke Bandits)
23 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Texan Smoke Bandits's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Texan Smoke Bandits did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Texan Smoke Bandits on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
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 | 167.3944 | 161.6800 | 164.93 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 149.6912 | 160.94 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9540 | 153.1200 | 162.44 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 149.7144 | 159.01 | top 58% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2015-09-04 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.93 · weakest Brisket (159.01)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
905
729–500 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
467
3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2015-10-03 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1514
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8856 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score655.8856 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1520) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.6684 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +4.7 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 23% | 91.1% | 80.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 416 / 557 (634.1596) | 348 (161.6800) | 497 (149.6912) | 486 (153.1200) | 128 (169.6684) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 31 / 606 (507.3940) | 209 (167.3944) | 223 (166.8460) | 189 (167.9540) | 493 (149.7144) |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 28 / 70 (655.8856) | 27 (165.7028) | 25 (166.2856) | 28 (166.2516) | 49 (157.6456) |