Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.4340 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
PELLET ENVY ahead in 100% of their meetings
PELLET ENVY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) (2016-10-29).
Something about October: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.
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.
Muddy Butts has 4 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 125 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.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Muddy Butts has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head13 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where Muddy Butts's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1524 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after Muddy Butts did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Muddy Butts on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 155.9998 | 161.57 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 147.9544 | 158.41 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1772 | 144.5488 | 161.85 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 135.9428 | 147.39 | top 79% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 50% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +7.5 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Taste of Wheatstock | 2013-05-17 |
| -12.1 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| 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 96% | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 91.4% | 87.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 537 / 557 (586.7548) | 401 (158.3088) | 508 (147.9544) | 536 (144.5488) | 538 (135.9428) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 182 / 552 (664.4340) | 259 (165.6800) | 77 (172.5600) | 320 (162.2512) | 236 (163.9428) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 110 / 535 (658.2856) | 152 (166.2972) | 145 (165.1428) | 5 (177.1772) | 408 (149.6684) |
| 2013-05-17 | Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS | 23 / 25 (607.4280) | 22 (155.9998) | 25 (148.0000) | 14 (163.4284) | 25 (139.9998) |