A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Lazy Butt BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Lazy Butt BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Barley Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1507 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-08-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.91
last 4 Master vs avg 642.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.37)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Master avg
642.91 / 720
4 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 First Start/ Big B's BBQ 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.
Barley Q 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 128 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.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Barley Q did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barley Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 159.9544 | 166.42 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 141.0632 | 153.37 | top 83% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 162.7996 | 168.57 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 145.0856 | 154.55 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 71% | 2016-08-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.37)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
642.91
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
35–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- First call Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6228 Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
- Career-best overall score659.4516 Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
- Peak power rating (1507) Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2972 Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
- Most recent contest Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2014-08-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2015-08-21 |
| -6.3 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2016-08-19 |
| -0.8 | Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ | 2013-08-23 |
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 | 100% | top 88% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 29 / 33 (645.6008) | 24 (165.1088) | 30 (155.3716) | 5 (174.2972) | 31 (150.8232) |
| 2015-08-21 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 33 / 36 (616.9832) | 33 (159.9544) | 35 (141.0632) | 8 (170.8800) | 35 (145.0856) |
| 2014-08-22 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 8 / 25 (659.4516) | 8 (169.7372) | 16 (160.5372) | 10 (166.2972) | 11 (162.8800) |
| 2013-08-23 | Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 15 / 26 (649.6228) | 7 (170.8800) | 21 (156.5260) | 19 (162.7996) | 15 (159.4172) |