A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Road Kill Specialties
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-09-05
latest 2016-08-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
596.66
last 3 Master vs avg 596.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.99
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.83 · weakest Brisket (142.24)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Master avg
596.66 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Road Kill Specialties 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 148 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.
#4293 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-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Road Kill Specialties on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 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 | 153.1428 | 139.9200 | 145.69 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 143.4284 | 153.90 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 149.6684 | 154.83 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 127.4288 | 142.24 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best of the West BBQ Fest | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 80% | 2015-08-28 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2014-09-05 → 2016-08-12
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
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 154.83 · weakest Brisket (142.24)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
596.66
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
51
13–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Best of the West BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1491) Best of the West BBQ Fest
- 2015
- First call Best of the West BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score616.9940 Best of the West BBQ Fest
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1428 Best of the West
- Most recent contest Best of the West
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Best of the West BBQ Fest | 2014-09-05 |
| -8.7 | Best of the West | 2016-08-12 |
| -5.6 | Best of the West BBQ Fest | 2015-08-28 |
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 88% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 78.4% | 78.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-12 | Best of the West Sheridan, WY | 23 / 26 (608.4456) | 23 (153.1428) | 20 (165.1428) | 24 (153.7028) | 24 (136.4572) |
| 2015-08-28 | Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY | 19 / 25 (616.9940) | 24 (139.9200) | 23 (153.1312) | 10 (161.1200) | 15 (162.8228) |
| 2014-09-05 | Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY | 21 / 25 (564.5256) | 20 (144.0000) | 21 (143.4284) | 15 (149.6684) | 25 (127.4288) |