A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Kick Butt BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.89
last 3 Master vs avg 655.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.44)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
655.89 / 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 Holy Smokes 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.
Kick Butt BBQ 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 105 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.
#2872 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Kick Butt BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Kick Butt BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1558
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Kick Butt BBQ)
They've been 1558 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kick Butt BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
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 | 169.6800 | 161.1316 | 165.69 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 154.8228 | 162.44 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 150.8684 | 164.37 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 158.2400 | 163.39 | top 41% |
“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
2 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.44)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
655.89
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,020
902–788 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-10-02 → 2015-10-03
Power rating
1508
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8340 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1511) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Career-best overall score659.2340 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.6 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -1 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 244 / 606 (659.2340) | 140 (169.6800) | 413 (159.3484) | 83 (171.9656) | 382 (158.2400) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 318 / 552 (649.6000) | 365 (161.1316) | 446 (154.8228) | 127 (170.2628) | 251 (163.3828) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 108 / 535 (658.8340) | 156 (166.2628) | 26 (173.1428) | 442 (150.8684) | 75 (168.5600) |