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.
Poke It & Smoke It BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-04
latest 2015-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.35
last 3 Master vs avg 642.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.76)
Road miles
454
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Master avg
642.35 / 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.
Poke It & Smoke It BBQ has 2 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 139 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Poke It & Smoke It BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Poke It & Smoke It BBQ 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 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
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 | 166.8572 | 155.3828 | 160.35 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 146.2172 | 155.76 | top 79% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 162.2972 | 165.51 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 158.2284 | 160.72 | top 59% |
“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 (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2015-09-04 → 2015-10-03
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 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
Pork
averages 165.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.76)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
642.35
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
660
194–667 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
454
3 mapped stops · furthest 454 mi
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #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
- Career-best overall score644.4344 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 89.5% | 89.2% |
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 | 373 / 606 (642.7544) | 439 (158.8000) | 309 (163.3944) | 347 (162.2972) | 373 (158.2628) |
| 2015-10-02 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 179 / 187 (639.8512) | 178 (155.3828) | 171 (157.6800) | 94 (168.5600) | 173 (158.2284) |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 44 / 70 (644.4344) | 21 (166.8572) | 66 (146.2172) | 30 (165.6800) | 16 (165.6800) |