A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG NEWTON ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG NEWTON has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Beer Butts & Bones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2015-09-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.37
last 3 Master vs avg 631.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.99)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1506)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.37 / 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 Most Wanted 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.
Beer Butts & Bones 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 147 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.
#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Beer Butts & Bones)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Beer Butts & Bones has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Beer Butts & Bones did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Level with Beer Butts & Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 164.0116 | 153.0856 | 158.09 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 150.8456 | 155.99 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 150.7884 | 156.16 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 149.6916 | 161.13 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 3 | 51 | 0 | top 64% | 2015-09-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-09-25
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.99)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.37
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
175
123–212 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1506
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score646.2744 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8572 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2014-09-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
| -4.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2015-09-25 |
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 65% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-25 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 73 / 112 (635.4168) | 75 (157.1656) | 101 (150.8456) | 73 (156.5484) | 14 (170.8572) |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 51 / 112 (646.2744) | 49 (164.0116) | 62 (158.2856) | 65 (161.1428) | 47 (162.8344) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 91 / 114 (612.4112) | 95 (153.0856) | 61 (158.8456) | 93 (150.7884) | 85 (149.6916) |