Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Chicken ×1
- Brisket ×1
Butts A Blaze
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1532 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2015-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
672.54
last 5 Master vs avg 672.54 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±12.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.85 · weakest Pork (165.82)
Road miles
347
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
672.54 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
High-water mark
687.3828
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3828 at Fifth Annual Bull Moose — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-04-03
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.0
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.03 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 60%.
- Pork avg 165.82
- Brisket avg 170.85
- 2 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 901Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Fifth Annual Bull Moose (2015-04-03).
- last seen 2013-06-14
- back 2015-04-03
Record book — 1 held (2 in the KCBS record book)
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2168 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Butts A Blaze did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with Butts A Blaze on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2172 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 162.2856 | 168.22 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 164.0000 | 167.65 | top 41% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 150.2856 | 165.82 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.8570 | 170.85 | top 27% |
“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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 3 | 0 | top 36% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 7% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2015-06-19
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.85 · weakest Pork (165.82)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
672.54
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
2
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
207
182–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
347
5 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-04-03
Power rating
1532
peak 1532 · #2173 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First category win (Brisket) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4280 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- 2015
- First overall top-10 Fifth Annual Bull Moose
- First overall podium Fifth Annual Bull Moose
- Career-best overall score687.3828 Fifth Annual Bull Moose
- Peak power rating (1532) Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off
- Most recent contest Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Fifth Annual Bull Moose | 2015-04-03 |
| +10.2 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | 2013-03-15 |
| +9.6 | Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off | 2015-06-19 |
| +0.8 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | 2013-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff | 2013-06-14 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 16% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 44% | 93.3% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS | 9 / 37 (685.0400) | 18 (167.3828) | 14 (169.6916) | 8 (171.9656) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2015-04-03 | Fifth Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN | 3 / 41 (687.3828) | 1 (180.0000) | 27 (164.0000) | 3 (174.8572) | 13 (168.5256) |
| 2013-06-14 | The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS | 26 / 40 (654.8568) | 27 (163.4284) | 19 (166.2856) | 39 (150.2856) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2013-04-05 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO | 21 / 44 (663.9996) | 18 (167.9998) | 7 (172.5714) | 16 (168.5714) | 38 (154.8570) |
| 2013-03-15 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 19 / 100 (671.4280) | 65 (162.2856) | 38 (165.7140) | 44 (163.4284) | 1 (180.0000) |