High-water mark
674.1828
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.1828 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 1, 2015
Smoking Butts and Us
Smoking Butts and Us is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 21st of 63 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest May 1, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2744
Consistency
±10.92
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.94 · weakest Brisket (161.32)
Road miles
2
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
660.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 163.3828 | 167.79 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4288 | 161.0972 | 162.64 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 159.9998 | 168.94 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 156.5712 | 161.32 | top 55% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 39% | May 1, 2015 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 100 times, behind 84
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20153 milestones
- Career-best overall score674.1828 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1507) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20143 milestones
- First call The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4460 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2744 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 21 / 63 (674.1828) | 15 (172.5484) | 46 (161.0972) | 10 (172.5600) | 21 (167.9772) |
| May 2, 2014 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 28 / 62 (660.4460) | 38 (163.3828) | 35 (163.3828) | 5 (174.2744) | 40 (159.4060) |
| May 3, 2013 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 38 / 62 (647.4282) | 28 (167.4284) | 30 (163.4288) | 45 (159.9998) | 42 (156.5712) |