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.
Sons of Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1510 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-02-27
latest 2014-10-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.86
last 3 Master vs avg 648.86 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.37)
Road miles
581
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 581 mi
Master avg
648.86 / 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.
Sons of Barbecue 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 109 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.
#2873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1558
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Sons of Barbecue)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sons of Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ 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.
Level with Sons of Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 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#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-head#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 155.9428 | 161.28 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5944 | 149.6456 | 160.37 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 162.8344 | 165.31 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 153.7028 | 161.89 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2014-10-02
Busiest season
2014
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 165.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.37)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
648.86
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
584
264–486 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
581
3 mapped stops · furthest 581 mi
Power rating
1508
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5140 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score656.5140 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5944 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 58% | 91.2% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 331 / 552 (647.3028) | 357 (161.6800) | 503 (149.6456) | 152 (169.1200) | 164 (166.8572) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 149 / 165 (642.7544) | 158 (155.9428) | 140 (158.8572) | 126 (162.8344) | 105 (165.1200) |
| 2014-02-27 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 9 / 37 (656.5140) | 12 (166.2284) | 2 (172.5944) | 12 (163.9884) | 19 (153.7028) |