A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CIDER BOYS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CIDER BOYS BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BUTTS 'N' BEEF BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-14
latest 2014-05-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.36
last 3 Master vs avg 606.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.97 · weakest Brisket (139.21)
Road miles
78
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
606.36 / 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.
BUTTS 'N' BEEF BBQ 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 135 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.
#4842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1508
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BUTTS 'N' BEEF BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUTTS 'N' BEEF BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with BUTTS 'N' BEEF BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 153.0512 | 159.97 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 142.2172 | 151.38 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 146.2628 | 155.79 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7144 | 130.7888 | 139.21 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2013-09-14 → 2014-05-31
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MA
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 · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.97 · weakest Brisket (139.21)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
13–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
78
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- First call Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1492) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2014
- Career-best overall score614.1256 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1428 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
- Most recent contest Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-10-11 |
| -11.2 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest | 2014-05-31 |
| -8.5 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2013-09-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 84.7% | 83.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-31 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH | 38 / 48 (614.1256) | 38 (153.0512) | 46 (142.2172) | 14 (165.1428) | 26 (153.7144) |
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA | 21 / 21 (595.2916) | 8 (162.8572) | 14 (155.3828) | 21 (146.2628) | 21 (130.7888) |
| 2013-09-14 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 33 / 42 (609.6572) | 10 (164.0000) | 28 (156.5484) | 28 (155.9772) | 41 (133.1316) |