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.
Cargill Steel
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2014-05-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
452.33
last 3 Master vs avg 452.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±212.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 153.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.74)
Road miles
31
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
452.33 / 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.
Cargill Steel 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.
#4419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Cargill Steel)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Cargill Steel has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Cargill Steel did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Cargill Steel on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1312 | 149.7140 | 153.42 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1660 | 141.0628 | 148.74 | top 80% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6684 | 144.5368 | 151.10 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1428 | 148.5600 | 150.85 | top 72% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2014-05-02
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 153.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.74)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
452.33
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
30–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
31
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score621.1084 Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)157.6684 Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival
- 2014
- Most recent contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | 2013-05-03 |
| -9 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| -1.3 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival | 2013-10-11 |
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 83% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.3% | 53.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 66 / 80 (583.8736) | 63 (149.7140) | 73 (141.0628) | 70 (144.5368) | 57 (148.5600) |
| 2013-10-11 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival Sand Springs, OK | 23 / 38 (621.1084) | 19 (157.1312) | 27 (153.1660) | 26 (157.6684) | 28 (153.1428) |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 87 / 88 (152.0002) | — | 69 (152.0002) | — | — |