THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4305

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1517 · rated over 32 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-02

latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#640

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0168 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Bricks

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.65 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.70 (+0.95)

Walk rate

31%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest

Consistency

±14.30

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.40 · weakest Brisket (162.39)

Road miles

922

mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi

Schedule strength

65%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$430K

listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 22 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.70 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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

677.0168 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0168 at Smoke on the Bricks — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-08-25

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 45%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.02 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 162.39
Chicken avg 168.40
0 calls in 32 entries

A strong matchup

11–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAN MEAT BBQ has out-cooked them in 17 of 24 shared chicken entries.

A September team

Top 51% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 51% across 3 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.99% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.99% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
36 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Bricks every year from 2021 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 22nd

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147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Outhouse BBQ

#4306 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1476

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — Outhouse BBQ ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKEY JOKERS

#4310 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1505

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS)

Fewer contests behind them than THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS has cooked, 21 to 36, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Hook 'Em Hogs BBQ

#4293 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS)

They turned up 5 years after THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Drunken Fog

#4309 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

RIVERSIDE SMOKE

#4321 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1528 at their best, 52 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2024-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Tom Tom Bob A Que

#4302 of the rated field

1476 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1476

No shared contest yet.

39 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2024-07-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MAN MEAT BBQ	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
MAD MUTT'S BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Barking Dog BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Cow Creek BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	7	176.5600	155.3828	168.40	top 46%
Pork Ribs	32	5	174.8572	138.8116	165.52	top 52%
Pork	32	0	174.2744	143.9084	162.40	top 66%
Brisket	32	0	172.5716	145.0744	162.39	top 59%

“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
KS	30	0	top 63%
MO	2	0	top 46%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 67%
Large (40+)	26	0	top 61%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Bricks	5	22	top 64%	2025-08-08
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	120	top 51%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	315	top 79%	2025-11-05

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.5 yrs 2014-05-02 → 2025-11-05

Busiest season 2025 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 34 of 36 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 25 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 32 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.40 · weakest Brisket (162.39)

Walk rate 31% a top-10 call in 11 of 36 contests

Overall top-10 rate 3% 1 of 36 contests

Master average 658.70 out of 720 · 32 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,464 1,331–2,374 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 922 36 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests

Purse competed for $429,505 listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 22 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2015-06-05 → 2016-08-26

Power rating 1476 peak 1517 · #4305 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
May 2 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
May 15 First call 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3828 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
2017
Jun 2 First overall top-10 McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary(JUDGES FULL)
2018
Jun 1 10th tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL)
2021
Jul 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
2022
Aug 26 Peak power rating (1517) Smoke on the Bricks
2023
Aug 25 Career-best overall score677.0168 Smoke on the Bricks
Sep 27 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
2025
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary(JUDGES FULL)	2017-06-02
+7.2	VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits	2019-04-05
+5.3	22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort	2017-05-19
+4.8	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	2016-08-26
+4.6	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	2021-09-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-05-02
-8	Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition	2024-06-28
-8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2025-11-05
-7.9	9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge	2017-04-21
-7.2	7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship	2025-03-21

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	5	0	0%	top 78%	93.4%	91.6%
2024	5	0	40%	top 77%	92.3%	91.5%
2023	4	0	0%	top 55%	94%	93.6%
2022	4	0	0%	top 61%	93.5%	91.5%
2021	4	0	50%	top 57%	93.6%	91.9%
2020	1	0	0%	top 60%	92%	92%
2019	3	0	0%	top 45%	93.4%	92.7%
2018	3	0	67%	top 63%	92.4%	90.8%
2017	3	1	67%	top 54%	92.9%	90.8%
2016	1	0	100%	top 41%	90.7%	90.7%
2015	2	0	100%	top 57%	91%	90.4%
2014	1	0	0%	top 93%	85.8%	85.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	351 / 401 (642.7204)	258 (167.3944)	306 (163.9888)	292 (165.0972)	390 (146.2400)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2025-08-08	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	35 / 53 (672.4344)	34 (170.8344)	29 (170.2628)	37 (167.3828)	38 (163.9544)
2025-06-06	McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	20 / 28 (671.8740)	23 (163.3712)	11 (173.7260)	15 (169.6912)	17 (165.0856)
2025-03-21	7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	61 / 70 (651.8632)	65 (158.8000)	49 (166.8688)	63 (161.0856)	49 (165.1088)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	315 / 444 (659.3604)	275 (166.8344)	280 (166.8344)	155 (170.8572)	376 (154.8344)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-08-09	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	34 / 46 (652.3656)	10 (173.1200)	41 (155.9200)	43 (158.2056)	28 (165.1200)
2024-06-28	Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	25 / 28 (664.4228)	21 (168.5372)	14 (171.9656)	21 (166.2744)	25 (157.6456)
2024-03-15	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	43 / 58 (658.7544)	25 (171.9772)	10 (174.8572)	49 (161.6800)	52 (150.2400)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	269 / 487 (669.6684)	307 (165.7028)	68 (174.8456)	418 (157.1200)	99 (172.0000)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-08-25	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	22 / 44 (677.0168)	26 (167.3712)	16 (171.9772)	16 (172.5484)	24 (165.1200)
2023-03-17	5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	41 / 68 (674.2056)	37 (167.9772)	35 (169.1200)	23 (173.1428)	49 (163.9656)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	371 / 505 (649.0288)	455 (155.3828)	94 (173.1660)	358 (162.7884)	397 (157.6916)
2022-08-26	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	28 / 48 (653.5660)	29 (162.8116)	31 (162.8000)	30 (161.6800)	28 (166.2744)
2022-03-18	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	36 / 71 (673.0056)	21 (171.9772)	11 (173.7144)	52 (163.9312)	44 (163.3828)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	120 / 467 (674.2284)	124 (170.8344)	116 (170.8456)	317 (160.5600)	76 (171.9884)
2021-08-20	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	33 / 46 (642.1028)	7 (174.2628)	38 (153.0744)	46 (143.9084)	11 (170.8572)
2021-07-09	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	30 / 43 (666.7660)	8 (176.5600)	29 (167.9772)	42 (149.6572)	14 (172.5716)
2021-03-19	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	42 / 70 (665.0288)	33 (168.5716)	60 (154.2172)	15 (174.2744)	30 (167.9656)
2020-03-13	2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	41 / 68 (662.2288)	32 (167.3944)	32 (168.5944)	59 (156.5372)	20 (169.7028)
2019-05-10	Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS	28 / 53 (672.5148)	33 (168.5372)	40 (160.5144)	18 (172.0116)	19 (171.4516)
2019-04-05	VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits 🏅 Overland Park, KS	20 / 53 (670.1944)	19 (169.6916)	22 (167.3944)	14 (169.1428)	27 (163.9656)
2019-03-15	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	28 / 64 (659.9204)	12 (172.5600)	38 (160.5144)	27 (167.4172)	40 (159.4288)
2018-06-01	McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual( JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	19 / 36 (662.7656)	18 (165.6684)	8 (172.5828)	27 (160.5600)	20 (163.9544)
2018-05-11	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL) De Soto, KS	31 / 56 (665.1088)	10 (174.2744)	29 (165.7144)	46 (161.1316)	37 (163.9884)
2018-04-06	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	82 / 103 (633.6116)	23 (173.1428)	85 (154.8344)	84 (156.5372)	94 (149.0972)
2017-06-02	McLouth BBQ Blowout 26th Anniversary(JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	10 / 32 (666.3204)	10 (167.9772)	4 (172.5716)	15 (164.5944)	19 (161.1772)
2017-05-19	22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	26 / 59 (669.0516)	34 (166.2744)	5 (173.7144)	19 (169.1200)	39 (159.9428)
2017-04-21	9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	55 / 64 (625.4744)	16 (170.8228)	49 (155.3600)	58 (154.2172)	61 (145.0744)
2016-08-26	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	25 / 61 (653.0628)	9 (170.8228)	41 (160.5828)	39 (159.9772)	27 (161.6800)
2015-06-05	McLouth BBQ Blowout 24th Annual (JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS	22 / 33 (646.8340)	8 (170.8572)	26 (156.5600)	27 (154.3084)	16 (165.1084)
2015-05-15	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	24 / 51 (655.3828)	29 (164.5372)	6 (172.6172)	37 (156.5256)	17 (161.7028)
2014-05-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	27 / 29 (617.6344)	13 (163.9656)	28 (138.8116)	22 (154.8228)	14 (160.0344)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#695 (198 pts)	#803 (183 pts)	#735 (243 pts)	#702 (223 pts)	#698 (213 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#668 (233 pts)	#588 (328 pts)	#590 (363 pts)	#668 (253 pts)	#710 (233 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#742 (195 pts)	#834 (180 pts)	#820 (225 pts)	#695 (235 pts)	#805 (185 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#807 (180 pts)	#827 (200 pts)	#765 (250 pts)	#854 (180 pts)	#837 (180 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#640 (240 pts)	#443 (440 pts)	#693 (240 pts)	#588 (290 pts)	#519 (365 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#819 (85 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1151 (205 pts)	#1010 (275 pts)	#1240 (195 pts)	#1026 (270 pts)	#1191 (210 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1175 (210 pts)	#1013 (300 pts)	#1082 (275 pts)	#1342 (180 pts)	#1265 (205 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1175 (252 pts)	#1137 (297 pts)	#864 (452 pts)	#1241 (257 pts)	#1384 (207 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#1736 (145 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1585 (138 pts)	#1358 (213 pts)	#1305 (233 pts)	#1906 (118 pts)	#1362 (203 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2798 (54 pts)	#1960 (114 pts)	#2794 (54 pts)	#2579 (69 pts)	#1968 (109 pts)