High-water mark
500.5256
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 500.5256 at Hawgin On Lanier — 92.7% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Jul 31, 2020
BUTCHER'S BEST
BUTCHER'S BEST is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Piggin in the Park (2019). They are ranked #2603 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1525 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2019
latest Nov 15, 2024 · 5.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.41
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.32 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.63)
Road miles
118
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.34 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
488.01 / 540
4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BUTCHER'S BEST, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before BUTCHER'S BEST's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before BUTCHER'S BEST's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with BUTCHER'S BEST on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before BUTCHER'S BEST's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before BUTCHER'S BEST's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 163.3944 | 168.32 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 150.7888 | 156.63 | top 45% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.9428 | 159.72 | top 29% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
226
finished ahead 162 times, behind 162
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Nov 20, 2020 → Nov 15, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20202 milestones
- Career-best overall score500.5256 Hawgin On Lanier
- Peak power rating (1525) Hawgin On Lanier
20196 milestones
- First tracked contest Piggin in the Park
- First call Piggin in the Park
- First category win (Chicken) Piggin in the Park
- First overall top-10 Piggin in the Park
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score486.1372 Piggin in the Park
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Piggin in the Park
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Piggin in the Park | Jul 19, 2019 |
| +8.6 | Hawgin On Lanier | Jul 31, 2020 |
| +6 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 15, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.5 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 20, 2020 |
| -3.9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 15, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 41% | 92.7% | 90.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 26% | 90% | 89.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 34 / 58 (319.3372) | 26 (163.9772) | 35 (155.3600) | 20 (151.9428) | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 23 / 40 (481.5196) | 14 (168.5372) | 19 (160.4796) | 24 (152.5028) | — |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 13 / 55 (500.5256) | 11 (170.8456) | 26 (161.1200) | 8 (168.5600) | — |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cedartown, GA | 11 / 35 (483.8628) | 10 (163.3944) | 14 (155.3828) | 7 (165.0856) | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Piggin in the Park 🏅 Jasper, GA | 5 / 25 (486.1372) | 1 (174.8456) | 7 (150.7888) | 4 (160.5028) | — |