High-water mark
335.4284
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 335.4284 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 17, 2025
Beefis and Butt-Head
Beefis and Butt-Head is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 39 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They are ranked #3723 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Beefis and Butthead”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1501 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Oct 17, 2025 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
323.01 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.87 (+2.14)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.23
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.87)
Road miles
19
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
320.87 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Beefis and Butt-Head, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1509
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Beefis and Butt-Head)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — The Catering Vets ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1523
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Beefis and Butt-Head)
They've been 1523 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Beefis and Butt-Head on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Beefis and Butt-Head's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boar on the Floor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Slice to Meat You | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Los Diablos | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Boob-B-Q | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Boss Hawgs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Last Place Chicken | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SportsPage Smokers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Just For Fun BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 150.1828 | 161.00 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 150.7884 | 159.87 | top 74% |
“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 73% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 48% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 76% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
243
finished ahead 145 times, behind 238
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Aug 13, 2021 → Sep 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score335.4284 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7256 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7884 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1501) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 17, 2025 |
| +2.5 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 18, 2024 |
| +1.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| +0.6 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) | Aug 4, 2023 |
| -6.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.8% | 87.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2025 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 39 (335.4284) | 13 (169.7256) | 28 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 24 / 50 (332.4684) | 23 (167.3712) | 28 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 26 / 50 (326.7884) | 35 (159.3712) | 24 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 55 / 58 (306.1372) | 56 (150.1828) | 49 (155.9544) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 34 / 35 (314.2400) | 29 (159.9772) | 37 (154.2628) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 27 / 49 (310.1712) | 21 (159.3828) | 38 (150.7884) | — | — |