A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT ahead in 100% of their meetings
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Aces N Eights BBQ
Aces N Eights BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 13 at the All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2015
latest Aug 23, 2024 · 9.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.27 · weakest Brisket (149.23)
Road miles
140
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$9,500
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
610.54 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1592 (50 pts) | #1296 (65 pts) | #1170 (75 pts) | #1163 (70 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #1970 (70 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2109 (105 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2046 (90 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1985 (105 pts) | #1988 (100 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Aces N Eights BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Aces N Eights BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 131 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
They turned up 7 years after Aces N Eights BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1466
Level with Aces N Eights BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,861 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Aces N Eights BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 150.2400 | 154.83 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 132.3772 | 150.78 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 137.1656 | 155.27 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 134.1828 | 149.23 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 83% | Jul 6, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
113
finished ahead 25 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Jul 6, 2018 → Jun 14, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score630.0912 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Most recent contest All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2512 Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1493) Wine Country Big Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| -10.6 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Jul 8, 2016 |
| -7.1 | Wine Country Big Q | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -5.7 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Jul 6, 2018 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 87.5% | 85.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2024 | All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Auburn, CA | 12 / 13 (149.0860) | — | 12 (149.0860) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2024 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA | 23 / 25 (630.0912) | 25 (155.4400) | 22 (157.0628) | 20 (160.5256) | 21 (157.0628) |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 30 / 38 (616.5024) | 32 (151.3940) | 28 (157.1428) | 23 (161.7028) | 32 (146.2628) |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 33 / 38 (579.8400) | 28 (150.2400) | 16 (158.2516) | 38 (137.1656) | 35 (134.1828) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 29 / 38 (615.7368) | 19 (162.2512) | 36 (132.3772) | 16 (161.6912) | 17 (159.4172) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.