A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bucknutz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bucknutz BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
That's What She Said BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2024-07-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.07
last 4 Master vs avg 637.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.69 · weakest Pork (155.28)
Road miles
647
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 647 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.07 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
6.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.9 years, then back at Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship (2022-07-29).
- last seen 2015-08-28
- back 2022-07-29
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.
That's What She Said BBQ has 4 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 149 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.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after That's What She Said BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with That's What She Said BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 143.4056 | 161.28 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 149.0972 | 163.69 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 148.5484 | 155.28 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 151.9656 | 156.82 | top 75% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.9 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2024-07-19
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.69 · weakest Pork (155.28)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
637.07
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
26–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
647
4 mapped stops · furthest 647 mi
Schedule strength
1548
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.9 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2022-07-29
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Best of the West BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) Best of the West BBQ Fest
- 2022
- First call Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
- 2023
- Career-best overall score649.6344 Shenandoah ShenDig
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Shenandoah ShenDig
- 2024
- Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Best of the West BBQ Fest | 2015-08-28 |
| -9.5 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ | 2024-07-19 |
| -6.1 | Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship | 2022-07-29 |
| -0.6 | Shenandoah ShenDig | 2023-07-21 |
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)
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 89% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 32 / 36 (646.2284) | 30 (163.9884) | 20 (170.2744) | 34 (155.4516) | 33 (156.5140) |
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 23 / 37 (649.6344) | 24 (164.5716) | 3 (175.4400) | 35 (150.8228) | 25 (158.8000) |
| 2022-07-29 | Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 21 / 27 (648.5372) | 7 (173.1544) | 26 (149.0972) | 14 (166.2972) | 18 (159.9884) |
| 2015-08-28 | Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY | 23 / 25 (603.8852) | 22 (143.4056) | 13 (159.9656) | 20 (148.5484) | 19 (151.9656) |