A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Rouxlin' Smoke
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1515 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-08-26
latest 2024-07-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.05
last 3 Master vs avg 618.05 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.34 · weakest Brisket (142.77)
Road miles
170
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 152 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.05 / 720
3 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.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 28 at their very first tracked contest, Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2022-08-26).
- 2022-08-26
- 28-team field
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.
Rouxlin' Smoke 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 127 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rouxlin' Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Rouxlin' Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Rouxlin' Smoke's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Rouxlin' Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 159.9428 | 164.34 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 156.5372 | 157.30 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5140 | 148.5028 | 153.65 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3256 | 134.7544 | 142.77 | top 96% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke & Soul Fest | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 89% | 2023-10-06 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2022-08-26 → 2024-07-12
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.34 · weakest Brisket (142.77)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
618.05
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
72
30–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
170
4 mapped stops · furthest 152 mi
Schedule strength
1586
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$32,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1483
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- First overall podium Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1515) Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- 2023
- Career-best overall score638.0336 Smoke & Soul Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3828 Smoke & Soul Fest
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke & Soul Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest | 2022-08-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2024-07-12 |
| -11.9 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2022-10-07 |
| -8.2 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2023-10-06 |
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 100% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 26 / 26 (607.2000) | 24 (159.9428) | 26 (156.5372) | 25 (148.5028) | 26 (142.2172) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 24 / 28 (638.0336) | 13 (167.3828) | 24 (158.8112) | 22 (160.5140) | 25 (151.3256) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 27 / 29 (608.9148) | 19 (165.6800) | 25 (156.5488) | 28 (151.9316) | 29 (134.7544) |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 3 / 28 (166.2400) | — | — | — | — |