The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
QUIET RIOT BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bare Butts BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Bare Butts BBQ
Bare Butts BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 25th of 32 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2017). They finished #1464 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 2, 2017
latest Jun 7, 2024 · 7 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 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
166.8572
Consistency
±14.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 157.23 · weakest Brisket (151.24)
Road miles
2
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
613.12 / 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 | #1464 (59 pts) | #1499 (59 pts) | #1562 (59 pts) | #1478 (59 pts) | #1465 (59 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bare Butts BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Bare Butts 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 126 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,028 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Bare Butts BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bare Butts BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,034 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Level with Bare Butts BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Bare Butts 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 | 164.5372 | 146.8000 | 153.82 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 145.1312 | 157.23 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 146.8112 | 153.23 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 146.2056 | 151.24 | top 85% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original SD BBQ Championships | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 89% | Jun 7, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
82
finished ahead 12 times, behind 120
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 4, 2021 → Jun 7, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships
20211 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8572 The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score634.1484 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1494) Original SD BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | The Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 1, 2018 |
| -11.6 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 7, 2024 |
| -8.7 | Original SD BBQ Championship | May 31, 2019 |
| -6.2 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 2, 2017 |
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 100% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 34 / 34 (594.6508) | 33 (146.8000) | 34 (145.1312) | 33 (156.5140) | 32 (146.2056) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD | — | — | 13 (166.8572) | — | — |
| May 31, 2019 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 33 / 37 (613.5308) | 35 (150.8344) | 17 (166.8228) | 36 (146.8112) | 30 (149.0624) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 32 / 33 (610.1484) | 31 (153.1200) | 28 (150.2284) | 32 (152.5028) | 25 (154.2972) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 25 / 32 (634.1484) | 17 (164.5372) | 29 (157.1200) | 26 (157.1084) | 28 (155.3828) |