Kick Em In The Butt BBQ

Kick Em In The Butt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 10 at the Railyard BBQ Brawl (2022). They are ranked #6250 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,250

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1416

peak 1508 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 28, 2022

latest May 15, 2026 · 3.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#411

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

7% of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 77%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6340 / 720

Master · Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.50

last 5 Master vs avg 663.90 (-0.40)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023

Consistency

±11.39

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.04 · weakest Chicken (162.13)

Road miles

3,639

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 261 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$350K

listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 22 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.90 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

689.6340 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6340 at Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 27, 2023

A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.91 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 17%.

Chicken avg 162.13
Pork avg 168.04
3 calls in 23 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Roux BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 16 shared pork entries lost

BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BAD ROOSTER BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 16 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-25 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 25 points across 6 contests since Jun 20, 2025 — from 1441 down to 1416.

6 contests since Jun 20, 2025
now 1416

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The long haul

3,639 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,639 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 261 miles to Primo BBQ Bash.

28 mapped stops
furthest 261 mi

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
28 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 64th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#517 (313 pts)	#524 (358 pts)	#552 (358 pts)	#471 (393 pts)	#512 (343 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#551 (306 pts)	#621 (296 pts)	#546 (391 pts)	#592 (301 pts)	#466 (441 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#661 (236 pts)	#723 (236 pts)	#553 (401 pts)	#421 (508 pts)	#698 (236 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#411 (484 pts)	#308 (739 pts)	#416 (589 pts)	#332 (634 pts)	#376 (554 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Kick Em In The Butt BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

26 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BURROS BBQ

#6,249 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1416

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2026

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Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ

#6,247 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1416

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 13, 2026

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TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE

#6,252 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Kick Em In The Butt BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Piggy Blues BBQ

#6,248 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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Bluedog BBQ

#6,254 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1512

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Kick Em In The Butt BBQ's first contest.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2025

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WIZARD OF QZ

#6,253 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

Level with Kick Em In The Butt BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 5, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Blue Smoke Q	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
BAD ROOSTER BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
COOL HAND QUE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
ZIPS BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
Glamping Grillers	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Barking Pig BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
Stewbabys BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
NORALA BBQ TEAM	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	3	1	1	177.1428	147.3256	162.13	top 81%
Pork Ribs	26	3	0	0	174.2628	153.0512	166.01	top 67%
Pork	23	4	0	1	177.7028	159.4056	168.04	top 60%
Brisket	22	3	0	1	176.5716	158.2400	167.55	top 62%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 78%
Large (40+)	13	top 78%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	9	top 75%
TN	6	top 77%
GA	6	top 78%
MO	1	top 89%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	4	64	top 81%	Mar 20, 2026
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	4	31	top 76%	Mar 6, 2026
Smoke on the Falls	3	26	top 82%	Apr 3, 2026
Poosa Q	3	32	top 74%	Jun 20, 2025
Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival	2	22	top 69%	May 15, 2026
Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	2	44	top 84%	Nov 14, 2025
Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023	2	7	top 67%	Oct 27, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 8 contests

Contests a season 5.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 11 of 28 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 9 7 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 26 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 708 finished ahead 373 times, behind 1,502

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Mar 20 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
May 15 Most recent contest Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival

20241 milestone

Mar 1 10th tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20233 milestones

Mar 3 First category win (Chicken) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Oct 27 Career-best overall score689.6340 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
Oct 27 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023

20225 milestones

Oct 28 First tracked contest Railyard BBQ Brawl
Oct 28 First call Railyard BBQ Brawl
Oct 28 First overall top-10 Railyard BBQ Brawl
Oct 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0396 Railyard BBQ Brawl
Oct 28 Peak power rating (1508) Railyard BBQ Brawl

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023	Oct 27, 2023
+8	Railyard BBQ Brawl	Oct 28, 2022
+2.7	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival	May 15, 2026
+0.1	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition	Apr 11, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.3	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 1, 2024
-9.1	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 7, 2025
-9.1	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 3, 2026
-8.9	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 12, 2024
-8.7	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	Mar 14, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	6	0	0	17%	top 81%	93%	92.2%
2025	6	0	0	17%	top 85%	94%	91.9%
2024	7	0	0	29%	top 78%	92.9%	92.2%
2023	8	1	1	25%	top 70%	95.8%	92.4%
2022	1	1	0	100%	top 70%	92.9%	92.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 15, 2026	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN	22 / 33 (666.6856)	27 (161.6572)	26 (162.2400)	8 (173.1200)	16 (169.6684)
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	34 / 36 (656.3888)	36 (155.3600)	26 (168.5372)	35 (163.9544)	28 (168.5372)
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	96 / 125 (669.5772)	119 (158.2056)	39 (173.1316)	25 (176)	105 (162.2400)
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN	—	61 (163.9428)	—	—	—
Mar 20, 2026	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	73 (162.8344)	—	—
Mar 6, 2026	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	37 / 44 (662.1368)	43 (155.9312)	25 (170.2744)	27 (168.5140)	31 (167.4172)
Nov 14, 2025	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	52 / 56 (662.7088)	53 (162.8000)	50 (163.9888)	31 (170.8344)	50 (165.0856)
Jun 20, 2025	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	32 / 42 (676.4800)	37 (166.8340)	31 (166.8344)	37 (166.2400)	6 (176.5716)
Apr 11, 2025	Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL	23 / 31 (674.1712)	29 (162.2516)	18 (171.4056)	24 (169.1084)	19 (171.4056)
Mar 14, 2025	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	95 / 100 (636.4112)	96 (152.5256)	93 (159.3484)	74 (166.2972)	89 (158.2400)
Mar 14, 2025	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	52 (163.9888)	—	—
Mar 7, 2025	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	40 / 45 (658.6968)	43 (159.9428)	25 (169.6800)	41 (159.4056)	27 (169.6684)
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	44 / 58 (667.8512)	43 (167.3712)	38 (168.5372)	45 (165.6800)	42 (166.2628)
Oct 4, 2024	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	44 / 59 (669.0168)	40 (168.5372)	58 (159.9312)	19 (173.7028)	39 (166.8456)
May 4, 2024	The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Birmingham, AL	—	—	—	2 (170.2744)	—
Apr 12, 2024	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	26 / 31 (656.9372)	30 (154.7772)	7 (174.2628)	25 (165.0972)	26 (162.8000)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	67 / 93 (668.4340)	87 (162.2400)	52 (167.9656)	60 (167.3828)	32 (170.8456)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	31 (169.1428)	—	—
Mar 1, 2024	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	48 / 59 (655.8056)	52 (159.9428)	41 (165.6916)	43 (163.9428)	40 (166.2284)
Oct 27, 2023	Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL	9 / 14 (689.6340)	5 (173.1084)	9 (170.2744)	5 (177.7028)	10 (168.5484)
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	53 / 73 (666.1140)	62 (163.3712)	52 (164.5372)	25 (170.8228)	44 (167.3828)
Sep 8, 2023	Primo BBQ Bash 🏅 Poplar Bluff, MO	25 / 28 (639.2112)	27 (147.3256)	23 (160.5256)	22 (162.8000)	18 (168.5600)
May 19, 2023	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN	23 / 32 (665.5312)	25 (165.6800)	17 (167.3944)	11 (170.8112)	25 (161.6456)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	26 / 39 (660.4112)	36 (157.0856)	24 (166.2628)	18 (167.3828)	14 (169.6800)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	64 / 80 (657.5080)	39 (171.4056)	79 (153.0512)	60 (165.0740)	41 (167.9772)
Mar 17, 2023	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN	—	—	48 (160.5256)	—	—
Mar 3, 2023	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	31 / 65 (677.0400)	1 (177.1428)	27 (169.6916)	48 (163.9428)	35 (166.2628)
Oct 28, 2022	Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL	7 / 10 (669.0396)	7 (161.6340)	7 (166.2400)	7 (166.8456)	2 (174.3200)

Kick Em In The Butt BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)