BUFFALO'S BBQ OK

Power ranking

#350

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1631

peak 1692 · rated over 57 contests

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-08

latest 2024-05-03

Best ToY finish

#21

Master 2015

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 58 contests

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

701.1084 / 720

Master · Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

685.51

last 5 Master vs avg 685.72 (-0.21)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · 2nd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest

Consistency

±8.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.18)

Road miles

10976

mi across 58 mapped stops · furthest 535 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$711K

listed at 37 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 47 state-championship entries

Master avg

685.72 / 720

57 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has finished one call ahead of BUFFALO'S BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 27 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN DAN in 27 of their 29 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 3 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.4512 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin' on the Square (2019-10-25).

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 15% across 7 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, OK first)

Three Hog Night Smokers #357 · 1628 · OK SUPER SWINE #320 · 1640 · OK The Smokin Goat #409 · 1616 · OK DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK #424 · 1613 · OK HOLLOW Q #434 · 1610 · OK BUTCHER BBQ #441 · 1609 · OK

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	44	16	28	36%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	37	25	12	68%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	34	22	12	65%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	34	12	22	35%	⚔ compare
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	30	19	11	63%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DAN	29	27	2	93%	⚔ compare
HOLLOW Q	29	26	3	90%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	29	26	3	90%	⚔ compare
CEO BBQ	27	24	3	89%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	27	20	7	74%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	27	7	20	26%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	25	13	12	52%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	24	8	16	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	57	23	3	5	179.4400	161.6456	171.59	top 41%
Pork Ribs	57	24	2	5	178.8572	159.9772	171.18	top 37%
Pork	57	26	1	6	180.0000 🔥	161.1084	171.24	top 41%
Brisket	57	26	5	12	180.0000 🔥	157.6456	171.70	top 31%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	34	top 31%
KS	14	top 36%
CO	3	top 29%
AR	3	top 14%
IA	1	top 17%
MO	1	top 50%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	8	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	20	top 28%
Large (40+)	29	top 26%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Springs BBQ Championship	4	3	top 42%	2023-05-12
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	40	top 17%	2023-09-27
Beats, Brews, & BBQ	3	6	top 26%	2021-06-11
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2	3	5	top 14%	2021-03-20
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	3	4	top 10%	2021-03-19
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST	2	144	top 72%	2022-09-29
Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off	2	2	top 16%	2022-09-16
Pork-A-Palooza	2	12	top 51%	2022-04-15
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2	3	top 19%	2021-10-15
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2	4	top 28%	2020-07-10

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (18 contests)
Cooks mostly in OK (34 of 58 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (57 entries)
Average Master overall score: 685.72 / 720
4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

Milestones

🚩 2019-02-08 — First tracked contest · KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship
📣 2019-03-22 — First call · Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1
⭐ 2019-07-12 — Career-best overall score (701.1084) · Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
🔥 2019-10-18 — First perfect 180 (Brisket) · Harper County Bullseye BBQ
🎖️ 2020-10-02 — 25th tracked contest · Ottumwa Smoketoberfest
📈 2021-06-11 — Peak power rating (1692) · Beats, Brews, & BBQ
🎖️ 2022-10-01 — 50th tracked contest · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	Smoke On the Border	2019-04-06
+11.9	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	2019-05-03
+11.6	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational	2021-11-13
+11.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1	2019-03-22
+11.3	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2019-07-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	City of Springs BBQ Championship	2023-05-12
-12.7	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST	2021-09-16
-12.4	Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2	2022-11-05
-12.1	Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)	2023-03-31
-11.7	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition	2020-11-13

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0	100%	top 65%	95.7%	95.7%
2023	4	1	0	50%	top 57%	96.8%	95.1%
2022	11	7	2	73%	top 42%	96.5%	94.9%
2021	14	10	1	71%	top 31%	97.1%	95.2%
2020	10	2	3	90%	top 33%	96.8%	94.9%
2019	18	13	5	89%	top 17%	97.4%	95.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-05-03	3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest 🏅 Alva, OK	13 / 20 (689.0628)	14 (171.9656)	2 (178.8572)	15 (170.8456)	14 (167.3944)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	120 / 487 (685.0628)	120 (173.1428)	142 (171.9772)	301 (165.6800)	62 (174.2628)
2023-05-12	City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	13 / 16 (674.7316)	14 (162.2516)	2 (177.7144)	14 (166.2400)	10 (168.5256)
2023-05-05	2nd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest Alva, OK	9 / 15 (697.0744)	11 (174.2628)	9 (171.9772)	13 (170.8344)	2 (180.0000)
2023-03-31	Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK	18 / 29 (681.6000)	26 (165.6800)	13 (174.2628)	20 (169.6800)	12 (171.9772)
2022-11-05	Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Harper, KS	7 / 9 (689.0632)	6 (174.2744)	4 (175.4172)	7 (170.8344)	8 (168.5372)
2022-11-04	Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Harper, KS	5 / 10 (681.6116)	5 (174.2628)	10 (162.8000)	6 (165.6916)	1 (178.8572)
2022-10-21	OKC BBQ Fest 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK	8 / 35 (694.7656)	15 (170.8344)	13 (173.1200)	5 (177.7028)	11 (173.1084)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	163 / 249 (676.4572)	209 (165.6800)	160 (169.1200)	199 (166.2400)	29 (175.4172)
2022-09-29	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	85 / 505 (686.2168)	155 (170.8684)	44 (176.0000)	218 (168.5372)	130 (170.8112)
2022-09-16	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	9 / 39 (682.7196)	1 (177.1428)	8 (171.9656)	31 (161.6456)	13 (171.9656)
2022-07-29	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	9 / 19 (681.6224)	13 (167.4056)	10 (171.9656)	15 (167.9884)	5 (174.2628)
2022-05-20	City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	6 / 25 (690.2628)	7 (172.5600)	6 (171.4516)	15 (171.4056)	3 (174.8456)
2022-05-06	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	9 / 38 (687.9316)	14 (173.1200)	9 (174.2744)	22 (167.3944)	5 (173.1428)
2022-04-15	Pork-A-Palooza 🏅 Weatherford, OK	19 / 29 (664.9712)	24 (164.5256)	19 (165.6800)	23 (162.8000)	7 (171.9656)
2021-11-13	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK	10 / 92 (698.2512)	59 (171.4056)	17 (176.5600)	34 (173.1428)	6 (177.1428)
2021-11-11	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK	73 / 111 (671.8740)	81 (165.6684)	72 (166.8572)	81 (167.3828)	34 (171.9656)
2021-10-15	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	4 / 16 (698.8000)	5 (174.2744)	4 (177.1544)	5 (175.4056)	7 (171.9656)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	144 / 185 (669.5884)	173 (161.6456)	105 (169.7144)	132 (166.8228)	68 (171.4056)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	40 / 467 (685.0744)	265 (163.9888)	27 (176.5600)	17 (177.1428)	174 (167.3828)
2021-09-10	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	2 / 25 (695.9200)	12 (168.5372)	7 (175.4172)	4 (176.5600)	2 (175.4056)
2021-08-06	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	21 / 42 (668.9940)	15 (170.8228)	18 (168.5600)	16 (171.9656)	32 (157.6456)
2021-07-16	County Seat Cookoff Jay, OK	8 / 15 (677.6340)	13 (164.5368)	5 (173.1544)	5 (170.8228)	9 (169.1200)
2021-06-11	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	7 / 25 (684.4568)	7 (174.2628)	12 (170.2628)	13 (169.1200)	6 (170.8112)
2021-05-07	Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	10 / 53 (690.7884)	8 (176.0000)	8 (174.2972)	10 (174.2628)	21 (166.2284)
2021-05-01	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	7 / 14 (680.4796)	4 (175.4056)	9 (167.9656)	9 (163.4056)	4 (173.7028)
2021-04-23	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	6 / 41 (689.6112)	23 (168.5256)	27 (164.5256)	2 (178.8572)	1 (177.7028)
2021-03-20	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	5 / 50 (693.6572)	27 (170.2628)	11 (173.1316)	20 (172.5600)	3 (177.7028)
2021-03-19	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	5 / 56 (693.6340)	7 (176.5828)	39 (166.2284)	3 (180.0000)	26 (170.8228)
2020-11-13	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 Mayetta, KS	66 / 94 (677.6112)	49 (170.8456)	29 (173.1316)	75 (166.8112)	75 (166.8228)
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	6 / 58 (696.5372)	7 (177.7144)	6 (177.1544)	29 (170.2628)	27 (171.4056)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	4 / 64 (697.1316)	39 (170.2628)	15 (172.5716)	20 (174.2972)	1 (180.0000)
2020-10-02	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	11 / 66 (681.6456)	35 (167.9772)	1 (176.5828)	39 (166.8228)	17 (170.2628)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	30 / 56 (679.9084)	23 (173.1200)	23 (169.7144)	7 (175.4056)	50 (161.6684)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	15 / 56 (684.5256)	40 (165.7372)	3 (176.5600)	40 (167.9656)	14 (174.2628)
2020-09-05	Mozingo Lake BBQ 🏅 Maryville, MO	17 / 34 (675.3828)	3 (176.0116)	12 (171.4172)	25 (161.1084)	12 (166.8456)
2020-08-07	15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	14 / 54 (678.2516)	1 (176.0116)	44 (159.9772)	6 (173.1428)	15 (169.1200)
2020-07-10	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	30 / 61 (678.2172)	43 (163.9772)	35 (167.3944)	26 (169.7028)	6 (177.1428)
2020-06-12	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	11 / 55 (686.1940)	39 (165.1200)	7 (174.2628)	13 (173.7028)	12 (173.1084)
2019-10-25	Smokin' on the Square 🏅 El Dorado, AR	2 / 20 (691.3716)	4 (175.4172)	4 (172.5716)	6 (167.9772)	3 (175.4056)
2019-10-18	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	3 / 25 (694.2624)	8 (173.1084)	12 (168.5484)	7 (172.6056)	1 (180.0000)
2019-09-20	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK	4 / 28 (681.0400)	5 (173.1084)	8 (167.4172)	2 (175.4172)	10 (165.0972)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	29 / 135 (691.9772)	6 (178.8572)	87 (168.0000)	80 (169.1200)	18 (176.0000)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	9 / 468 (695.9428)	13 (177.7028)	162 (167.9772)	33 (174.8456)	32 (175.4172)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	7 / 30 (685.0856)	1 (177.7028)	13 (167.4400)	6 (171.9772)	8 (167.9656)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	8 / 54 (685.0400)	15 (173.1200)	24 (167.9656)	2 (176.5716)	22 (167.3828)
2019-07-12	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	4 / 59 (701.1084)	5 (175.4172)	10 (175.4056)	1 (178.8800)	16 (171.4056)
2019-06-22	Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK	6 / 27 (684.5256)	15 (166.8228)	13 (167.4172)	6 (173.1428)	1 (177.1428)
2019-06-07	Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK	6 / 21 (682.2400)	6 (171.9772)	12 (166.2628)	2 (178.8572)	13 (165.1428)
2019-05-10	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	3 / 25 (684.5600)	4 (174.2972)	12 (165.1200)	10 (168.0000)	2 (177.1428)
2019-05-03	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅	4 / 56 (696.5372)	2 (179.4400)	5 (175.4288)	16 (172.5600)	15 (169.1084)
2019-04-26	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	7 / 39 (682.7772)	18 (168.5600)	10 (168.5488)	5 (173.7028)	8 (171.9656)
2019-04-19	Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK	12 / 33 (675.9200)	6 (174.8800)	11 (169.7144)	10 (170.8228)	23 (160.5028)
2019-04-06	Smoke On the Border 🏅 Gravette, AR	3 / 29 (696.5256)	7 (174.2628)	1 (176.5944)	10 (170.2628)	3 (175.4056)
2019-03-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	14 / 62 (689.0740)	22 (172.5484)	13 (173.1200)	4 (177.7372)	39 (165.6684)
2019-03-22	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	11 / 74 (685.6684)	20 (170.8456)	30 (167.9772)	4 (176.0000)	22 (170.8456)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR	19 / 92 (685.0744)	12 (176.0000)	54 (166.2400)	20 (171.9888)	32 (170.8456)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#994 (105 pts)	#1100 (100 pts)	#738 (245 pts)	#1089 (95 pts)	#1046 (100 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#343 (614 pts)	#397 (569 pts)	#333 (774 pts)	#378 (564 pts)	#252 (864 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#178 (1138 pts)	#202 (1068 pts)	#217 (1068 pts)	#300 (818 pts)	#130 (1343 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#81 (1635 pts)	#124 (1285 pts)	#142 (1250 pts)	#76 (1600 pts)	#75 (1595 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#87 (1089 pts)	#87 (1054 pts)	#63 (1284 pts)	#132 (844 pts)	#74 (1154 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#71 (2040 pts)	#52 (1966 pts)	#134 (1555 pts)	#32 (2146 pts)	#63 (1900 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#83 (1987 pts)	#46 (2051 pts)	#56 (1985 pts)	#113 (1658 pts)	#27 (2237 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#47 (2297 pts)	#17 (2361 pts)	#25 (2231 pts)	#61 (1999 pts)	#29 (2343 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#48 (2356 pts)	#95 (1828 pts)	#36 (2218 pts)	#31 (2224 pts)	#6 (2568 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#21 (2538 pts)	#31 (2261 pts)	#59 (2007 pts)	#3 (2642 pts)	#20 (2394 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#168 (1645 pts)	#205 (1400 pts)	#170 (1570 pts)	#172 (1520 pts)	#280 (1225 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#84 (2062 pts)	#154 (1438 pts)	#33 (2172 pts)	#21 (2380 pts)	#102 (1876 pts)