BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3870

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1486

peak 1505 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-05

latest 2024-03-15

Best ToY finish

#1320

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

675.2568 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Ohio

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

656.76 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.76 (+8.00)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Smoke on the Ohio

Consistency

±20.65

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.53 · weakest Pork (157.99)

Road miles

511

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 144 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$24K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.76 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

High-water mark

675.2568 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.2568 at Smoke on the Ohio — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-09-08

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS ahead in 83% of their meetings

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.54 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 157.99
Pork Ribs avg 165.53
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PoCo Porkers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

4.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.1 years, then back at Smoke on the Ohio (2023-09-08).

last seen 2019-08-16
back 2023-09-08

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

Smokin' Barrel BBQ

#3890 of the rated field

1485 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1485

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

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McQ Smokers

#3842 of the rated field

1486 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1486

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2025-09-12

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Dead End BBQ

#3892 of the rated field

1485 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

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BBQ-Express Team Lunteren

#3861 of the rated field

1486 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Pig Daddy

#3859 of the rated field

1486 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1486

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-05-26

⚔ Head-to-head

The Woodhouse Grill

#3843 of the rated field

1486 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

Level with BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-03-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Hickory Pit Stop	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	0	169.6684	155.3600	161.93	top 68%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	1	172.0116	150.2400	165.53	top 45%
Pork	7	1	0	1	171.4284	138.2628	157.99	top 67%
Brisket	7	2	1	1	180.0000 🔥	151.3372	163.31	top 53%

“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
IN	4	top 52%
TN	2	top 74%
IL	1	top 91%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 68%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 51%
Large (40+)	4	top 69%

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 10.9 yrs 2013-04-05 → 2024-03-15

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IN 4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.53 · weakest Pork (157.99)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 648.76 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 302 117–264 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 511 7 mapped stops · furthest 144 mi

Schedule strength 1558 average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests

Purse competed for $24,000 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4.1 yrs 2019-08-16 → 2023-09-08

Power rating 1486 peak 1505 · #3870 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 5 First tracked contest 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
Apr 5 First call 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.0000 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
Apr 5 Peak power rating (1505) 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
2023
Sep 8 First category win (Brisket) Smoke on the Ohio
Sep 8 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Smoke on the Ohio
Sep 8 Career-best overall score675.2568 Smoke on the Ohio
2024
Mar 15 Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.9	1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out	2013-04-05
+4.7	Smoke on the Ohio	2023-09-08
+1.4	*Smokin For Garrett	2018-04-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Wabash Ribber Fest	2015-04-24
-7.6	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	2019-03-08
-3.4	Evansville BBQ	2019-08-16
-3.2	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	2024-03-15

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0%	top 61%	93.6%	93.6%
2023	1	1	100%	top 44%	93.8%	93.8%
2019	2	0	50%	top 77%	89.7%	89.3%
2018	1	0	0%	top 58%	90.1%	90.1%
2015	1	0	0%	top 91%	84.7%	84.7%
2013	1	0	100%	top 36%	90%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	57 / 93 (674.1600)	75 (165.6800)	36 (170.8344)	68 (166.2400)	31 (171.4056)
2023-09-08	Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN	11 / 25 (675.2568)	17 (166.2284)	11 (169.6800)	18 (159.3484)	1 (180.0000)
2019-08-16	Evansville BBQ 🏅 Evansville, IN	13 / 19 (639.2456)	17 (156.5484)	2 (172.0116)	16 (146.7428)	10 (163.9428)
2019-03-08	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Nashville, TN	58 / 67 (646.0684)	62 (155.3600)	42 (166.2400)	56 (159.9428)	48 (164.5256)
2018-04-27	*Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	22 / 38 (649.0516)	29 (159.4284)	15 (166.2628)	20 (163.9544)	24 (159.4060)
2015-04-24	Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL	42 / 46 (609.5084)	13 (169.6684)	37 (150.2400)	45 (138.2628)	36 (151.3372)
2013-04-05	1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	18 / 50 (648.0000)	22 (160.5716)	18 (163.4286)	2 (171.4284)	35 (152.5714)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1320 (164 pts)	#1469 (144 pts)	#966 (304 pts)	#1440 (149 pts)	#1306 (179 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1870 (75 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1771 (110 pts)	#1901 (85 pts)	#1963 (65 pts)