Just Smoked Your Butt

Just Smoked Your Butt is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest (2013). They are ranked #6412 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,412

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1385

peak 1385 · rated over 36 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Sep 9, 2023 · 10.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#701

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

666.7544 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.20 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 630.70 (-1.49)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Chicken · Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest

Consistency

±17.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.21 · weakest Brisket (151.93)

Road miles

1,263

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$92K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

630.70 / 720

36 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

666.7544 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.7544 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 24, 2021

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 58%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 58%

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' SAUCED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' SAUCED has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.28 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 151.93
Chicken avg 161.21
0 calls in 36 entries

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMF in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' SAUCED ahead 87% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' SAUCED has out-cooked them in 13 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HIRAM'S BONES has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±2.39% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
36 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 27th

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
2023 ↗	Master	#771 (180 pts)	#834 (180 pts)	#835 (215 pts)	#750 (205 pts)	#815 (180 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#701 (244 pts)	#610 (329 pts)	#771 (249 pts)	#648 (299 pts)	#724 (244 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1226 (180 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1162 (225 pts)	#1301 (180 pts)	#1176 (215 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#871 (342 pts)	#573 (567 pts)	#964 (322 pts)	#1012 (307 pts)	#901 (342 pts)

Overall rank by season

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#6,413 of the rated field

1385 power rating

Contests: 74
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1385

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 74 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 74 contests
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Grease Monkey Grilling

#6,411 of the rated field

1386 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1386

Fewer contests behind them than Just Smoked Your Butt has cooked, 17 to 36, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
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SMOKIN GOOD BBQ

#6,407 of the rated field

1386 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1509

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Just Smoked Your Butt)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Just Smoked Your Butt has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2024

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#6,408 of the rated field

1386 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1386

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen May 30, 2026

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MOOSE'S BARBECUE

#6,415 of the rated field

1384 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

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

rated over 23 contests
last seen Oct 14, 2022

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CRITTER COOKER'S

#6,409 of the rated field

1386 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

Level with Just Smoked Your Butt on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 11, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
T'S SMOKIN PIT	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
F.O.M.S.B.	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
SKUNK RIVER BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Grilligans Island	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
BLOWIN' SMOKE	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Last Years Leftovers	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	4	1	176	148.5028	161.21	top 64%
Pork Ribs	36	0	0	173.7144	145.0972	157.43	top 70%
Pork	36	2	0	170.8572	149.0400	160.12	top 67%
Brisket	36	0	0	169.7144	126.8000	151.93	top 77%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	15	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	21	0	top 69%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	29	0	top 74%
MO	7	0	top 76%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	7	27	top 57%	Sep 23, 2022
Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"	5	21	top 78%	Jun 17, 2022
The G Town Smokin Showdown	3	20	top 89%	Apr 28, 2017
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	75	top 74%	Sep 21, 2018
Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2	26	top 55%	May 16, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 29 of 36 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 22 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 849 finished ahead 622 times, behind 1,499

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs Mar 13, 2020 → Jun 18, 2021

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

20231 milestone

Sep 9 Most recent contest 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails

20211 milestone

Sep 24 Career-best overall score666.7544 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)

20191 milestone

Sep 27 25th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20151 milestone

May 15 10th tracked contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off

20141 milestone

May 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1084 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off

20134 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Jun 7 First call Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1498) Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Oct 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2019
+8.7	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	Sep 24, 2021
+2.4	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	Jun 7, 2013
+2.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 23, 2016
+1.8	6th Annual Smoke on the Trails	Sep 9, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	May 15, 2015
-10.1	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
-9.6	The G Town Smokin Showdown (Formerly known as Autumn Blaze)	Apr 24, 2015
-9.5	The G Town Smokin Showdown	Apr 29, 2016
-8.5	Border War Barbeque	Oct 21, 2016

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	3	0%	top 86%	89.3%	86.6%
2022	4	25%	top 81%	90.3%	87.7%
2021	3	0%	top 69%	92.6%	88.7%
2020	1	0%	top 97%	84.1%	84.1%
2019	3	0%	top 69%	92.3%	88.6%
2018	3	67%	top 78%	89.9%	88%
2017	4	25%	top 74%	88.6%	88.1%
2016	3	0%	top 83%	89.3%	84.8%
2015	4	0%	top 82%	88.3%	86.6%
2014	3	0%	top 58%	90.2%	89.6%
2013	5	40%	top 61%	89.8%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 9, 2023	7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	35 / 38 (610.0916)	35 (157.6916)	32 (159.9772)	35 (149.0400)	37 (143.3828)
Jun 2, 2023	McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	26 / 36 (642.7884)	27 (161.1428)	18 (164)	20 (165.1084)	31 (152.5372)
Mar 17, 2023	5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	64 / 68 (618.6512)	49 (164.5600)	65 (151.9428)	65 (154.2056)	62 (147.9428)
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	75 / 87 (624.3312)	82 (150.7772)	77 (153.0512)	62 (159.4056)	45 (161.0972)
Sep 9, 2022	6th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	25 / 37 (650.1492)	8 (173.1316)	29 (158.8232)	29 (162.2400)	30 (155.9544)
Jun 17, 2022	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" 🏅 Kansas City, KS	23 / 29 (632.5488)	27 (151.4400)	22 (155.9772)	12 (170.2744)	23 (154.8572)
Mar 18, 2022	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	64 / 71 (618.1944)	53 (162.8228)	68 (145.6800)	61 (158.2516)	62 (151.4400)
Sep 24, 2021	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	33 / 86 (666.7544)	45 (162.8228)	14 (173.7144)	23 (168.5600)	40 (161.6572)
Sep 10, 2021	Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	45 / 53 (612.9484)	48 (148.5028)	48 (151.3716)	44 (152.5484)	36 (160.5256)
Jun 18, 2021	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	31 / 37 (635.8632)	30 (163.3828)	30 (156.5488)	29 (160.5600)	32 (155.3716)
Mar 13, 2020	2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	66 / 68 (605.5316)	60 (156.5372)	67 (146.7772)	52 (162.2628)	67 (139.9544)
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	27 / 102 (664.5372)	44 (166.2972)	24 (169.1428)	73 (159.3828)	18 (169.7144)
Jul 5, 2019	Johnson County BBQ Challenge 🏅 Warrensburg, MO	34 / 37 (611.2688)	34 (155.3944)	37 (145.0972)	28 (162.2628)	36 (148.5144)
Jun 14, 2019	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	34 / 38 (636.9600)	26 (165.1084)	17 (166.8456)	36 (154.2172)	36 (150.7888)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	75 / 107 (637.0512)	71 (160.5144)	56 (162.8572)	25 (169.7028)	101 (143.9768)
Jun 15, 2018	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS	24 / 32 (647.3488)	26 (157.1200)	23 (163.3944)	9 (167.4172)	24 (159.4172)
May 18, 2018	23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	33 / 37 (616.4460)	27 (162.2284)	34 (151.3828)	7 (170.8572)	36 (131.9776)
Sep 22, 2017	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	88 / 112 (626.1828)	99 (151.9428)	75 (158.2744)	48 (165.7028)	92 (150.2628)
Jun 16, 2017	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life (JUDGES FULL) Kansas City, KS	21 / 34 (638.1488)	6 (167.9772)	14 (162.2744)	11 (166.8228)	31 (141.0744)
May 19, 2017	22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	48 / 59 (637.5544)	43 (162.2400)	41 (161.6800)	56 (153.0972)	37 (160.5372)
Apr 28, 2017	The G Town Smokin Showdown Garnett, KS	20 / 27 (634.1484)	19 (160.5488)	22 (151.9656)	24 (155.3600)	13 (166.2740)
Oct 21, 2016	Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS	37 / 38 (588.4460)	35 (153.1316)	32 (156.5488)	34 (151.9656)	38 (126.8000)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	57 / 111 (642.7312)	23 (169.6800)	40 (165.1428)	95 (155.9428)	87 (151.9656)
Apr 29, 2016	The G Town Smokin Showdown Garnett, KS	26 / 26 (600.9828)	24 (154.8000)	24 (148.5372)	25 (154.8228)	25 (142.8228)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	71 / 112 (635.8852)	12 (173.1428)	77 (158.8228)	86 (154.2512)	93 (149.6684)
Jun 5, 2015	2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	53 / 64 (625.0628)	35 (163.4172)	40 (158.8456)	52 (154.2628)	58 (148.5372)
May 15, 2015	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	46 / 51 (615.3368)	44 (155.3940)	49 (149.6800)	36 (157.1772)	41 (153.0856)
Apr 24, 2015	The G Town Smokin Showdown (Formerly known as Autumn Blaze) Garnett, KS	23 / 25 (618.1028)	23 (156.5028)	21 (152.5372)	17 (162.8456)	24 (146.2172)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	57 / 112 (642.8000)	15 (171.4744)	65 (157.7028)	52 (163.9656)	89 (149.6572)
May 24, 2014	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	55 / 87 (642.7656)	64 (159.3600)	44 (162.2400)	68 (157.1656)	41 (164)
May 16, 2014	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	30 / 50 (649.1084)	21 (165.1428)	38 (156.5256)	21 (167.4284)	29 (160.0116)
Oct 18, 2013	Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest 🏅 Garnett, KS	15 / 25 (639.8284)	2 (176)	23 (146.7772)	18 (159.4056)	17 (157.6456)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	94 / 114 (610.2284)	54 (161.7028)	65 (157.6800)	76 (157.1656)	111 (133.6800)
Jun 7, 2013	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	21 / 49 (646.2858)	8 (168.0002)	28 (160.5714)	37 (157.7142)	23 (160)
May 10, 2013	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	26 / 52 (644.5716)	42 (155.4286)	17 (165.7144)	30 (160.5714)	21 (162.8572)
Apr 12, 2013	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	33 / 48 (635.4288)	30 (158.2858)	29 (159.4286)	26 (162.2858)	31 (155.4286)

Just Smoked Your Butt

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 (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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)