Their season
2023
their best year
2023 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 36%.
- 5 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 0 category wins
- average top 36%
Kiss My Butt BBQ
Kiss My Butt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 9th of 27 at the Covington Cork & Pork Festival (2023). They are ranked #3579 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2014
latest Jul 21, 2023 · 9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
10% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.77 · weakest Brisket (141.66)
Road miles
2,129
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 546 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
603.40 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.29 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
467.64 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | — | #237 (147 pts) | #268 (127 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | #1584 (58 pts) | #1680 (58 pts) | — | — |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1529 (173 pts) | #1584 (178 pts) | #1322 (238 pts) | #1420 (218 pts) | #1601 (168 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2620 (65 pts) | #2145 (80 pts) | #1939 (115 pts) | #2145 (80 pts) | #2630 (65 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Kiss My Butt BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Kiss My Butt BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Kiss My Butt BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Kiss My Butt 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 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 148.5372 | 154.77 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 133.1428 | 152.82 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 141.6800 | 153.13 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 149.6572 | 134.2172 | 141.66 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
6 of 10 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
8
a different one every time
Opponents faced
273
finished ahead 130 times, behind 219
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Jun 14, 2019 → Jul 21, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- First overall top-10 Covington Cork & Pork Festival
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Mountain
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke on the Mountain
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain
20163 milestones
- First call I love Barbecue & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score630.8228 The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4628 The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Troy Pig Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | Jun 2, 2023 |
| +4.5 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 24, 2023 |
| +4.3 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 21, 2023 |
| +1.6 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Troy Pig Out | Jul 19, 2014 |
| -7.1 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival | Jul 2, 2016 |
| -4.5 | Poosa-Q | Jun 14, 2019 |
| -3.7 | The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest | Aug 26, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20% | top 36% | 88.9% | 86.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 87.6% | 85% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 14 / 38 (306.7428) | 14 (155.3600) | 13 (151.3828) | — | — |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival 🏅 Covington, VA | 9 / 27 (455.3372) | 9 (150.8000) | 7 (162.8572) | 9 (141.6800) | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 20 / 53 (479.9428) | 17 (164.0116) | 21 (157.1428) | 15 (158.7884) | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | 32 (152.4800) | — | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 33 (145.0972) | — | — |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 🏅 Galax, VA | 14 / 25 (318.2400) | 13 (162.8228) | 15 (155.4172) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 31 / 48 (290.8912) | 25 (157.7484) | 31 (133.1428) | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2016 | The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY | 11 / 15 (630.8228) | 13 (150.8344) | 11 (158.8684) | 6 (171.4628) | 10 (149.6572) |
| Jul 2, 2016 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 23 / 28 (593.7716) | 20 (150.3200) | 10 (157.7260) | 23 (144.6056) | 25 (141.1200) |
| Jul 19, 2014 | Troy Pig Out Troy, NY | 22 / 25 (585.6000) | 19 (148.5372) | 12 (153.7256) | 19 (149.1200) | 22 (134.2172) |