A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bucknutz BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bucknutz BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
On the Spit BBQ, LLC
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-06-20
latest 2026-07-18
Best ToY finish
#250
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.81
last 3 Master vs avg 588.81 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.82 · weakest Brisket (139.57)
Road miles
245
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.81 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
295.94 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Storylines (3 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated contests
Going the wrong way
-28
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 28 points across 4 contests since 2025-08-22 — from 1478 down to 1450.
- 4 contests since 2025-08-22
- now 1450
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Level with On the Spit BBQ, LLC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5508 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before On the Spit BBQ, LLC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before On the Spit BBQ, LLC's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5510 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before On the Spit BBQ, LLC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5489 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before On the Spit BBQ, LLC's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 125.6340 | 147.85 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 130.8228 | 147.17 | top 98% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 151.3716 | 154.82 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 129.0628 | 139.57 | top 97% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 97% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 94% | 2026-07-18 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2025-06-20 → 2026-07-18
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.82 · weakest Brisket (139.57)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
588.81
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
295.94
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
67
3–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
245
5 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$29,250
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1450
peak 1450 · #5493 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1488) Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- 2026
- Career-best overall score613.5888 Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition | 2025-06-20 |
| -10.8 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | 2026-07-18 |
| -10.1 | Cruisin' and BBQin' | 2025-08-22 |
| -9.6 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition | 2026-06-19 |
| -7.3 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | 2026-07-17 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.6% | 83.2% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.9% | 80.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA | 28 / 28 (276.4916) | 28 (135.9428) | 28 (140.5488) | — | — |
| 2026-07-17 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA | 24 / 27 (315.3828) | 24 (157.6800) | 24 (157.7028) | — | — |
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 20 / 20 (613.5888) | 18 (162.8456) | 20 (157.1200) | 20 (155.9772) | 20 (137.6460) |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA | 18 / 18 (555.7484) | 18 (125.6340) | 18 (149.6800) | 18 (151.3716) | 18 (129.0628) |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 25 / 25 (597.0856) | 24 (157.1656) | 25 (130.8228) | 22 (157.0972) | 23 (152.0000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #250 (110 pts) | #254 (110 pts) | #265 (110 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #898 (70 pts) | #959 (80 pts) | #1020 (70 pts) | #940 (70 pts) | #925 (70 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #847 (128 pts) | #916 (133 pts) | #990 (128 pts) | #873 (143 pts) | #876 (138 pts) |