BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO OK
Rating
1517
peak 1563
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
2019-03-22
latest 2023-03-31
Best ToY finish
#91
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 26 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
625.01 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 665.92 (-40.91)
Walk rate
58%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±40.35
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.51)
Road miles
2457
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 255 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SMOKIN DAN has finished one call ahead of BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 23 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOLLOW Q in 12 of their 17 shared contests.
📅 A September team
Something about September: average finish in the top 36% across 4 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, OK first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.0972 | 171.66 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 153.6344 | 165.51 | top 60% |
| Pork | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.4912 | 169.57 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5028 | 166.84 | top 55% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 22 | 0 | top 51% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in OK (23 of 26 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (26 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 665.92
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 665.5312 | 665.53 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 665.0056 | 662.71 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 686.7772 | 639.03 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 689.5996 | 683.90 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 685.6344 | 673.97 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) Wagoner, OK | 25 / 29 (665.5312) | 24 (166.2400) | 27 (161.0856) | 9 (173.1084) | 23 (165.0972) |
| 2022-10-21 | OKC BBQ Fest Oklahoma City, OK | 25 / 35 (662.6740) | 23 (166.2628) | 27 (162.8000) | 20 (168.5256) | 23 (165.0856) |
| 2022-07-29 | Smokin on the Route Miami, OK | 18 / 19 (660.4460) | 19 (161.0972) | 18 (161.6916) | 11 (170.8228) | 15 (166.8344) |
| 2022-04-22 | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 17 / 26 (665.0056) | 12 (170.8344) | 22 (158.2284) | 8 (172.0000) | 17 (163.9428) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 120 / 467 (471.4168) | 73 (173.1200) | 373 (157.6572) | 311 (161.0972) | 221 (165.0856) |
| 2021-07-16 | County Seat Cookoff Jay, OK | 4 / 15 (686.7772) | 2 (177.7028) | 9 (169.1316) | 3 (172.5600) | 10 (167.3828) |
| 2021-06-11 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK | 16 / 25 (666.6968) | 12 (170.8112) | 19 (162.2400) | 8 (173.1200) | 20 (160.5256) |
| 2021-04-23 | 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 34 / 41 (652.3656) | 21 (169.6800) | 39 (153.6344) | 22 (167.9656) | 33 (161.0856) |
| 2021-03-20 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 25 / 50 (683.9312) | 30 (169.7028) | 39 (165.7028) | 3 (177.7028) | 18 (170.8228) |
| 2021-03-19 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 39 / 56 (672.9936) | 40 (168.5600) | 33 (168.5256) | 24 (170.2512) | 42 (165.6568) |
| 2021-03-19 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK | — | — | 30 (162.2744) | — | — |
| 2020-10-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 28 / 58 (686.8004) | 8 (177.1544) | 33 (168.0004) | 2 (180.0000) | 53 (161.6456) |
| 2020-10-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 19 / 64 (689.5996) | 27 (173.1084) | 35 (167.9656) | 12 (176.5600) | 25 (171.9656) |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 11 / 56 (689.0856) | 24 (173.1200) | 18 (170.8456) | 44 (165.1200) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 41 / 56 (670.1488) | 8 (174.2628) | 25 (169.6916) | 55 (161.1088) | 40 (165.0856) |
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 7 / 54 (685.0628) | 24 (168.5256) | 5 (172.5600) | 11 (170.8344) | 5 (173.1428) |
| 2020-06-12 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK | 15 / 55 (682.7312) | 12 (174.2628) | 15 (171.9656) | 40 (165.6800) | 25 (170.8228) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 128 / 468 (674.7656) | 55 (173.7028) | 231 (165.6916) | 93 (171.4172) | 236 (163.9540) |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK | 11 / 21 (670.1252) | 9 (171.4056) | 9 (167.9656) | 15 (163.9428) | 12 (166.8112) |
| 2019-05-10 | City Of Springs BBQ Championship Sulphur, OK | 8 / 25 (677.5540) | 7 (173.1200) | 3 (171.9772) | 8 (169.6684) | 18 (162.7884) |
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 14 / 56 (679.9084) | 4 (178.2972) | 20 (167.3828) | 25 (167.3828) | 21 (166.8456) |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 11 / 39 (679.3372) | 7 (172.5600) | 16 (166.2400) | 4 (176.0000) | 20 (164.5372) |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 8 / 33 (685.6344) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (164.5488) | 16 (167.9656) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2019-04-05 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 20 / 34 (655.2340) | 17 (166.2628) | 17 (167.9772) | 22 (160.4912) | 23 (160.5028) |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 35 / 62 (674.1600) | 48 (166.2284) | 49 (163.3944) | 27 (170.2628) | 16 (174.2744) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 36 / 74 (669.0168) | 4 (175.4400) | 46 (163.9772) | 42 (165.6568) | 45 (163.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1597 (54 pts) | #1579 (59 pts) | #1721 (54 pts) | #923 (139 pts) | #1285 (64 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #937 (139 pts) | #971 (144 pts) | #1054 (139 pts) | #813 (199 pts) | #896 (164 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #362 (525 pts) | #335 (615 pts) | #415 (501 pts) | #244 (795 pts) | #425 (465 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #194 (615 pts) | #198 (625 pts) | #207 (570 pts) | #170 (695 pts) | #163 (710 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #342 (923 pts) | #173 (1373 pts) | #357 (913 pts) | #392 (868 pts) | #411 (818 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #190 (1456 pts) | #260 (1201 pts) | #150 (1521 pts) | #249 (1200 pts) | #218 (1329 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #132 (1778 pts) | #128 (1652 pts) | #85 (1877 pts) | #130 (1684 pts) | #166 (1537 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #132 (1797 pts) | #137 (1669 pts) | #46 (2091 pts) | #125 (1681 pts) | #237 (1358 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #154 (1709 pts) | #102 (1765 pts) | #102 (1826 pts) | #69 (1961 pts) | #93 (1895 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #91 (2043 pts) | #45 (2204 pts) | #93 (1896 pts) | #24 (2364 pts) | #134 (1725 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #332 (925 pts) | #330 (927 pts) | #274 (1092 pts) | #202 (1274 pts) | #320 (952 pts) |