A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sth East BeerBQ (Feb 16, 2019).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
Butchers Axe BBQ
Butchers Axe BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sth East BeerBQ (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #755 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Feb 3, 2018
latest Nov 4, 2019 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 25% of the time
Category wins
2
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.98 · weakest Pork (161.98)
Road miles
63
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
655.78 / 720
4 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 169.7028 | 159.9312 | 165.98 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 171.4172 | 154.2628 | 165.71 | top 27% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.8572 | 150.8000 | 161.98 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 175.4400 | 150.2628 | 162.12 | top 38% |
“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 | 1 | top 10% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
First title
Feb 16, 2019
Sth East BeerBQ
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 51 times, behind 30
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20195 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Sth East BeerBQ
- First Grand Championship Sth East BeerBQ
- First multi-meat day Sth East BeerBQ
- Peak power rating (1528) Sth East BeerBQ
- Most recent contest Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
20188 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- First overall podium Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- First Reserve Championship Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.8572 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Career-best overall score682.8572 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.7 | Sth East BeerBQ | Feb 16, 2019 |
| +15.3 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | Nov 5, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 2018 |
| -1.6 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars | Nov 4, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 32% | 92.4% | 91.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 94.8% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2019 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne | 15 / 28 (647.9084) | 11 (165.7028) | 5 (167.9656) | 12 (163.9772) | 21 (150.2628) |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic | 1 / 10 (665.1312) | 1 (168.5712) | 1 (169.1772) | 2 (166.8572) | 3 (160.5256) |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria | 2 / 21 (682.8572) | 6 (169.7028) | 3 (171.4172) | 9 (166.2972) | 3 (175.4400) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 16 / 26 (627.2340) | 16 (159.9312) | 17 (154.2628) | 20 (150.8000) | 9 (162.2400) |