Smack That Butt BBQ VA
Rating
1569
peak 1569
Contests
33
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2022-07-30
Best ToY finish
#105
Master 2020
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 33 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
681.92 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 676.70 (+5.21)
Walk rate
73%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.41
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.76 · weakest Brisket (166.70)
Road miles
7669
mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 1035 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Rogue Hog BBQ has finished one call ahead of Smack That Butt BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Ham Squad has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 27 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 17 of their 18 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B).
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) (2019-11-09) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6800 | 171.76 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 176.0572 | 154.2400 | 168.05 | top 46% |
| Pork | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.1316 | 170.19 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 147.3600 | 166.70 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 12 | 0 | top 50% |
| PA | 6 | 0 | top 39% |
| MD | 4 | 0 | top 28% |
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
| NC | 3 | 1 | top 16% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 1 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 18 | 0 | top 44% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (13 of 33 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (32 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) (2019-11-09)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 676.70
- 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 694.3772 | 681.92 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 690.8116 | 678.26 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 687.3600 | 676.58 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 698.2632 | 671.81 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Spring Grove, PA | 10 / 42 (694.3772) | 2 (179.4400) | 21 (169.7372) | 16 (173.1772) | 11 (172.0228) |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA | 30 / 54 (658.7772) | 21 (171.9656) | 45 (158.2744) | 25 (163.9544) | 23 (164.5828) |
| 2022-05-13 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA | 5 / 39 (687.9084) | 21 (169.6684) | 7 (171.4288) | 12 (171.9656) | 6 (174.8456) |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 30 / 50 (680.0116) | 12 (175.4400) | 38 (167.4400) | 20 (173.7372) | 40 (163.3944) |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 14 / 53 (688.5028) | 11 (175.4056) | 18 (172.0000) | 43 (163.9544) | 3 (177.1428) |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 62 / 92 (682.7884) | 66 (170.8112) | 50 (172.0000) | 26 (174.2972) | 73 (165.6800) |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 76 / 111 (670.8116) | 23 (174.2628) | 103 (159.9772) | 84 (166.2744) | 45 (170.2972) |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 8 / 15 (682.7544) | 4 (173.1084) | 1 (173.7144) | 11 (169.6916) | 12 (166.2400) |
| 2021-10-15 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 10 / 15 (677.0056) | 9 (170.8228) | 5 (170.8344) | 12 (166.2284) | 4 (169.1200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 114 / 185 (676.5024) | 151 (165.6684) | 125 (167.4400) | 28 (175.4056) | 112 (167.9884) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 42 / 467 (685.0512) | 289 (163.3828) | 60 (174.2628) | 141 (168.5484) | 4 (178.8572) |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 7 / 28 (690.8116) | 6 (175.4056) | 12 (170.2860) | 11 (172.5600) | 6 (172.5600) |
| 2021-06-11 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 12 / 30 (671.3372) | 1 (178.8572) | 2 (174.8572) | 12 (170.2628) | 27 (147.3600) |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 Hagerstown, MD | 14 / 34 (685.6920) | 4 (177.7144) | 20 (166.8460) | 7 (173.1316) | 21 (168.0000) |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 Hagerstown, MD | 12 / 47 (683.3944) | 15 (171.4172) | 7 (173.7144) | 10 (171.4172) | 28 (166.8456) |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 27 / 40 (667.8740) | 24 (168.5140) | 33 (161.1316) | 30 (166.2284) | 7 (172.0000) |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 27 / 46 (665.0628) | 17 (171.4056) | 18 (167.9772) | 35 (163.3828) | 34 (162.2972) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | 43 / 94 (686.2056) | 22 (174.8456) | 68 (167.9772) | 63 (169.1084) | 24 (174.2744) |
| 2020-10-30 | Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA | 19 / 33 (673.0744) | 16 (170.8344) | 12 (169.1544) | 9 (171.9656) | 24 (161.1200) |
| 2020-10-29 | The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA | 17 / 33 (681.6572) | 3 (176.5716) | 19 (170.8456) | 6 (174.2628) | 30 (159.9772) |
| 2020-08-07 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA | 5 / 19 (687.3600) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (173.1428) | 12 (167.9772) | 12 (166.2400) |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 17 / 59 (669.5880) | 25 (166.8112) | 33 (162.2628) | 5 (174.2856) | 27 (166.2284) |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 30 / 53 (661.6116) | 8 (175.4172) | 48 (155.9200) | 39 (161.1316) | 16 (169.1428) |
| 2019-11-09 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Concord, NC | 1 / 33 (698.2632) | 3 (178.2972) | 16 (170.2860) | 2 (175.4172) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC | 5 / 47 (687.9084) | 7 (174.2628) | 18 (169.6800) | 8 (173.7028) | 16 (170.2628) |
| 2019-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 11 / 32 (668.4572) | 24 (161.6800) | 25 (155.9544) | 1 (180.0000) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 23 / 40 (648.4688) | 16 (166.8572) | 33 (154.2400) | 23 (163.9772) | 25 (163.3944) |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 11 / 37 (668.5716) | 13 (167.9772) | 2 (176.0572) | 7 (168.5600) | 19 (155.9772) |
| 2019-05-04 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) Fredericksburg, VA | 7 / 33 (686.8000) | 12 (173.1200) | 9 (172.5828) | 11 (170.8228) | 12 (170.2744) |
| 2019-05-03 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) Fredericksburg, VA | 25 / 34 (656.4344) | 26 (164.5256) | 10 (170.2744) | 19 (163.9428) | 29 (157.6916) |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD | 9 / 54 (681.1428) | 18 (169.7144) | 4 (176.0228) | 8 (173.7028) | 37 (161.7028) |
| 2019-03-08 | Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ | 29 / 66 (650.2860) | 32 (162.2744) | 34 (161.1316) | 5 (173.1428) | 45 (153.7372) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #339 (675 pts) | #299 (805 pts) | #437 (580 pts) | #414 (555 pts) | #291 (790 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #185 (1007 pts) | #108 (1367 pts) | #127 (1327 pts) | #189 (997 pts) | #143 (1152 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #105 (983 pts) | #64 (1218 pts) | #165 (698 pts) | #85 (1083 pts) | #159 (733 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #267 (1100 pts) | #325 (960 pts) | #271 (1065 pts) | #226 (1205 pts) | #425 (790 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #317 (1037 pts) | #226 (1257 pts) | #235 (1227 pts) | #369 (942 pts) | #262 (1177 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #560 (701 pts) | #443 (871 pts) | #402 (956 pts) | #622 (651 pts) | #465 (866 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1176 (253 pts) | #939 (388 pts) | #1302 (243 pts) | #1068 (333 pts) | #1111 (298 pts) |