Smack That Butt BBQ

Smack That Butt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 58 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) (2019). They are ranked #867 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#867

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1620

peak 1621 · rated over 53 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 6, 2016

latest Jul 30, 2022 · 6.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#105

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

17 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 58 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

698.2632 / 720

Master · Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

681.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.24 (+19.67)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1

Consistency

±23.10

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.38 · weakest Brisket (163.45)

Road miles

10,662

across 58 mapped stops · furthest 1,041 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)

Purse competed for

$304K

listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 30 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.24 / 720

57 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (18 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1

Against the odds

9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) (Nov 9, 2019) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 9-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

Giant slayer

33 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B).

Nov 9, 2019

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 7%

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 58 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 58 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.2632 career-best overall

97.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.2632 at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) — 97.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 9, 2019

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 30 entries at contests carrying the title.

30 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

3N1 Q has finished one call ahead of Smack That Butt BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 1 Grand Championship

2019 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 32%.

9 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 32%

A tough matchup

33–6 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 85% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 33 of their 39 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.94 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 163.45
Chicken avg 168.38
12 calls in 57 entries

The drought

24 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) on Nov 9, 2019 — 24 contests and 6.9 years ago.

last GC Nov 9, 2019
6.9 years ago

A strong matchup

22–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 81% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 22 of their 27 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

24 of 39 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 24 of 39 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 36% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,662 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,662 miles across 58 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,041 miles to 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open.

58 mapped stops
furthest 1,041 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Park every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 7th

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
2022 ↗	Master	#339 (675 pts)	#299 (805 pts)	#437 (580 pts)	#414 (555 pts)	#291 (790 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#185 (1,007 pts)	#108 (1,367 pts)	#127 (1,327 pts)	#189 (997 pts)	#143 (1,152 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#105 (983 pts)	#64 (1,218 pts)	#165 (698 pts)	#85 (1,083 pts)	#159 (733 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#263 (1,100 pts)	#325 (960 pts)	#269 (1,065 pts)	#226 (1,205 pts)	#422 (790 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#317 (1,037 pts)	#226 (1,257 pts)	#235 (1,227 pts)	#369 (942 pts)	#262 (1,177 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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CycloneBBQ

#864 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1620

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Smack That Butt BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smack That Butt BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 38 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2025

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Fat&Dumb BBQ

#872 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 100
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1719

4–1 in 5 shared contests (80% to Smack That Butt BBQ)

They've been 1719 at their best, 99 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 90 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY

#868 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1639

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Smack That Butt BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than Smack That Butt BBQ has cooked, 33 to 58, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Stroked Out Cooking Team

#870 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1628

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smack That Butt BBQ)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 20 contests, alongside a 65% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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GIRLS CAN GRILL

#871 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1684

Level with Smack That Butt BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026

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TENNESSEE SMOKE SHOWIN

#866 of the rated field

1620 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1620

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 59 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 59 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	39	6	33	15%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	36	8	28	22%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	35	6	29	17%	⚔ compare
BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	29	5	24	17%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	28	5	23	18%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	27	22	5	81%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	24	13	11	54%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE	22	19	3	86%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	22	12	10	55%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	22	6	16	27%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	22	5	17	23%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	57	17	2	6	180 🔥	137.6456	168.38	top 41%
Pork Ribs	57	15	1	5	176.0572	143.9772	164.60	top 49%
Pork	56	13	1	2	180 🔥	146.7772	165.76	top 48%
Brisket	57	12	2	4	178.8572	141.0628	163.45	top 51%

“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)	3	0	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	25	1	top 47%
Large (40+)	29	0	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
VA	19	0	top 53%
MD	14	0	top 50%
PA	12	0	top 52%
NC	4	1	top 16%
KS	3	0	top 39%
OK	2	0	top 68%
WV	1	0	top 25%
NJ	1	0	top 44%
DE	1	0	top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Park	4	7	0	top 61%	Sep 27, 2019
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)	3	10	0	top 36%	Jul 30, 2022
BBQ Jamboree	3	7	0	top 45%	Jun 11, 2021
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	3	27	0	top 66%	Mar 27, 2021
Beltway BBQ Showdown	3	10	0	top 37%	Jun 8, 2019
Interstate BBQ Festival	3	9	0	top 55%	Apr 19, 2019
Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	2	1	1	top 7%	Nov 9, 2019
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2	14	0	top 43%	Mar 26, 2022
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2	6	0	top 25%	Oct 11, 2019
New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)	2	37	0	top 58%	Aug 24, 2018
Covington Cork & Pork Festival	2	13	0	top 62%	Jun 22, 2018
Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest	2	17	0	top 59%	May 5, 2018
The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown	2	13	0	top 46%	Mar 2, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 12 contests

Contests a season 8.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 20 of 58 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 37 13 of them more than once

First title Nov 9, 2019 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)

Opponents faced 1,211 finished ahead 1,808 times, behind 1,679

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20222 milestones

May 13 Peak power rating (1621) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Jul 30 Most recent contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)

20211 milestone

Oct 16 50th tracked contest Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague

20196 milestones

Oct 11 First perfect 180 (Pork) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Nov 9 First overall podium Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)
Nov 9 First Grand Championship Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)
Nov 9 First state championship Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)
Nov 9 Biggest field won (33 teams) Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)
Nov 9 Career-best overall score698.2632 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)

20181 milestone

Oct 19 25th tracked contest Boo-B-Que

20175 milestones

Jun 9 First call Beltway BBQ Showdown
Jun 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4568 Beltway BBQ Showdown
Aug 25 10th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
Oct 13 First category win (Brisket) Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
Oct 13 First overall top-10 Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest

20161 milestone

May 6 First tracked contest Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+20.5	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B)	Nov 9, 2019
+15.9	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A)	Nov 8, 2019
+14	BBQ Jamboree (Day 2)	May 4, 2019
+13.5	Smoke in the Park	Sep 28, 2018
+13.3	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	Oct 13, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.4	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	Mar 27, 2021
-9.3	Pit at the Park	Aug 5, 2016
-9.2	Smoke in the Park	Sep 23, 2016
-8	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	Mar 26, 2021
-7.8	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2022	6	0	2	0	50%	top 36%	96.4%	94.7%
2021	12	0	3	2	67%	top 49%	95.9%	94.2%
2020	6	0	1	1	83%	top 44%	95.5%	94%
2019	9	1	4	1	89%	top 32%	97%	93.3%
2018	12	0	3	1	67%	top 50%	94.1%	91.1%
2017	9	0	1	1	44%	top 61%	92.1%	89.3%
2016	4	0	0	0	0%	top 82%	85.5%	84.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 30, 2022	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)
Jul 29, 2022	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)
May 13, 2022	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	5 / 39 (687.9084)	21 (169.6684)	7 (171.4288)	12 (171.9656)	6 (174.8456)
Mar 26, 2022	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)
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	14 / 53 (688.5028)	11 (175.4056)	18 (172)	43 (163.9544)	3 (177.1428)
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 13, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK	62 / 92 (682.7884)	66 (170.8112)	50 (172)	26 (174.2972)	73 (165.6800)
Nov 11, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK	76 / 111 (670.8116)	23 (174.2628)	103 (159.9772)	84 (166.2744)	45 (170.2972)
Oct 16, 2021	Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA	8 / 15 (682.7544)	4 (173.1084)	1 (173.7144)	11 (169.6916)	12 (166.2400)
Oct 15, 2021	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)
Sep 16, 2021	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)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	114 / 185 (676.5024)	151 (165.6684)	125 (167.4400)	28 (175.4056)	112 (167.9884)
Jun 18, 2021	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV	7 / 28 (690.8116)	6 (175.4056)	12 (170.2860)	11 (172.5600)	6 (172.5600)
Jun 11, 2021	BBQ Jamboree 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	12 / 30 (671.3372)	1 (178.8572)	2 (174.8572)	12 (170.2628)	27 (147.3600)
Apr 17, 2021	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	14 / 34 (685.6920)	4 (177.7144)	20 (166.8460)	7 (173.1316)	21 (168)
Apr 16, 2021	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	12 / 47 (683.3944)	15 (171.4172)	7 (173.7144)	10 (171.4172)	28 (166.8456)
Mar 27, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	27 / 40 (667.8740)	24 (168.5140)	33 (161.1316)	30 (166.2284)	7 (172)
Mar 26, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	27 / 46 (665.0628)	17 (171.4056)	18 (167.9772)	35 (163.3828)	34 (162.2972)
Nov 13, 2020	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS	43 / 94 (686.2056)	22 (174.8456)	68 (167.9772)	—	24 (174.2744)
Oct 30, 2020	Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA	19 / 33 (673.0744)	16 (170.8344)	12 (169.1544)	9 (171.9656)	24 (161.1200)
Oct 29, 2020	The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA	17 / 33 (681.6572)	3 (176.5716)	19 (170.8456)	6 (174.2628)	30 (159.9772)
Aug 7, 2020	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 🏅 Wythe, VA	5 / 19 (687.3600)	1 (180)	5 (173.1428)	12 (167.9772)	12 (166.2400)
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	17 / 59 (669.5880)	25 (166.8112)	33 (162.2628)	5 (174.2856)	27 (166.2284)
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	30 / 53 (661.6116)	8 (175.4172)	48 (155.9200)	39 (161.1316)	16 (169.1428)
Nov 9, 2019	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)
Nov 8, 2019	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)
Oct 11, 2019	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC	11 / 32 (668.4572)	24 (161.6800)	25 (155.9544)	1 (180)	5 (170.8228)
Sep 27, 2019	Smoke in the Park 🏅 Lemoyne, PA	23 / 40 (648.4688)	16 (166.8572)	33 (154.2400)	23 (163.9772)	25 (163.3944)
Jun 8, 2019	Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD	11 / 37 (668.5716)	13 (167.9772)	2 (176.0572)	7 (168.5600)	19 (155.9772)
May 4, 2019	BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	7 / 33 (686.8000)	12 (173.1200)	9 (172.5828)	11 (170.8228)	12 (170.2744)
May 3, 2019	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	25 / 34 (656.4344)	26 (164.5256)	10 (170.2744)	19 (163.9428)	29 (157.6916)
Apr 19, 2019	Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	9 / 54 (681.1428)	18 (169.7144)	4 (176.0228)	8 (173.7028)	37 (161.7028)
Mar 8, 2019	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	29 / 66 (650.2860)	32 (162.2744)	34 (161.1316)	5 (173.1428)	45 (153.7372)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	47 / 73 (636.9484)	49 (159.3484)	52 (153.0744)	28 (163.9884)	40 (160.5372)
Oct 12, 2018	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	6 / 39 (671.3600)	5 (171.4056)	15 (165.1316)	21 (161.1200)	1 (173.7028)
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	7 / 31 (677.6916)	11 (168)	2 (172.0116)	12 (166.2400)	8 (171.4400)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	37 / 71 (637.5656)	37 (159.4172)	25 (162.8344)	34 (158.2284)	34 (157.0856)
Jun 22, 2018	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	13 / 27 (666.2400)	17 (164.5600)	14 (164.5372)	9 (168.5600)	12 (168.5828)
Jun 9, 2018	Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD	10 / 42 (662.8116)	7 (170.8572)	2 (172)	18 (164.5828)	24 (155.3716)
May 12, 2018	BBQ Jamboree Double Day 2 Fredericksburg, VA	26 / 38 (657.0396)	35 (159.9656)	13 (169.1200)	32 (159.4056)	12 (168.5484)
May 11, 2018	BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1 Fredericksburg, VA	30 / 45 (655.9544)	30 (166.2628)	38 (155.9772)	24 (165.1772)	15 (168.5372)
May 5, 2018	Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD	17 / 37 (659.3144)	29 (160.5372)	9 (168)	24 (159.9544)	5 (170.8228)
Apr 20, 2018	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	49 / 67 (642.2520)	23 (167.3828)	37 (161.1544)	10 (172.0344)	64 (141.6804)
Mar 23, 2018	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	54 / 75 (639.3832)	4 (174.3088)	50 (158.8228)	58 (156.5944)	68 (149.6572)
Mar 2, 2018	The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD	13 / 29 (665.6800)	3 (174.2856)	14 (163.9656)	11 (166.2972)	19 (161.1316)
Oct 13, 2017	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	8 / 30 (662.7884)	5 (172)	15 (163.9656)	24 (157.7028)	1 (169.1200)
Sep 22, 2017	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	32 / 44 (637.6916)	17 (164.6172)	27 (159.4172)	40 (149.6800)	24 (163.9772)
Sep 8, 2017	13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	19 / 35 (654.7888)	15 (166.2744)	19 (166.2744)	27 (157.6800)	14 (164.5600)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	44 / 69 (635.3144)	39 (161.1200)	7 (173.1544)	58 (152.5600)	59 (148.4800)
Jun 23, 2017	Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	24 / 32 (642.8000)	6 (172)	15 (163.4172)	14 (164)	30 (143.3828)
Jun 9, 2017	Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD	17 / 29 (648.4568)	24 (155.3712)	5 (168.5600)	12 (165.1200)	16 (159.4056)
May 5, 2017	Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD	27 / 37 (624.3884)	26 (157.6456)	29 (152.5372)	32 (153.7028)	23 (160.5028)
Apr 14, 2017	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	43 / 58 (636)	30 (165.1428)	56 (143.9772)	28 (164.0228)	32 (162.8572)
Mar 3, 2017	The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD	24 / 50 (646.8004)	23 (164.5600)	11 (166.2972)	35 (157.6916)	31 (158.2516)
Sep 23, 2016	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	35 / 38 (605.0172)	12 (168)	36 (143.9772)	37 (146.7772)	35 (146.2628)
Aug 5, 2016	Pit at the Park Macungie, PA	20 / 23 (612.0116)	16 (156.0344)	22 (144.5716)	21 (149.0856)	11 (162.3200)
Jun 3, 2016	Beltway BBQ Showdown Fort Washington, MD	28 / 37 (615.3144)	15 (164.5716)	33 (145.1200)	14 (164.5600)	32 (141.0628)
May 6, 2016	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	38 / 51 (599.8400)	50 (137.6456)	43 (146.8000)	19 (160.5828)	30 (154.8116)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Smack That Butt BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)