BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2229

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1529

peak 1534 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2016-10-08

Best ToY finish

#622

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

660.5484 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.06 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.99 (-2.93)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Chicken · Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

Consistency

±12.14

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.40 · weakest Brisket (158.18)

Road miles

935

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)

Master avg

640.99 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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 almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 27%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

APORKALYPSE NOW ahead in 100% of their meetings

APORKALYPSE NOW has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.22 points below their pork, and turns into a call 31% of the time against 31%.

Brisket avg 158.18
Pork avg 162.40
4 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LYIN' PIGS in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

APORKALYPSE NOW ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, APORKALYPSE NOW has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

An October team

Top 36% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
13 contests

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.

75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

FIRECRAFT

#2227 of the rated field

1529 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1531

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

PORKY FATSTACKS BBQ & SOCIAL CLUB

#2239 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2022-09-03

⚔ Head-to-head

The Drunken Sailor

#2241 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Porkasaurus Rex BBQ

#2222 of the rated field

1529 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 58% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

T.J.D. Smokehouse

#2236 of the rated field

1529 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1534

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

SPEEDY PIG BBQ - OK

#2226 of the rated field

1529 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

Level with BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-04-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
APORKALYPSE NOW	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
PORK BARREL BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LYIN' PIGS	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BONE TO BARK BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
NEW REVOLUTION Q	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ NUTS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BIG BLOCK BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MYERS MEATS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	2	0	174.2856	153.0972	160.03	top 52%
Pork Ribs	13	3	0	170.3544	150.2400	160.39	top 45%
Pork	13	4	2	172.5600	153.1544	162.40	top 35%
Brisket	13	4	0	169.7600	143.9428	158.18	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
MD	8	top 50%
NJ	3	top 36%
DC	2	top 36%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 41%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	2	30	top 54%	2015-07-31
Beltway BBQ Showdown	2	21	top 52%	2015-05-29
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	16	top 36%	2014-10-03
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	10	top 50%	2014-08-22

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2016-10-08

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MD 8 of 13 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 162.40 · weakest Brisket (158.18)

Walk rate 62% a top-10 call in 8 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 8% 1 of 13 contests

Master average 640.99 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 350 356–274 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 935 13 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi

Schedule strength 1534 average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests

Power rating 1529 peak 1534 · #2229 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
May 3 First call Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival
Jun 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7140 Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle
Aug 16 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2014
Aug 1 Peak power rating (1534) Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ
2015
May 29 10th tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
2016
Oct 8 Career-best overall score660.5484 Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
Oct 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship
Oct 8 Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2013-10-05
+8.3	Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle	2013-06-22
+6.9	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	2013-05-03
+6.5	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	2016-10-08
+5.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.2	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	2015-07-31
-4.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-08-22
-0.7	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2015-05-29
-0.6	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2014-10-03
-0.3	Beltway BBQ Showdown	2016-06-03

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	100%	top 47%	91.7%	90.5%
2015	2	0	50%	top 56%	88.8%	87.9%
2014	5	0	20%	top 53%	90.3%	88%
2013	4	1	100%	top 27%	91.7%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-08	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	18 / 48 (660.5484)	5 (174.2856)	8 (170.3544)	38 (155.3712)	28 (160.5372)
2016-06-03	Beltway BBQ Showdown Fort Washington, MD	21 / 37 (643.3600)	21 (161.7144)	10 (167.9884)	31 (153.1544)	19 (160.5028)
2015-07-31	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	31 / 54 (639.2568)	39 (156.5140)	38 (152.5028)	2 (172.5600)	30 (157.6800)
2015-05-29	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	21 / 39 (626.1028)	27 (153.0972)	24 (150.2400)	11 (164.5256)	17 (158.2400)
2014-10-03	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	34 / 65 (621.0400)	47 (153.6800)	19 (162.8572)	25 (160.5600)	47 (143.9428)
2014-08-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	19 / 29 (627.2912)	11 (162.8800)	21 (153.0972)	13 (158.8112)	22 (152.5028)
2014-08-01	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	30 / 59 (632.5368)	34 (159.9884)	39 (153.7028)	14 (163.4172)	31 (155.4284)
2014-06-21	Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC	19 / 41 (650.2168)	15 (162.8228)	30 (156.5484)	19 (161.0856)	10 (169.7600)
2014-06-06	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	21 / 42 (635.9432)	31 (154.2628)	14 (162.2744)	15 (161.6916)	18 (157.7144)
2013-10-05	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	16 / 85 (638.9256)	6 (168.0228)	9 (166.8800)	26 (158.8456)	60 (145.1772)
2013-08-16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	10 / 29 (659.9312)	22 (159.9428)	14 (164.0116)	6 (167.9884)	7 (167.9884)
2013-06-22	Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC	11 / 42 (653.7140)	16 (158.8572)	19 (164.0000)	3 (169.7142)	10 (161.1426)
2013-05-03	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival Annapolis, MD	16 / 55 (643.9994)	39 (154.2854)	15 (160.5714)	10 (163.4284)	9 (165.7142)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1511 (175 pts)	#1227 (265 pts)	#1156 (290 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1686 (150 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1575 (140 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1758 (125 pts)	#923 (390 pts)	#1556 (160 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#816 (417 pts)	#802 (457 pts)	#828 (442 pts)	#714 (532 pts)	#780 (462 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#622 (506 pts)	#734 (446 pts)	#676 (491 pts)	#520 (636 pts)	#597 (536 pts)