High-water mark
683.9316
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9316 at Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 2, 2014
HEARTS ON FIRE
HEARTS ON FIRE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 4th of 22 at the Biggest Buck and Best Rack (2013). They finished #1053 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2013
latest May 2, 2014
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.25 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Road miles
470
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
669.50 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 164 | 167.24 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 168 | 170.08 | top 25% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 166.2856 | 171.25 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 153.1428 | 160.93 | top 61% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
104
finished ahead 67 times, behind 42
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20144 milestones
- Career-best overall score683.9316 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1521) Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Rock'n Freedom
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4284 Rock'n Freedom
- First call Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- First overall top-10 Biggest Buck and Best Rack
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS | 5 / 40 (683.9316) | 27 (166.8344) | 5 (172.5600) | 2 (178.2972) | 19 (166.2400) |
| Oct 4, 2013 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 4 / 22 (673.1432) | 5 (170.8800) | 7 (169.6916) | 5 (169.1772) | 10 (163.3944) |
| Jun 20, 2013 | Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO | 36 / 50 (651.4284) | 34 (164) | 16 (168) | 25 (166.2856) | 45 (153.1428) |