FIRESTOKERS

FIRESTOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 8th of 88 at the Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival (2013). They are ranked #2125 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,125

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1534

peak 1537 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Sep 28, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1377

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

29% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

683.4282 / 720

Master · Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.42 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 657.04 (-5.62)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Pork · Bikes Blues & BBQ

Consistency

±13.33

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.13)

Road miles

468

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength

36%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

657.04 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

683.4282 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.4282 at Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival — 94.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 3, 2013

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO ahead in 86% of their meetings

BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.17 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.13
Pork avg 169.29
1 call in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOOCHEWSOOEY in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bikes, Blues and BBQ (Sep 28, 2018).

last seen Sep 23, 2016
back Sep 28, 2018

A May team

Top 25% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 25% across 3 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 39% the rest of the year

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1377 (170 pts)	#1912 (100 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#1102 (275 pts)	#1223 (225 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FIRESTOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Belen Grill and Chill

#2,123 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1534

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 21, 2026

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Transformer BBQ

#2,141 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1540

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 17, 2025

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COOK'N WITH WOOD

#2,136 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1542

Level with FIRESTOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 19, 2019

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SMOKEY GOODNESS

#2,124 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1536

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jan 15, 2016

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CLUB CARBONCITO

#2,135 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1533

They turned up 5 years after FIRESTOKERS did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Mar 14, 2025

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SMOKE N DUDES

#2,134 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1537

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 27, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	0	169.7142	155.4060	163.57	top 50%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	166.8112	152.5144	160.13	top 53%
Pork	7	2	2	177.7372	159.9888	169.29	top 31%
Brisket	7	1	0	174.8572	154.8228	164.05	top 36%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 26%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	4	0	top 30%
AR	3	0	top 50%

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 7 a different one every time

Opponents faced 282 finished ahead 272 times, behind 141

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 23, 2016 → Sep 28, 2018

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

20181 milestone

Sep 28 Most recent contest Bikes, Blues and BBQ

20161 milestone

May 6 Peak power rating (1537) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

20151 milestone

Sep 25 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 Bikes Blues & BBQ

20135 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
May 3 First call Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
May 3 First overall top-10 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.4282 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival
May 3 Career-best overall score683.4282 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival	May 3, 2013
+9.6	Bikes Blues & BBQ	Sep 25, 2015
+6.8	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 1, 2015
+5.5	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 6, 2016
+1.5	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Apr 1, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.5	Bikes Blues and BBQ	Sep 23, 2016

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0%	top 55%	90.7%	90.7%
2016	3	0	0%	top 50%	90.9%	89.7%
2015	2	1	50%	top 29%	92.4%	92%
2013	1	1	100%	top 9%	94.9%	94.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 28, 2018	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	27 / 49 (653.0512)	25 (165.1428)	35 (157.0740)	35 (159.9888)	13 (170.8456)
Sep 23, 2016	Bikes Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	30 / 43 (640.9712)	25 (165.6684)	35 (152.5144)	18 (167.9656)	27 (154.8228)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	27 / 83 (654.1944)	33 (166.2744)	30 (164.5372)	29 (167.4284)	42 (155.9544)
Apr 1, 2016	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	21 / 44 (643.2800)	30 (155.4060)	34 (152.5256)	14 (167.9772)	15 (167.3712)
Sep 25, 2015	Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR	9 / 35 (665.6112)	19 (162.2284)	10 (166.8112)	2 (177.7372)	16 (158.8344)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	26 / 81 (658.7772)	43 (160.5372)	23 (165.7256)	24 (166.8228)	23 (165.6916)
May 3, 2013	Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby, OK	8 / 88 (683.4282)	20 (169.7142)	44 (161.7140)	2 (177.1428)	4 (174.8572)

FIRESTOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

A May team

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

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)

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 — 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)