A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
RUM, CHUM AND BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2014-09-12
Best ToY finish
#1471
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.45
last 3 Master vs avg 644.45 (-0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.17
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.80 · weakest Brisket (156.93)
Road miles
39
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
644.45 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
RUM, CHUM AND BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUM, CHUM AND BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after RUM, CHUM AND BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 159.4172 | 162.06 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 160.5144 | 161.66 | top 60% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 150.2284 | 163.80 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6688 | 152.6172 | 156.93 | top 66% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2014-09-12
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.80 · weakest Brisket (156.93)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
644.45
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
75–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
39
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2014-09-12
Power rating
1495
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
- First call Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9884 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- Career-best overall score655.9884 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.3200 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- Peak power rating (1504) Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- 2014
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off | 2013-09-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-09-12 |
| -0.2 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2013-08-16 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88% | 88% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 91.1% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Kansas City, MO | 27 / 30 (633.5660) | 29 (159.4172) | 22 (162.2516) | 27 (150.2284) | 18 (161.6688) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 29 / 72 (655.9884) | 24 (166.8228) | 37 (162.2284) | 8 (174.3200) | 53 (152.6172) |
| 2013-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 37 / 66 (643.8056) | 42 (159.9428) | 36 (160.5144) | 24 (166.8456) | 43 (156.5028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2784 (55 pts) | #2780 (55 pts) | #2560 (70 pts) | #2784 (55 pts) | #2058 (90 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1471 (150 pts) | #1522 (155 pts) | #1571 (150 pts) | #1168 (250 pts) | #1506 (150 pts) |