A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
FIGHTING DELFUEGOS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1539 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2017-06-23
Best ToY finish
#1822
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.62 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 643.87 (+1.75)
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.62 · weakest Chicken (159.19)
Road miles
171
mi across 10 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.87 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BITE MY BUTT BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
6 of 7
shared pork entries lost
B & C SMOKERS ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, B & C SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.
An August team
Top 29%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 41% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.77%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.77% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.4% of a perfect score
- 10 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 35th
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.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2184 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1541
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FIGHTING DELFUEGOS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FIGHTING DELFUEGOS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2200 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2191 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Level with FIGHTING DELFUEGOS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after FIGHTING DELFUEGOS did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Last BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| KC BUTT-RUBBERS | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK 'N MINDY | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BEAUX HAWG BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BITE MY BUTT BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Knights of the Holy Grill | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| FUNNY FARM BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| All Fired Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| J Adams Rib | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5944 | 145.1426 | 159.19 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 141.0860 | 160.02 | top 46% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 155.9884 | 162.62 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 151.9084 | 162.04 | top 37% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 41% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 35 | 0 | top 38% | 2016-06-24 |
| East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 32% | 2015-08-28 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
10 of 10 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.62 · weakest Chicken (159.19)
Walk rate
30%
a top-10 call in 3 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
643.87
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
490
663–489 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
171
10 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1531
peak 1539 · #2195 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7138 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- First call Smokin' on Oak
- First overall top-10 Smokin' on Oak
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5944 Smokin' on Oak
- 2015
- Career-best overall score659.8740 East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1539) *Smokin in the Ville
- 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +9.2 | Smokin' on Oak | 2013-08-23 |
| +7.9 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2015-08-28 |
| +4.7 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2014-08-22 |
| +3.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -0.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -0.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 90.5% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 23% | 91.6% | 91.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 89.5% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 38% | 91% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 133 / 184 (618.1024) | 64 (162.2628) | 155 (147.9428) | 126 (155.9884) | 121 (151.9084) |
| 2017-04-28 | *Smokin in the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 14 / 26 (651.2684) | 14 (164.5716) | 17 (158.2056) | 19 (165.1084) | 13 (163.3828) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 63 / 183 (642.8116) | 170 (145.7144) | 34 (168.5372) | 87 (160.5600) | 30 (168.0000) |
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 17 / 65 (659.8740) | 33 (159.9428) | 5 (172.5484) | 43 (159.4056) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 35 / 183 (656.0576) | 33 (168.5716) | 25 (168.5600) | 106 (158.3316) | 68 (160.5944) |
| 2014-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 26 / 69 (644.4004) | 38 (159.3944) | 34 (160.5028) | 31 (162.2516) | 20 (162.2516) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 91 / 184 (631.9088) | 159 (150.2284) | 177 (141.0860) | 19 (169.1656) | 8 (171.4288) |
| 2013-08-23 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 9 / 38 (654.8460) | 2 (172.5944) | 18 (157.1316) | 8 (165.1200) | 15 (160.0000) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 92 / 183 (629.7134) | 166 (145.1426) | 31 (166.2856) | 61 (163.4284) | 108 (154.8568) |
| 2013-06-07 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 19 / 49 (649.7138) | 27 (163.4284) | 32 (159.4284) | 13 (166.8572) | 24 (159.9998) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1928 (100 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1441 (185 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #1677 (135 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2013 (100 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1822 (104 pts) | #2413 (74 pts) | #2393 (74 pts) | #1743 (134 pts) | #2016 (79 pts) |