A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
B4BBQ
B4BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 47th of 97 at the Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (2013). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2013
latest Jun 10, 2016 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.12
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.27)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
643.66 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 159.9656 | 162.27 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 153.6800 | 158.27 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 156 | 160.85 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 158.2400 | 162.27 | top 52% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 4 | 47 | 0 | top 65% | Jun 10, 2016 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 118 times, behind 201
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20163 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9428 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score651.9428 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.4284 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | Jun 14, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | Jun 12, 2015 |
| -4.1 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | Jun 13, 2014 |
| -3.1 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | Jun 10, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2016 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 53 / 76 (651.9428) | 43 (165.7028) | 55 (160.5372) | 50 (163.4172) | 48 (162.2856) |
| Jun 12, 2015 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 56 / 78 (634.7884) | 60 (159.9656) | 65 (153.6800) | 50 (160) | 37 (161.1428) |
| Jun 13, 2014 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 50 / 73 (645.0516) | 47 (162.2628) | 48 (160.5716) | 42 (163.9772) | 52 (158.2400) |
| Jun 14, 2013 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 47 / 97 (642.8572) | 49 (161.1430) | 51 (158.2858) | 74 (156) | 25 (167.4284) |