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.
KANDUE BBQ
KANDUE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 12th of 14 at the Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2013
latest Apr 11, 2014 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.03 · weakest Brisket (140.31)
Road miles
279
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$1,750
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
608.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
282.21 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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)
The teams rated closest to KANDUE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
KANDUE BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 147 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,670 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
They turned up 8 years after KANDUE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#4,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with KANDUE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 123.9316 | 151.52 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159.4628 | 140.5716 | 152.57 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 151.9996 | 159.03 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9998 | 134.7428 | 140.31 | top 96% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
176
finished ahead 30 times, behind 179
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Apr 11, 2014 → Jun 24, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Ribfest (BACKYARD)
20133 milestones
- Peak power rating (1489) NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score622.7656 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5944 BBQ and Fly In on the River
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Apr 11, 2014 |
| -10.6 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2013 |
| -7.6 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 16, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 78.4% | 78.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.5% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2016 | Ribfest (BACKYARD) Sioux City, IA | — | 7 (160.0344) | 8 (154.8228) | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 52 / 54 (600.3996) | 53 (142.2628) | 43 (154.8228) | 36 (161.1200) | 51 (142.1940) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 53 / 66 (622.7656) | 25 (164.5944) | 40 (159.4628) | 32 (163.9656) | 66 (134.7428) |
| Mar 15, 2013 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 66 / 79 (601.1424) | 19 (164.5714) | 76 (140.5716) | 59 (151.9996) | 73 (143.9998) |
| — | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 12 / 14 (282.2060) | 14 (123.9316) | 6 (158.2744) | — | — |