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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2014-04-11
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.10
last 3 Master vs avg 608.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.03 · weakest Brisket (140.31)
Road miles
279
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
608.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
282.21 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Ribfest (BACKYARD) (2016-06-24).
- last seen 2014-04-11
- back 2016-06-24
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.
KANDUE 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 147 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after KANDUE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with KANDUE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2014-04-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.03 · weakest Brisket (140.31)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
608.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
282.21
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
177
30–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
279
4 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$1,750
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2016-06-24
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Camp High Hopes Rib Fest(BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Camp High Hopes Rib Fest(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2013
- 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
- 2016
- Most recent contest Ribfest (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2014-04-11 |
| -10.6 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| -7.6 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Ribfest (BACKYARD) Sioux City, IA | — | 7 (160.0344) | 8 (154.8228) | — | — |
| 2014-04-11 | 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) |
| 2013-08-16 | 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) |
| 2013-03-15 | 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) | — | — |
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 | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #1885 (105 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |