BURNT SIDE DOWN

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5668

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 23 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-31

latest 2017-09-22

Best ToY finish

#767

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

647.8976 / 720

Master · Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

624.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 617.18 (+7.50)

Walk rate

26%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Brisket · New Holland Summer Fest

Consistency

±17.28

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 156.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.69)

Road miles

1,956

mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

617.18 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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 one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HERM'S HOGS has finished one call ahead of BURNT SIDE DOWN 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKOPOLIS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKOPOLIS BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.02 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 9%.

Pork Ribs avg 151.69
Pork avg 156.72
3 calls in 23 entries

A strong matchup

10–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Hot Rod's BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 59% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 59% across 4 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 68% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.40% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.40% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.7% of a perfect score
23 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked *Que by the Sea every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 24th

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.

95 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

NA-DA-BONE BBQ

#5677 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2024-10-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Genius

#5681 of the rated field

1445 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-08-01
on an 8-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Bulldog BBQ

#5672 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN BARRELS

#5670 of the rated field

1446 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2025-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

MEL'S BBQ

#5656 of the rated field

1446 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

Level with BURNT SIDE DOWN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

UNCLE BUTCH BBQ

#5654 of the rated field

1446 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-07-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Fire Ants BBQ	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SHADY CREW	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	1	0	0	168.5372	141.6800	155.30	top 68%
Pork Ribs	23	3	0	1	172.0228	132.4572	151.69	top 69%
Pork	23	2	1	2	170.8344	142.8000	156.72	top 57%
Brisket	23	2	1	1	177.1428	138.2854	153.47	top 58%

“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	Avg finish
NJ	10	top 70%
PA	9	top 70%
CT	4	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 41%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 66%
Large (40+)	19	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Que by the Sea	5	24	top 72%	2017-09-22
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	4	7	top 60%	2017-05-06
New Holland Summer Fest	4	37	top 67%	2016-08-26
Que for the Troops	3	33	top 81%	2017-06-02
DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	2	40	top 67%	2014-10-03

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-05-31 → 2017-09-22

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 4.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NJ 10 of 23 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 23 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 156.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.69)

Walk rate 26% a top-10 call in 6 of 23 contests

Overall top-10 rate 4% 1 of 23 contests

Master average 617.18 out of 720 · 23 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 424 372–819 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,956 23 mapped stops · furthest 120 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Power rating 1446 peak 1446 · #5668 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
May 31 First tracked contest Que for the Troops
May 31 First call Que for the Troops
May 31 Peak power rating (1494) Que for the Troops
2014
May 3 First category win (Pork) Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
May 3 First overall top-10 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
May 3 Career-best overall score647.8976 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
2015
May 2 10th tracked contest Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival
Aug 28 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 New Holland Summer Fest
2017
Sep 22 Most recent contest *Que by the Sea

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.2	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2017-05-06
+7	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2014-05-03
+6.6	Que for the Troops	2016-06-03
+4.6	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000	2015-10-09
+3.3	* Que by the Sea	2016-09-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Que for the Troops	2014-06-06
-9.9	Que by the Sea	2013-09-21
-8.6	New Holland Summer Fest	2013-08-23
-6.6	Que for the Troops	2015-06-05
-6.5	Que for the Troops	2013-05-31

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 66%	88.6%	87%
2016	5	0	0	20%	top 66%	88.7%	86.6%
2015	5	0	1	20%	top 69%	87.8%	86.7%
2014	5	1	1	20%	top 65%	90%	85.6%
2013	4	0	0	25%	top 76%	83.4%	82.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-22	*Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	32 / 43 (626.1828)	40 (147.3828)	8 (168.0000)	18 (161.1200)	30 (149.6800)
2017-09-15	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	28 / 42 (637.6340)	32 (154.8228)	17 (165.7028)	31 (156.5600)	20 (160.5484)
2017-06-02	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	50 / 63 (613.5660)	53 (152.5372)	41 (158.2400)	57 (148.4800)	41 (154.3088)
2017-05-06	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	16 / 38 (628.9940)	23 (155.3712)	3 (172.0228)	15 (160.5256)	30 (141.0744)
2016-10-08	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	41 / 48 (617.0284)	38 (158.8572)	44 (149.0856)	29 (159.9884)	42 (149.0972)
2016-09-17	* Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	24 / 44 (626.7316)	17 (163.9656)	10 (165.7260)	30 (155.9656)	37 (141.0744)
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	47 / 66 (624.9596)	38 (159.3484)	49 (154.7772)	13 (168.5712)	59 (142.2628)
2016-06-03	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	28 / 67 (638.7660)	46 (157.7260)	44 (155.9428)	22 (161.1200)	23 (163.9772)
2016-04-30	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	30 / 39 (609.0860)	32 (151.3944)	31 (151.4516)	25 (153.1428)	25 (153.0972)
2015-10-09	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ	23 / 46 (631.9544)	28 (159.3944)	37 (145.7144)	11 (168.0000)	19 (158.8456)
2015-09-19	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	33 / 41 (610.1256)	24 (157.6800)	29 (153.0972)	28 (154.8456)	35 (144.5028)
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	37 / 70 (631.9428)	50 (154.8456)	60 (146.8000)	50 (153.1544)	1 (177.1428)
2015-06-05	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	45 / 54 (630.7432)	44 (157.6688)	26 (164.5600)	50 (149.0628)	36 (159.4516)
2015-05-02	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	24 / 30 (617.6460)	29 (143.4288)	27 (152.5144)	19 (160.0000)	14 (161.7028)
2014-10-03	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	40 / 65 (617.0740)	42 (155.9656)	53 (143.4056)	55 (150.8456)	13 (166.8572)
2014-09-20	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	32 / 48 (611.8976)	23 (156.5372)	44 (143.9316)	33 (153.6800)	18 (157.7488)
2014-08-22	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	47 / 70 (617.5088)	11 (168.5372)	63 (144.5144)	65 (145.6344)	23 (158.8228)
2014-06-06	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	59 / 65 (586.0688)	50 (151.4172)	64 (132.4572)	61 (142.8000)	20 (159.3944)
2014-05-03	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	7 / 17 (647.8976)	9 (165.0972)	11 (151.4060)	1 (170.8344)	8 (160.5600)
2013-10-05	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	61 / 85 (599.3032)	51 (155.3944)	61 (147.9660)	43 (153.7028)	65 (142.2400)
2013-09-21	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	42 / 49 (574.1484)	42 (141.6800)	41 (138.2744)	22 (153.1084)	39 (141.0856)
2013-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	54 / 71 (600.4000)	55 (151.9428)	60 (143.3944)	34 (157.0972)	54 (147.9656)
2013-05-31	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	33 / 46 (595.4278)	32 (150.8572)	39 (139.9998)	3 (166.2854)	38 (138.2854)

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	#1096 (285 pts)	#1251 (250 pts)	#726 (550 pts)	#1082 (325 pts)	#1187 (265 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1046 (305 pts)	#1024 (340 pts)	#975 (375 pts)	#988 (375 pts)	#1078 (310 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1139 (250 pts)	#1254 (240 pts)	#1286 (235 pts)	#1015 (335 pts)	#1022 (320 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#767 (445 pts)	#744 (505 pts)	#891 (410 pts)	#670 (565 pts)	#656 (565 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)