MEAT & FIRE
MEAT & FIRE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2013. Their best overall finish is 6th of 25 at the Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship (2013). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 2, 2013
latest Oct 3, 2013
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.51
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.33 · weakest Pork (157.12)
Road miles
1,132
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1,132 mi
Master avg
650.21 / 720
3 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) | #1436 (170 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2860 | 153.6912 | 158.84 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5140 | 158.8570 | 160.93 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9884 | 153.0856 | 157.12 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 168.5716 | 173.33 | top 13% |
“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.
More numbers
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
577
finished ahead 474 times, behind 257
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship
- First call Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648 Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score656.5028 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Most recent contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 124 / 535 (656.5028) | 285 (160.5372) | 262 (159.4172) | 279 (159.9884) | 8 (176.5600) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 130 / 174 (646.1364) | 166 (153.6912) | 91 (164.5140) | 163 (153.0856) | 16 (174.8456) |
| May 2, 2013 | Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship Laughlin, NV | 6 / 25 (648) | 10 (162.2860) | 13 (158.8570) | 14 (158.2854) | 7 (168.5716) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.