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.
BLOND BALD BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2014-08-15
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.08
last 3 Master vs avg 616.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.72)
Road miles
39
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
616.08 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BLOND BALD BARBEQUE 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 138 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BLOND BALD BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLOND BALD BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 149.0972 | 153.31 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 139.4172 | 148.72 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 153.1084 | 156.17 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 153.0856 | 157.87 | top 57% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2014-08-15
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 157.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.72)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
616.08
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
172
45–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
39
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- Career-best overall score625.0628 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- Peak power rating (1493) Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.2628 Smokin on the Summit
- Most recent contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2014-08-15 |
| -7.5 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off | 2013-09-06 |
| -6.5 | Smokin on the Summit | 2014-06-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.1% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 44 / 51 (610.1940) | 44 (152.5484) | 50 (139.4172) | 40 (159.9656) | 33 (158.2628) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 58 / 79 (612.9712) | 68 (149.0972) | 67 (148.5028) | 63 (153.1084) | 28 (162.2628) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 55 / 72 (625.0628) | 52 (158.2972) | 45 (158.2400) | 66 (155.4400) | 52 (153.0856) |
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 | #1589 (150 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1668 (150 pts) | #1664 (150 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |