BURNT BOAR

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

Power ranking

#4437

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1502 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-23

latest 2017-10-20

Best ToY finish

#881

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

660.4800 / 720

Master · George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.83 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 643.30 (-4.47)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Roast n' Boast

Consistency

±17.45

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.73)

Road miles

545

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

643.30 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 45%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

RED EYED SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

RED EYED SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.99 points below their pork, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.73
Pork avg 164.72
2 calls in 7 entries

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at *Downtown BBQ Showdown (2017-10-20).

last seen 2015-05-29
back 2017-10-20

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

JB'S BBQ

#4453 of the rated field

1473 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BURNT BOAR)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BURNT BOAR has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

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Country Hoggs

#4435 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

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Silence of the Hams BBQ

#4449 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN D'S

#4421 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Camping Crew BBQ

#4419 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-05-06

⚔ Head-to-head

Wobbly Hog

#4429 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
RED EYED SMOKERS	6	6	0%	⚔ compare
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWEET DREAMS BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	1	176.5600	146.7884	160.71	top 67%
Pork Ribs	7	2	0	0	170.8228	143.3600	158.73	top 69%
Pork	7	2	1	1	172.0116	148.5600	164.72	top 51%
Brisket	7	1	0	0	168.5600	151.9200	159.14	top 71%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 73%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	2	4	0	top 63%	2015-05-01

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2013-08-23 → 2017-10-20

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.73)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 643.30 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 123 54–121 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 545 7 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi

Schedule strength 1532 average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs 2015-05-29 → 2017-10-20

Power rating 1474 peak 1502 · #4437 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 23 First tracked contest Roast n' Boast
Aug 23 First call Roast n' Boast
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8400 Roast n' Boast
Aug 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Roast n' Boast
2014
May 2 First category win (Pork) George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
May 2 First overall top-10 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
May 2 Career-best overall score660.4800 George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1502) Downtown BBQ Showdown
2017
Oct 20 Most recent contest *Downtown BBQ Showdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.9	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	2014-05-02
+2.7	Downtown BBQ Showdown	2014-10-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	2015-05-01
-9.5	*Downtown BBQ Showdown	2017-10-20
-8.4	Roast n' Boast	2013-08-23
-6	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	2015-05-29
-2.5	'Que at the View	2014-04-04

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	1	0	0	0%	top 89%	85.1%	85.1%
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 89%	87.7%	87.6%
2014	3	1	1	67%	top 45%	91.7%	91.4%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 78%	91.1%	91.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-10-20	*Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	17 / 19 (612.3888)	17 (151.9544)	18 (143.3600)	15 (159.3944)	15 (157.6800)
2015-05-29	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	24 / 31 (629.0856)	17 (163.4400)	19 (163.4172)	29 (148.5600)	25 (153.6684)
2015-05-01	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	27 / 27 (631.7824)	27 (146.7884)	26 (154.2172)	8 (171.4056)	24 (159.3712)
2014-10-03	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	12 / 27 (660.4232)	15 (167.3828)	20 (157.6688)	13 (167.3828)	12 (167.9888)
2014-05-02	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge Lucedale, MS	4 / 15 (660.4800)	11 (160.5256)	7 (159.3828)	1 (172.0116)	4 (168.5600)
2014-04-04	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	23 / 36 (653.0972)	32 (158.2972)	7 (170.8228)	11 (169.1544)	31 (154.8228)
2013-08-23	Roast n' Boast Columbus, MS	21 / 27 (655.8400)	2 (176.5600)	24 (162.2400)	19 (165.1200)	25 (151.9200)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1867 (113 pts)	#1638 (148 pts)	#1705 (138 pts)	#1441 (203 pts)	#1935 (113 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#881 (378 pts)	#1180 (273 pts)	#931 (388 pts)	#746 (508 pts)	#915 (368 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2386 (72 pts)	#1150 (252 pts)	#2639 (57 pts)	#2050 (82 pts)	#2704 (52 pts)