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.
DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-04-11
latest 2014-09-05
Best ToY finish
#1063
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
620.59
last 4 Master vs avg 620.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.11)
Road miles
113
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.59 / 720
4 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.
DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY has 4 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 136 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.
#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 145.0856 | 157.40 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 143.9316 | 152.11 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 145.6800 | 155.40 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 139.4172 | 155.68 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2014-09-05
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.11)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
620.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
176
57–150 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
113
4 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Peak power rating (1488) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score633.5772 Smokin on the Summit
- First call Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4056 Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival
- Most recent contest Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2014-04-11 |
| -7.7 | Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival | 2014-09-05 |
| -2.2 | Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley | 2014-06-21 |
| -0.9 | 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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 75% | 88% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-05 | Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO | 36 / 43 (607.8968) | 13 (167.4056) | 39 (149.6912) | 41 (151.3828) | 40 (139.4172) |
| 2014-06-21 | Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO | 23 / 35 (630.1716) | 10 (164.0000) | 32 (143.9316) | 14 (165.1200) | 21 (157.1200) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 45 / 79 (633.5772) | 59 (153.1200) | 57 (154.2172) | 41 (159.4172) | 15 (166.8228) |
| 2014-04-11 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 50 / 54 (610.7200) | 52 (145.0856) | 30 (160.5944) | 53 (145.6800) | 32 (159.3600) |
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 | #1063 (288 pts) | #875 (413 pts) | #1147 (278 pts) | #1021 (333 pts) | #959 (348 pts) |