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.
R.P. BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2015-06-05
Best ToY finish
#1828
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.60
last 3 Master vs avg 633.60 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.02 · weakest Brisket (155.02)
Road miles
19
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
633.60 / 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.
R.P. BBQ 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 129 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.
#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to R.P. BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team R.P. BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after R.P. BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with R.P. BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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 | 160.5372 | 158.8228 | 159.60 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.9544 | 163.02 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 147.9428 | 155.96 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 152.5372 | 155.02 | top 65% |
“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 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' on the Summit | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 40% | 2015-06-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2015-06-05
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.02 · weakest Brisket (155.02)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.60
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
97–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
19
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1497
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin on the Summit
- Career-best overall score647.9312 Smokin on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1505) Smokin on the Summit
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 Smokin' on the Summit
- Most recent contest Smokin' on the Summit
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Smokin on the Summit | 2014-06-06 |
| +3.6 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 88.9% | 87% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 34 / 78 (639.8972) | 44 (158.8228) | 14 (168.5600) | 57 (156.5256) | 49 (155.9888) |
| 2015-05-01 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 29 / 32 (612.9716) | 23 (160.5372) | 28 (151.9544) | 32 (147.9428) | 25 (152.5372) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 29 / 79 (647.9312) | 40 (159.4284) | 18 (168.5600) | 27 (163.4056) | 43 (156.5372) |
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 | #1828 (117 pts) | #1734 (127 pts) | #1533 (172 pts) | #1911 (117 pts) | #1892 (117 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #1970 (110 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |