FIREBUGBBQ.COM

FIREBUGBBQ.COM is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 26th of 73 at the Smoke In The Spring (2014). They finished #2084 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1483

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 11, 2014

latest Apr 8, 2016 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#2084

Master 2014 · every season

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

654.2632 / 720

Master · Smoke In The Spring

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7600

Chicken · Smoke In The Spring

Consistency

±27.81

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.74 · weakest Brisket (144.86)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

616.78 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of R U Rdy 4 BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#1453 (200 pts)	#2081 (90 pts)	#1340 (225 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	173.7600	144.4800	160.74	top 49%
Pork Ribs	3	0	166.8688	146.7884	154.26	top 72%
Pork	3	1	173.1544	147.9428	156.92	top 63%
Brisket	3	0	149.6456	140.4800	144.86	top 87%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	3	26	0	top 74%	Apr 8, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 154 finished ahead 61 times, behind 215

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

20161 milestone

Apr 8 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring

20146 milestones

Apr 11 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 11 First call Smoke In The Spring
Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2632 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 11 Career-best overall score654.2632 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7600 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 11 Peak power rating (1506) Smoke In The Spring

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	102 / 109 (587.7256)	101 (144.4800)	99 (149.1200)	99 (149.6684)	98 (144.4572)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	90 / 97 (608.3540)	45 (163.9772)	93 (146.7884)	91 (147.9428)	80 (149.6456)
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	26 / 73 (654.2632)	5 (173.7600)	22 (166.8688)	4 (173.1544)	64 (140.4800)