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FLAT IRON BBQ

FLAT IRON BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 9th of 33 at the Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest (2013). They are ranked #2779 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,779
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1512
peak 1522 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

Jun 7, 2013
latest Mar 25, 2016 · 2.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1233
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

2
25% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%
overall standings

Best overall

675.2684 / 720
Master · Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

654.49 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 658.12 (-3.63)

Walk rate

63%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600
Chicken · Firelake BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±13.39
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.56 · weakest Pork (159.89)

Road miles

461
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 74 mi

Schedule strength

47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Master avg

658.12 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.67 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 38%.

  • Pork avg 159.89
  • Chicken avg 170.56
  • 0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIGHEADED IRISHMAN B-B-Q in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.86% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.86% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.4% of a perfect score
  • 8 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #2154 (95 pts) #2349 (60 pts) #2326 (60 pts) #2291 (70 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1233 (228 pts) #797 (458 pts) #1184 (263 pts) #1397 (213 pts) #1122 (273 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #2530 (69 pts) #2015 (104 pts) #2733 (59 pts) #2153 (79 pts) #2041 (94 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FLAT IRON BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BURN ONE BBQ
#2,764 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1519

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
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Mid-West Coatings
#2,784 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1512

They turned up 6 years after FLAT IRON BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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Rex BBQ
#2,780 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1512

Level with FLAT IRON BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
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THIN BLUE QUE
#2,786 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1518

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen May 26, 2023
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MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ
#2,766 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1512

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Sep 21, 2019
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Smokin Dixie BBQ
#2,785 of the rated field
1512 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1516

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Oct 9, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
IRON WHEEL COOKERS 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
TNK BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
OKIEQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 3 0 1 176.5600 162.8228 170.56 top 38%
Pork Ribs 8 2 0 0 172.0002 147.9200 160.83 top 56%
Pork 8 0 0 0 165.1428 155.3484 159.89 top 73%
Brisket 8 2 0 0 173.7600 159.3716 166.85 top 38%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)50top 54%
Large (40+)30top 51%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Firelake BBQ Cook Off 2 31 0 top 59% Mar 25, 2016
Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 2 13 0 top 59% Oct 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests
Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in OK 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 168 finished ahead 143 times, behind 160

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

20161 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off
20152 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Firelake BBQ Cook Off
  2. Career-best overall score675.2684 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
20141 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1522) Firelake BBQ Cook-off
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest It's A Smokin Good Thang
  2. First call It's A Smokin Good Thang
  3. First overall top-10 It's A Smokin Good Thang
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9990 It's A Smokin Good Thang

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+8.2Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome FestJun 14, 2013
+7.5It's A Smokin Good ThangJun 7, 2013
+6.2Firelake BBQ Cook-offMar 28, 2014
+4.5Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass FestivalOct 23, 2015
+0.6Firelake BBQ Cook OffMar 25, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.6Hot Pursuit BBQ CookoffJul 24, 2015
-4Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass FestivalOct 24, 2014
-1.7Firelake BBQ Cook OffMar 27, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20161000 0% top 58% 92.3% 92.3%
20153000 67% top 67% 93.8% 91.2%
20142000 50% top 52% 92.1% 90.3%
20132020 100% top 30% 92.9% 92.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Mar 25, 2016 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK 38 / 66 (664.4224) 18 (172.5484) 38 (165.1200) 60 (155.3484) 23 (171.4056)
Oct 23, 2015 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK 13 / 26 (675.2684) 10 (174.2628) 8 (169.6800) 16 (160.5028) 11 (170.8228)
Jul 24, 2015 Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK 29 / 32 (635.2684) 17 (169.7028) 31 (147.9200) 30 (155.3828) 19 (162.2628)
Mar 27, 2015 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK 31 / 52 (659.9312) 3 (176.5600) 46 (156.5372) 44 (161.1084) 24 (165.7256)
Oct 24, 2014 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK 23 / 34 (637.5772) 16 (169.7028) 26 (149.1428) 21 (159.3600) 18 (159.3716)
Mar 28, 2014 Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK 16 / 43 (663.3600) 25 (162.8228) 14 (164.5372) 27 (162.2400) 4 (173.7600)
Jun 14, 2013 Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK 9 / 33 (669.1430) 11 (168.5714) 4 (172.0002) 15 (165.1428) 11 (163.4286)
Jun 7, 2013 It's A Smokin Good Thang Tecumseh, OK 9 / 27 (659.9990) 10 (170.2856) 14 (161.7140) 22 (159.9996) 7 (167.9998)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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