Q'IN BY THE FIRE

Q'IN BY THE FIRE is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 19th of 69 at the New Holland Summer Fest (2017). They are ranked #4175 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,175

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1480

peak 1480 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 15, 2016

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1133

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

655.4172 / 720

Master · New Holland Summer Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.07 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 630.95 (+6.12)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228

Pork Ribs · New Holland Summer Fest

Consistency

±15.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.43 · weakest Brisket (155.23)

Road miles

689

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$9,675

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

630.95 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

10–1 behind in the head-to-head

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 91% of their meetings

DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.21 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 155.23
Chicken avg 160.43
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 4 BOXERS Q in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

10 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
11 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest every year from 2016 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 19th

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1558 (125 pts)	#1420 (150 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1448 (140 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1266 (180 pts)	#1065 (275 pts)	#1354 (180 pts)	#1342 (180 pts)	#1225 (220 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1133 (270 pts)	#1287 (240 pts)	#1056 (335 pts)	#1176 (280 pts)	#1261 (240 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1840 (125 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Q'IN BY THE FIRE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Panic BBQ

#4,167 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

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 Jun 27, 2025

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THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM

#4,180 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1524

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2017

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DANDDY BBQ

#4,158 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1503

Level with Q'IN BY THE FIRE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

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Backyard Kuisine

#4,186 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 31, 2017

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BLACK'S BBQ CO.

#4,172 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2019

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BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS

#4,179 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DRILLING & GRILLING	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
DEAD ON Q	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
50 Shades of Pork	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
CAMP BACON BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LITTLE CREEK BAR B CUE COMPANY	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKEN DUDES BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
QUEGASM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PIG PEN BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	0	169.1316	141.0512	160.43	top 61%
Pork Ribs	11	1	172.0228	139.3716	156.17	top 67%
Pork	11	0	165.6800	146.7428	159.13	top 60%
Brisket	11	0	168.5256	144.4916	155.23	top 63%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
PA	9	0	top 63%
MD	2	0	top 83%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest	4	19	top 63%	Aug 23, 2019
The Ironman	3	25	top 52%	Apr 5, 2019
Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	2	29	top 79%	May 18, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 9 of 11 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 264 finished ahead 215 times, behind 402

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

20192 milestones

Apr 5 10th tracked contest The Ironman
Aug 23 Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest

20174 milestones

Aug 25 First call New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4172 New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 25 Career-best overall score655.4172 New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0228 New Holland Summer Fest

20162 milestones

Apr 15 First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival
Apr 15 Peak power rating (1495) Interstate BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.5	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 25, 2017
+4.4	The Ironman	Apr 6, 2018
+3.8	The Ironman	Mar 31, 2017
+0.4	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	May 18, 2018
+0.1	The Ironman	Apr 5, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 2017
-7.8	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 23, 2019
-7.7	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 14, 2017
-7.4	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 26, 2016
-4.8	Interstate BBQ Festival	Apr 15, 2016

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

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0%	top 71%	89.7%	87.8%
2018	3	0%	top 57%	90%	88.9%
2017	4	25%	top 65%	91%	87.3%
2016	2	0%	top 78%	86.3%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	54 / 65 (617.9540)	42 (160.5028)	54 (154.7772)	63 (146.7428)	43 (155.9312)
Apr 5, 2019	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	25 / 42 (646.1368)	24 (162.8228)	19 (163.9656)	28 (159.9656)	21 (159.3828)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	44 / 71 (629.4740)	18 (167.4056)	44 (155.9200)	39 (157.0856)	50 (149.0628)
May 18, 2018	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	29 / 47 (643.9084)	13 (169.1316)	33 (160.5484)	30 (158.8456)	32 (155.3828)
Apr 6, 2018	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	29 / 60 (647.8628)	35 (161.7144)	35 (157.6800)	34 (159.9428)	17 (168.5256)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	19 / 69 (655.4172)	32 (162.8344)	8 (172.0228)	37 (159.9428)	35 (160.6172)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	51 / 53 (608.9028)	48 (158.8000)	50 (147.3372)	39 (158.2628)	52 (144.5028)
Apr 14, 2017	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	51 / 58 (611.8404)	36 (163.9772)	57 (139.3716)	29 (164)	52 (144.4916)
Mar 31, 2017	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	28 / 59 (637.0972)	43 (155.4172)	36 (158.2744)	17 (163.9884)	31 (159.4172)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	52 / 66 (620.3540)	64 (141.0512)	47 (155.4172)	24 (165.6800)	26 (158.2056)
Apr 15, 2016	Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	32 / 41 (621.5196)	30 (161.1200)	35 (152.5028)	31 (155.9312)	33 (151.9656)

Q'IN BY THE FIRE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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