A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BURNT REYNOLDS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-16
latest 2017-08-05
Best ToY finish
#2125
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.06
last 3 Master vs avg 635.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.46)
Road miles
66
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1631)
Master avg
635.06 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1631
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1631 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
BURNT REYNOLDS 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 151 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BURNT REYNOLDS BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with BURNT REYNOLDS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 173.1200 | 158.2284 | 163.96 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 151.3488 | 153.46 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 155.9772 | 161.31 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 147.3600 | 156.33 | top 70% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2016-09-16 → 2017-08-05
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.46)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.06
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
27–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
66
3 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
1631
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score639.8056 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1500) Tri City BBQ Fest
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
- Most recent contest Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 2016-09-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 | 2017-08-05 |
| -3.7 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 | 2017-08-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.5% | 87.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-05 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE | 48 / 50 (628.3888) | 15 (173.1200) | 49 (151.9316) | 46 (155.9772) | 47 (147.3600) |
| 2017-08-04 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE | 43 / 54 (636.9712) | 45 (158.2284) | 43 (157.0972) | 30 (163.9656) | 41 (157.6800) |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 20 / 34 (639.8056) | 23 (160.5256) | 29 (151.3488) | 19 (163.9884) | 14 (163.9428) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2125 (84 pts) | #2304 (69 pts) | #2866 (59 pts) | #2178 (89 pts) | #2037 (114 pts) |