High-water mark
667.8972
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8972 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-15
MESSIN WITH FIRE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2016-11-18
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.86
last 4 Master vs avg 646.86 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.12 · weakest Brisket (157.65)
Road miles
49
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
646.86 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ATLANTA BBQ STORE ahead in 100% of their meetings
ATLANTA BBQ STORE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) (2016-11-18).
- last seen 2014-10-10
- back 2016-11-18
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.
MESSIN WITH FIRE has 4 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 139 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.
#3563 of the rated field
- Contests
- 51
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1511
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to MESSIN WITH FIRE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MESSIN WITH FIRE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 108
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1568
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MESSIN WITH FIRE)
They've been 1568 at their best, 76 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after MESSIN WITH FIRE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with MESSIN WITH FIRE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 144.0112 | 163.27 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.3200 | 159.9428 | 165.12 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 149.6456 | 160.82 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 148.4800 | 157.65 | top 62% |
“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 60% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2016-11-18
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.12 · weakest Brisket (157.65)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
646.86
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
55–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
49
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-11-18
Power rating
1492
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- First call Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3200 Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8972 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Career-best overall score667.8972 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Peak power rating (1501) Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2016
- Most recent contest Que'n in Cumming (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) | 2016-11-18 |
| -6.5 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival | 2013-09-13 |
| -1.6 | Rock'n Ribville | 2014-10-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.8% | 91.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-18 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | 43 / 47 (640.9944) | 28 (167.9888) | 36 (163.4056) | 35 (161.1200) | 44 (148.4800) |
| 2014-10-10 | Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA | 12 / 20 (652.9368) | 8 (168.5256) | 17 (159.9428) | 14 (165.0972) | 13 (159.3712) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 12 / 43 (667.8972) | 10 (172.5600) | 22 (162.8116) | 10 (167.4056) | 12 (165.1200) |
| 2013-09-13 | Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA | 29 / 41 (625.6224) | 39 (144.0112) | 2 (174.3200) | 33 (149.6456) | 25 (157.6456) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |