Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Chicken ×1
- Pork ×1
MASTERS OF FIRE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1509
peak 1509 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ
Contests
22
in the data
First seen
2018-02-17
latest 2019-09-07
Best ToY finish
#232
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
4
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 22 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
644.58
last 5 Master vs avg 644.20 (+0.38)
Walk rate
68%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.70 · weakest Brisket (158.36)
Road miles
5,421
mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 661 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
644.20 / 720
22 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (14 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.
On the rise
+33
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 33 points across 15 contests since 2018-09-22 — from 1476 up to 1509.
- 15 contests since 2018-09-22
- now 1509
They almost always walk
68%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 15 of 22 contests
A top-10 category call in 68% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
682.2400
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2400 at Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-04-20
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
PUREBBQ has finished one call ahead of MASTERS OF FIRE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
16–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ+ has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 36%.
- Brisket avg 158.36
- Chicken avg 164.70
- 3 calls in 22 entries
A strong matchup
8–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
12 of 17
shared chicken entries lost
IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 71% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 12 of 17 shared chicken entries.
Built for the big stage
Top 52%
average finish in large fields
Field size changes the story: they average a top 52% finish in large fields against top 71% in small ones.
- Large (40+): top 52% (7)
- Small (<20 teams): top 71% (4)
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKEY THE BOAR has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A September team
Top 36%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 58% the rest of the year
The long haul
5,421
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,421 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 661 miles to Transylvanian BBQ Festival.
- 22 mapped stops
- furthest 661 mi
The metronome
±2.17%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 89.5% of a perfect score
- 22 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.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1529
2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to MASTERS OF FIRE)
These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS ahead 5–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MASTERS OF FIRE)
Fewer contests behind them than MASTERS OF FIRE has cooked, 6 to 22, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2865 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
24 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before MASTERS OF FIRE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 36
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1558 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before MASTERS OF FIRE's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARKSTAD SMOKERS | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| PUREBBQ | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Osdorp Grillers (NL) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 144.5028 | 164.70 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 140.4800 | 159.12 | top 60% |
| Pork | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 143.9200 | 162.03 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 145.7028 | 158.36 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 52% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 70% | 2019-06-29 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2018-02-17 → 2019-09-07
Busiest season
2019
13 contests
Contests a season
11
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
BZ
1 of 22 contests
Contests visited
21
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
22 entries · 2 wins · 8 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.70 · weakest Brisket (158.36)
Walk rate
68%
a top-10 call in 15 of 22 contests
Overall top-10 rate
18%
4 of 22 contests
Master average
644.20
out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
2
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
285
340–396 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,421
22 mapped stops · furthest 661 mi
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Power rating
1509
peak 1509 · #2866 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice
- First call Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice
- First category win (Pork) *Tallya BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 *Tallya BBQ Festival
- First perfect 180 (Pork) *Tallya BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1824 *Tallya BBQ Festival
- 2019
- 10th tracked contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score682.2400 Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2
- Peak power rating (1509) Tony Stone BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 | 2019-04-20 |
| +13 | *Tallya BBQ Festival | 2018-10-13 |
| +11 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | 2019-05-18 |
| +9.7 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 | 2018-09-22 |
| +9.4 | Meat the East | 2019-04-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice | 2018-02-17 |
| -9.4 | Regahfest 2018 Green | 2018-08-25 |
| -9 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE | 2019-02-16 |
| -5.8 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2018-06-23 |
| -5.4 | Smoke and Fire Festival | 2019-08-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 69% | top 54% | 94.8% | 89.9% |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 64% | 93.6% | 88.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 9 / 38 (665.6116) | 1 (177.1428) | 25 (158.2288) | 8 (170.8228) | 21 (159.4172) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 19 / 31 (623.8168) | 12 (166.2284) | 30 (140.4800) | 24 (154.2400) | 11 (162.8684) |
| 2019-08-17 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ | 12 / 16 (639.3832) | 3 (170.8572) | 15 (148.5716) | 11 (161.6572) | 10 (158.2972) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 14 / 22 (646.7656) | 8 (166.8344) | 12 (161.1428) | 14 (158.8000) | 12 (159.9884) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 30 / 55 (647.3144) | 35 (162.8000) | 37 (158.8460) | 28 (163.9656) | 27 (161.7028) |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County, 520008 | 5 / 17 (661.6572) | 5 (168.5600) | 16 (149.1316) | 1 (170.8456) | 2 (173.1200) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 30 / 49 (634.1716) | 19 (167.9772) | 29 (156.0116) | 45 (143.9200) | 12 (166.2628) |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600 | 5 / 29 (682.2400) | 4 (171.9772) | 4 (176.0000) | 8 (171.4516) | 15 (162.8112) |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600 | 16 / 25 (628.4460) | 16 (159.4056) | 19 (150.8232) | 15 (158.8344) | 12 (159.3828) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 13 / 41 (658.1484) | 13 (168.5256) | 20 (159.3828) | 2 (174.2972) | 30 (155.9428) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 28 / 40 (634.6400) | 7 (169.1200) | 33 (151.9200) | 37 (150.7772) | 14 (162.8228) |
| 2019-02-16 | Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762 | 11 / 12 (640.9828) | 12 (151.9084) | 7 (166.8572) | 11 (162.8572) | 11 (159.3600) |
| 2019-01-19 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 19 / 30 (647.9084) | 1 (180.0000) | 18 (163.3828) | 27 (147.4172) | 25 (157.1084) |
| 2018-10-13 | *Tallya BBQ Festival Tallya, 1125 | 7 / 38 (674.1824) | 15 (165.0968) | 7 (170.2744) | 1 (180.0000) | 27 (158.8112) |
| 2018-09-22 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop, | 22 / 73 (643.9660) | 43 (159.9772) | 15 (164.5372) | 9 (168.0000) | 51 (151.4516) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 24 / 44 (639.8056) | 21 (165.0740) | 14 (167.4172) | 28 (159.9772) | 34 (147.3372) |
| 2018-08-25 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA | 24 / 29 (631.4172) | 25 (158.2628) | 22 (158.2744) | 10 (169.1772) | 29 (145.7028) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 33 / 35 (619.2344) | 31 (155.9656) | 24 (158.2516) | 31 (151.9200) | 27 (153.0972) |
| 2018-06-23 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 17 / 22 (628.4456) | 17 (158.2284) | 13 (157.0972) | 10 (165.7716) | 19 (147.3484) |
| 2018-05-19 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 37 / 60 (634.7888) | 31 (162.8456) | 45 (154.8460) | 37 (159.9772) | 29 (157.1200) |
| 2018-04-14 | Meat The East Hengelo, 7534 HK | 24 / 34 (642.1596) | 34 (144.5028) | 6 (169.1428) | 19 (162.2512) | 8 (166.2628) |
| 2018-02-17 | Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee, 9762 | 15 / 17 (647.3600) | 4 (172.0116) | 13 (160.0000) | 17 (157.6800) | 13 (157.6684) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #232 (1192 pts) | #82 (1802 pts) | #295 (1011 pts) | #182 (1347 pts) | #211 (1242 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1802 (92 pts) | #1289 (192 pts) | #1817 (102 pts) | #1918 (82 pts) | #1802 (102 pts) |