High-water mark
671.8856
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8856 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 4, 2018
FIRE KEEPERS
FIRE KEEPERS is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 31st of 61 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2018). They finished #1954 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest May 3, 2019 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.53 · weakest Brisket (160.23)
Road miles
16
across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
654.42 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 153.1084 | 164.17 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 161.6800 | 163.02 | top 60% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 166.2400 | 168.53 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 155.9312 | 160.23 | 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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 68% | May 3, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
147
finished ahead 61 times, behind 120
Longest layoff
3.5 yrs
Oct 18, 2014 → May 4, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20183 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.8856 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score671.8856 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- First call I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 46 / 54 (636.9596) | 52 (153.1084) | 41 (161.6800) | 28 (166.2400) | 41 (155.9312) |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 31 / 61 (671.8856) | 15 (173.7028) | 42 (162.8228) | 18 (170.8228) | 39 (164.5372) |
| Oct 18, 2014 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 10 (165.7028) | 8 (164.5600) | — | — |