A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Low Budget BBQ
Low Budget BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 52nd of 64 at the Qlathe BBQ Championship (2019). They finished #856 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2019
latest Mar 18, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.27 · weakest Brisket (149.68)
Road miles
5
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 152.5372 | 161.27 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 147.4056 | 152.67 | top 86% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 148.5712 | 158.28 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 142.8116 | 149.68 | top 90% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
161
finished ahead 32 times, behind 237
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Mar 13, 2020 → Mar 19, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score633.0632 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168 Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1492) Qlathe BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 19, 2021 |
| -9.7 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 13, 2020 |
| -8.3 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2019 |
| -5.9 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 18, 2022 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2022 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 59 / 71 (633.0632) | 49 (163.9888) | 53 (159.9656) | 45 (166.2972) | 68 (142.8116) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 67 / 70 (614.6976) | 66 (152.5372) | 67 (147.9428) | 49 (165.1432) | 67 (149.0744) |
| Mar 13, 2020 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 63 / 68 (613.6684) | 54 (160.5484) | 66 (147.4056) | 62 (153.1200) | 59 (152.5944) |
| Mar 15, 2019 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 52 / 64 (626.2056) | 26 (168) | 50 (155.3828) | 60 (148.5712) | 52 (154.2516) |