A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY ahead in 100% of their meetings
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Disco Brisket BBQ
Disco Brisket BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 28th of 30 at the New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) (2023). They finished #666 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1457
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 15, 2023
latest May 6, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.01
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.85 · weakest Pork (149.41)
Road miles
313
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 192 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.75 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #666 (235 pts) | #571 (337 pts) | #570 (384 pts) | #695 (235 pts) | #537 (350 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Disco Brisket BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Disco Brisket BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 128 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,259 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Disco Brisket BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Disco Brisket BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Level with Disco Brisket BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Disco Brisket BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Disco Brisket BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 153.1200 | 156.32 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 150.2516 | 155.84 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 131.9428 | 149.41 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 151.3600 | 159.85 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 93% | Apr 22, 2023 |
More numbers
Most contests held in
NJ
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
106
finished ahead 12 times, behind 168
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Career-best overall score630.8572 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Peak power rating (1490) Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- First call New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.6172 HOGS 4 HEROES
- Most recent contest HOGS 4 HEROES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | HOGS 4 HEROES | May 6, 2023 |
| -11.1 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Apr 21, 2023 |
| -10.8 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Apr 22, 2023 |
| -9.6 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Apr 15, 2023 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2023 | HOGS 4 HEROES 🏅 Jamestown, RI | 48 / 50 (605.0744) | 46 (153.1200) | 42 (151.3944) | 50 (131.9428) | 9 (168.6172) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 28 / 30 (627.8632) | 29 (154.2632) | 21 (164.5484) | 28 (155.4172) | 26 (153.6344) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Blairstown, NJ | — | — | 8 (160.5256) | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 33 / 36 (619.2236) | 25 (162.8116) | 33 (152.4916) | 33 (152.5604) | 32 (151.3600) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Blairstown, NJ | — | 12 (154.2632) | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT | 38 / 43 (630.8572) | 39 (157.1312) | 39 (150.2516) | 38 (157.7028) | 19 (165.7716) |