High-water mark
696.5144
career-best overall
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 696.5144 at Ribs on the Ridge — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-02-20
Campfire Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2026-01-22
latest 2026-04-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.11
last 3 Master vs avg 675.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.59 · weakest Brisket (164.91)
Road miles
38
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.11 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
Storylines (2 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
Bourbon & Blues BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bourbon & Blues BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Campfire Que has 3 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 119 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.
#3327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1497
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Campfire Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Campfire Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Campfire Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Campfire Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 11 years before Campfire Que's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Campfire Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 162.8000 | 171.22 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 166.2400 | 171.59 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 161.6800 | 167.40 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 158.7884 | 164.91 | top 71% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2026-01-22 → 2026-04-25
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Cooks most in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.59 · weakest Brisket (164.91)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
675.11
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
52–134 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
38
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1576
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$48,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1497
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2026
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1028 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Ribs on the Ridge
- First overall top-10 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best overall score696.5144 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Ribs on the Ridge
- Peak power rating (1506) Ribs on the Ridge
- Most recent contest Pitmasters in Paradise
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Ribs on the Ridge | 2026-02-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2026-01-22 |
| -8.8 | Pitmasters in Paradise | 2026-04-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 61% | 96.7% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | Pitmasters in Paradise 🏅 Auburndale, FL | 30 / 35 (666.7200) | 9 (175.4288) | 25 (170.8228) | 31 (161.6800) | 32 (158.7884) |
| 2026-02-20 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 4 / 32 (696.5144) | 9 (175.4172) | 2 (177.7028) | 4 (175.4172) | 18 (167.9772) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 53 / 63 (662.1028) | 55 (162.8000) | 49 (166.2400) | 49 (165.0972) | 41 (167.9656) |