Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.5940 at 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.79 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PORK RADIO 810 in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12).
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.
79 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Disco Pigs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 15 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Disco Pigs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE SMOKING HILLS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON WHEELS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN O BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| PITMASTERIQ BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| CAVEMAN CUISINE | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD STYLE BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Cool Smoke | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 157.1428 | 167.61 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 156.0004 | 163.50 | top 49% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 154.8116 | 166.65 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 156.5372 | 161.81 | top 51% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.5 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +14.4 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| +9.5 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +4.2 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| +3.5 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 7% | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 22.5% | 22.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 13% | 67.8% | 67.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 94% | 91.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 32 / 468 (505.6796) | 16 (177.1428) | 373 (156.5144) | 254 (164.5716) | 169 (167.4628) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 404 / 407 (162.2516) | — | 257 (162.2516) | — | — |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 237 / 557 (659.4400) | 425 (157.1428) | 109 (170.8572) | 116 (170.2972) | 306 (161.1428) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 79 / 606 (487.8968) | 219 (166.8344) | 187 (167.9884) | 113 (170.2628) | 406 (156.5372) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 238 / 552 (658.7884) | 169 (168.5828) | 282 (163.4172) | 165 (168.5256) | 342 (158.2628) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 26 / 535 (676.5940) | 96 (169.1084) | 85 (167.4972) | 47 (171.4284) | 72 (168.5600) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 149 / 174 (636.5492) | 84 (166.8228) | 147 (156.0004) | 154 (154.8116) | 124 (158.9144) |