High-water mark
346.2400
career-best overall
96.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 346.2400 at Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge — 96.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 27, 2026
Flame Forged BBQ
Flame Forged BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 37 at the Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) (2026). They finished #105 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 27, 2026
latest Jul 10, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.13
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.65)
Road miles
171
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
343.96 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 170.8228 | 173.31 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 168.0116 | 170.65 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 24% | Jul 10, 2026 |
More numbers
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 79 times, behind 27
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First tracked contest Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First call Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First overall top-10 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.2400 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best overall score346.2400 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- First category win (Chicken) Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
- Peak power rating (1530) Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2)
- Most recent contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| +7.6 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge | Mar 27, 2026 |
| +7.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Jul 10, 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 4 / 37 (344.5256) | 1 (176) | 7 (168.5256) | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) Cameron, MO | 6 / 16 (341.1200) | 6 (173.1084) | 8 (168.0116) | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 9 / 26 (346.2400) | 11 (170.8228) | 6 (175.4172) | — | — |