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BURNIN' SANDS BBQ

BURNIN' SANDS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 41 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2934 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Burnin Sands BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,934
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1507
peak 1515 · rated over 40 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

41
in the data

First seen

May 25, 2018
latest Mar 13, 2026 · 7.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#236
Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

2
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
15% of 41 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 64%
overall standings

Best overall

697.1088 / 720

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

682.19 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 657.30 (+24.89)

Walk rate

56%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±46.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.01 · weakest Brisket (162.48)

Road miles

5,555
across 41 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength

80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)

Purse competed for

$422K
listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 34 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.30 / 720
41 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

  • Chicken ×3

High-water mark

697.1088 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1088 at Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 20, 2024

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

HOLLOW Q has finished one call ahead of BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 52%.

  • 8 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 52%

A tough matchup

30–3 behind in the head-to-head

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ ahead in 91% of their meetings

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has come out ahead in 30 of their 33 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.53 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 43%.

  • Brisket avg 162.48
  • Chicken avg 170.01
  • 8 calls in 41 entries
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A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TRIANGLE S BAR B Q in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

22 of 32 shared chicken entries lost

Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has out-cooked them in 22 of 32 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1603 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 40 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smoked & Furious has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 50% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 50% across 8 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

  • 8 September contests
  • top 64% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,555 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,555 miles across 41 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 296 miles to Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB.

  • 41 mapped stops
  • furthest 296 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 2nd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #800 (135 pts) #858 (145 pts) #966 (125 pts) #828 (130 pts) #849 (130 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #522 (343 pts) #527 (398 pts) #593 (348 pts) #576 (313 pts) #514 (373 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #286 (761 pts) #301 (776 pts) #290 (851 pts) #254 (876 pts) #293 (781 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #236 (899 pts) #94 (1,494 pts) #197 (1,114 pts) #243 (904 pts) #341 (639 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #412 (534 pts) #279 (844 pts) #490 (504 pts) #512 (424 pts) #429 (539 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #401 (476 pts) #298 (686 pts) #304 (691 pts) #436 (436 pts) #430 (461 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #655 (120 pts) #696 (120 pts) #701 (120 pts) #706 (120 pts) #681 (120 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #794 (371 pts) #838 (381 pts) #713 (471 pts) #800 (401 pts) #820 (386 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1430 (143 pts) #1312 (183 pts) #1139 (249 pts) #1538 (133 pts) #1488 (148 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BURNIN' SANDS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Frank's BBQ Trading Post
#2,923 of the rated field
1508 power rating
Contests
53
GCs
1
Top-10s
9%
Peak
1553
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BURNIN' SANDS BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BURNIN' SANDS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 52 contests
  • last seen Jul 24, 2026
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3 Idiots & A Smoker
#2,937 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1507
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BURNIN' SANDS BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS
#2,936 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
42
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1527

Careers of much the same size, 42 contests to 41, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2025
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RUB WON OUT
#2,919 of the rated field
1508 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
0
Top-10s
4%
Peak
1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before BURNIN' SANDS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 24 contests
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BBQ Bonanza
#2,947 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1526

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Apr 5, 2024
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Brisket Bones n Brews
#2,932 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1509

Level with BURNIN' SANDS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Jul 17, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ 33 3 30 9% ⚔ compare
HOLLOW Q 29 11 18 38% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 25 6 19 24% ⚔ compare
CEO BBQ 22 6 16 27% ⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers 21 3 18 14% ⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ 21 1 20 5% ⚔ compare
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 20 2 18 10% ⚔ compare
SUPER SWINE 19 3 16 16% ⚔ compare
Smoked & Furious 18 5 13 28% ⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ 18 1 17 6% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 16 0 16 0% ⚔ compare
Fine As* Swine BBQ 14 3 11 21% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN DAN 14 3 11 21% ⚔ compare
BULL IN THE RING 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 40 17 2 5 180 🔥 152.5372 170.01 top 48%
Pork Ribs 40 16 0 3 177.1544 152.5140 167.88 top 53%
Pork 39 7 0 3 177.7028 147.4172 165.55 top 64%
Brisket 41 8 0 0 173.1084 129.7028 162.48 top 66%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)50top 69%
Medium (20–39)240top 63%
Large (40+)120top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
OK290top 65%
KS100top 61%
AR20top 60%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 4 2 0 top 34% Sep 19, 2025
Beats, Brews, & BBQ 3 10 0 top 68% Apr 1, 2022
Lake Views & BBQ 2 12 0 top 65% Apr 5, 2024
Harper County Bullseye BBQ 2 14 0 top 86% Oct 15, 2021
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 2 44 0 top 87% Mar 19, 2021
Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 2 17 0 top 80% Sep 20, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 8 contests
Contests a season 4.6 across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in OK 29 of 41 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 32 6 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Brisket 41 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls
Opponents faced 775 finished ahead 642 times, behind 1,006

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest
20251 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1515) Grillstock
20242 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
  2. Career-best overall score697.1088 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
20232 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Smokin on the Route
  2. First overall podium Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
20213 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival
  2. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival
  3. First overall top-10 Beats, Brews, & BBQ
20201 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
20191 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1660 Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship
20182 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship
  2. First call Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+18.9Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-OffSep 15, 2023
+16The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 23, 2023
+16Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-OffSep 20, 2024
+10.7OKC BBQ FestOct 21, 2022
+10.3Beats, Brews, & BBQJun 11, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.1Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-OffSep 21, 2018
-8.5Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1Mar 22, 2019
-8.2Keepers of the Fire BBQ ContestJul 10, 2020
-7.516th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQApr 23, 2021
-7.3Beats, Brews, & BBQJun 7, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20261000 0% top 84% 92.4% 92.4%
20253020 67% top 57% 96% 94.9%
20247010 57% top 56% 96.8% 94.8%
20238021 100% top 52% 96.3% 94.6%
20225000 60% top 52% 95.7% 93.4%
20217011 57% top 66% 94.4% 89.5%
20202000 0% top 94% 87.6% 86.3%
20196000 17% top 82% 91.1% 87.3%
20182000 50% top 85% 89.1% 77.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Mar 13, 2026 University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR 31 / 37 (664.9828) 25 (171.9772) 30 (163.9772) 32 (163.9428) 30 (165.0856)
Oct 17, 2025 Balloons and Barbeque 🏅 Poteau, OK 9 / 15 (682.7656) 6 (173.7028) 10 (172.5716) 10 (165.0856) 7 (171.4056)
Sep 19, 2025 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK 18 / 25 (674.7544) 19 (165.1200) 15 (170.8344) 20 (169.1200) 16 (169.6800)
Sep 12, 2025 Grillstock 🏅 Moore, OK 9 / 23 (691.3484) 6 (174.2628) 9 (171.9772) 10 (173.1428) 9 (171.9656)
Sep 20, 2024 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK 2 / 26 (697.1088) 9 (171.9772) 2 (177.1544) 3 (177.1544) 7 (170.8228)
Sep 13, 2024 Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Moore, OK 12 / 19 (686.2056) 11 (170.8228) 6 (176) 13 (168.5600) 9 (170.8228)
Aug 16, 2024 Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition 🏅 Hinton, OK 20 / 25 (670.1484) 19 (169.6684) 24 (165.0972) 22 (165.1200) 17 (170.2628)
Jun 7, 2024 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS 26 / 43 (677.0860) 19 (171.9772) 17 (170.8572) 35 (164.5600) 16 (169.6916)
May 3, 2024 3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest 🏅 Alva, OK 15 / 20 (685.6344) 6 (177.7144) 7 (174.8572) 20 (162.8000) 10 (170.2628)
Apr 5, 2024 Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK 12 / 21 (686.2056) 9 (172.5600) 19 (163.9772) 2 (177.7028) 10 (171.9656)
Mar 15, 2024 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS 27 / 58 (675.9088) 24 (171.9772) 37 (167.4288) 16 (174.2744) 41 (162.2284)
Oct 27, 2023 Smoke on the Water - Saracen Casino PB 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR 18 / 49 (685.0856) 5 (177.1428) 28 (168.5716) 22 (171.4056) 26 (167.9656)
Oct 6, 2023 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Harper, KS 7 / 11 (683.3372) 6 (173.7028) 5 (170.2744) 5 (171.9772) 8 (167.3828)
Sep 15, 2023 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK 3 / 26 (693.6688) 2 (180) 10 (170.2744) 6 (174.2744) 13 (169.1200)
Aug 25, 2023 Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show 🏅 Liberal, KS 13 / 19 (674.2284) 4 (176.5944) 6 (173.7028) 18 (156.5484) 12 (167.3828)
Aug 4, 2023 Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK 29 / 36 (672.4800) 3 (177.7028) 9 (172) 31 (163.9656) 35 (158.8116)
Jul 28, 2023 Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK 22 / 29 (676.4568) 14 (170.8228) 7 (174.2856) 21 (169.6684) 25 (161.6800)
Jun 23, 2023 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 11 / 167 (686.2284) 1 (180) 6 (176.5600) 99 (162.8456) 48 (166.8228)
Mar 31, 2023 Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK 21 / 29 (680.0116) 19 (170.2744) 10 (174.8572) 3 (174.8572) 27 (160.0228)
Oct 21, 2022 OKC BBQ Fest 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK 12 / 35 (689.0396) 7 (176.5600) 19 (170.2628) 18 (169.1084) 10 (173.1084)
Sep 16, 2022 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK 18 / 39 (673.5888) 12 (173.1200) 12 (169.1316) 33 (159.3600) 11 (171.9772)
Jun 10, 2022 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS 14 / 29 (667.3944) 2 (177.1544) 18 (165.6800) 21 (163.4400) 23 (161.1200)
May 6, 2022 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK 23 / 38 (661.5656) 21 (168) 22 (165.0856) 26 (162.7884) 20 (165.6916)
Apr 1, 2022 Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK 21 / 30 (670.1716) 7 (175.4056) 23 (163.9660) 21 (166.8228) 23 (163.9772)
Nov 11, 2021 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK 67 / 111 (674.7428) 71 (167.3828) 88 (165.0972) 34 (173.1200) 52 (169.1428)
Oct 15, 2021 Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS 14 / 16 (669.6344) 6 (173.1200) 11 (170.2856) 14 (163.9544) 16 (162.2744)
Aug 20, 2021 Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS 24 / 46 (660.4224) 30 (163.9540) 10 (169.1312) 20 (170.2628) 31 (157.0744)
Jun 11, 2021 Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK 10 / 25 (679.3256) 10 (171.4056) 2 (176) 21 (164.5372) 12 (167.3828)
May 7, 2021 Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK 23 / 53 (675.3140) 1 (180) 22 (170.8112) 24 (166.2628) 32 (158.2400)
Apr 23, 2021 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 40 / 41 (488.4684) — 38 (155.3600) 26 (164.5256) 21 (168.5828)
Mar 19, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK 44 / 56 (665.0400) 25 (171.9772) 25 (169.6684) 36 (166.8228) 51 (156.5716)
Aug 7, 2020 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK 49 / 54 (630.6852) 41 (161.7028) 50 (152.5140) — 47 (151.9428)
Jul 10, 2020 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS 59 / 61 (612.3888) 60 (152.5372) 55 (154.8344) 51 (160.5256) 60 (144.4916)
Oct 18, 2019 Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS 21 / 25 (655.8860) 21 (161.0856) 9 (169.1660) 15 (167.4172) 23 (158.2172)
Sep 20, 2019 Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK 17 / 28 (649.0976) 15 (165.1544) 12 (163.4288) 15 (165.6800) 20 (154.8344)
Jun 22, 2019 Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK 20 / 27 (649.1660) 21 (162.8112) 21 (161.7716) 22 (157.1316) 12 (167.4516)
Jun 7, 2019 Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK 20 / 21 (612.9252) 19 (157.1200) 17 (159.9428) — 20 (145.0512)
Apr 26, 2019 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK 33 / 39 (607.3716) 30 (158.8572) 29 (158.2856) 37 (147.4172) 37 (142.8116)
Mar 22, 2019 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK 71 / 74 (597.0856) 57 (162.2972) 66 (154.2400) 71 (150.8456) 73 (129.7028)
Sep 21, 2018 Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK 29 / 29 (474.8000) 14 (163.9544) — 22 (158.8228) 23 (152.0228)
May 25, 2018 Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship Oklahoma City, OK 17 / 24 (641.5884) 20 (158.8344) 2 (175.4400) 22 (150.7884) 18 (156.5256)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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