A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SMKN Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2018-07-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
612.81
last 4 Master vs avg 612.81 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.54)
Road miles
30
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.81 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Racing for the BBQ (2018-07-27).
- last seen 2016-07-29
- back 2018-07-27
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.
SMKN Q has 4 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 144 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.
#4650 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMKN Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMKN Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SMKN Q did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMKN Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 146.8456 | 159.57 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2400 | 143.9656 | 146.54 | top 87% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 143.4172 | 156.86 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5140 | 145.1200 | 149.84 | top 75% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Racing for the BBQ | 2 | 47 | 0 | top 85% | 2018-07-27 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2018-07-27
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.54)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
612.81
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
272
67–242 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2018-07-27
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SMOKIN on the Summit
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8572 SMOKIN on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1495) SMOKIN on the Summit
- 2018
- Career-best overall score624.5140 *Racing for the BBQ
- Most recent contest *Racing for the BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Racing for the BBQ | 2016-07-29 |
| -9.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2014-09-26 |
| -5.4 | SMOKIN on the Summit | 2013-06-07 |
| -4.2 | *Racing for the BBQ | 2018-07-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-27 | *Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 47 / 66 (624.5140) | 22 (165.7144) | 52 (144.5372) | 49 (153.7484) | 29 (160.5140) |
| 2016-07-29 | Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 53 / 54 (587.3828) | 53 (146.8456) | 51 (150.2400) | 52 (143.4172) | 50 (146.8800) |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 91 / 112 (615.9312) | 54 (163.4400) | 104 (143.9656) | 57 (163.4056) | 94 (145.1200) |
| 2013-06-07 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 55 / 81 (623.4284) | 36 (162.2856) | 67 (147.4286) | 20 (166.8572) | 65 (146.8570) |