High-water mark
694.8000
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.8000 at Smoke in the Spring — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-04-06
Bamfer
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1534
peak 1534 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-04-07
latest 2018-07-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.37
last 4 Master vs avg 677.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.52
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.55 · weakest Chicken (166.70)
Road miles
192
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Master avg
677.37 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of INDIGO PIG in 3 of their 4 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.
Bamfer 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 72 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.
#2108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
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#2116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Bamfer's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Bamfer did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#2103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1534
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bamfer on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2095 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 22% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 163.4056 | 166.70 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 176.5600 | 164.5832 | 171.28 | top 31% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 164.5372 | 171.55 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 162.2400 | 167.83 | top 35% |
“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 42% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 24% | 2018-04-06 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2017-04-07 → 2018-07-27
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.55 · weakest Chicken (166.70)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
677.37
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
185–66 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
192
4 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1534
peak 1534 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6576 Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)
- First call Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- 2018
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best overall score694.8000 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Smoke in the Spring
- Peak power rating (1534) Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- Most recent contest Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.2 | Smoke in the Spring | 2018-04-06 |
| +6.6 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | 2018-07-27 |
| +6.2 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) | 2017-04-07 |
| +3.6 | Hog Wild West BBQ Contest | 2017-09-08 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 96.5% | 95.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 93% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-27 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 11 / 27 (676.5028) | 7 (172.5600) | 16 (168.5600) | 5 (173.1428) | 19 (162.2400) |
| 2018-04-06 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 8 / 103 (694.8000) | 53 (167.4056) | 3 (176.5600) | 6 (176.5600) | 8 (174.2744) |
| 2017-09-08 | Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS | 11 / 25 (668.5148) | 16 (163.4288) | 3 (175.4172) | 12 (164.5372) | 9 (165.1316) |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS | 40 / 100 (669.6576) | 68 (163.4056) | 50 (164.5832) | 21 (171.9772) | 26 (169.6916) |