Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.01 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2017-07-14).
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.
107 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 11 years after Smoke-N-Things did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smoke-N-Things on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 160.5256 | 162.72 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.9428 | 161.47 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 155.9200 | 164.42 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 145.7140 | 159.41 | top 54% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 59% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 66% | 2018-05-04 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.6 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual | 2013-05-31 |
| +6 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | 2013-08-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2018-05-04 |
| -3.1 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2017-07-14 |
| -1.5 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2013-05-10 |
| 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 76% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 92% | 90.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 31 / 41 (626.6168) | 27 (161.1084) | 31 (155.9428) | 30 (157.0512) | 30 (152.5144) |
| 2017-07-14 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 41 / 58 (652.4688) | 24 (168.5372) | 51 (156.5600) | 52 (155.9200) | 10 (171.4516) |
| 2013-08-02 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 17 / 51 (661.6000) | 35 (160.5256) | 6 (171.4172) | 9 (169.7028) | 29 (159.9544) |
| 2013-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual McLouth, KS | 11 / 37 (662.2862) | 20 (160.5716) | 18 (163.4288) | 6 (170.8572) | 13 (167.4286) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 28 / 49 (637.1424) | 19 (162.8570) | 24 (160.0000) | 9 (168.5714) | 42 (145.7140) |