BARN BURNERS

BARN BURNERS is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 14th of 67 at the Cedar Fest BBQ (2016). They are ranked #3655 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,655

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1490

peak 1510 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 4, 2014

latest Apr 6, 2018 · 4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

646.2400 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ

Consistency

±21.29

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.41 · weakest Chicken (143.96)

Road miles

across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

12%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)

Master avg

620.48 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

LA PASADITA ahead in 100% of their meetings

LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−19.4 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 19.45 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.

Chicken avg 143.96
Pork avg 163.41
0 calls in 5 entries

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Peak: 1502

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#3,675 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

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1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

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1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

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#3,658 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

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#3,653 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Wilstones	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
THE BREADMAN	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Arnold Grading	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	154.8684	125.6340	143.96	top 80%
Pork Ribs	5	0	162.2972	143.4856	154.61	top 66%
Pork	5	2	175.4172	149.7028	163.41	top 39%
Brisket	5	0	164.0228	151.9544	158.50	top 45%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	3	17	0	top 66%	Apr 6, 2018
Cedar Fest BBQ	2	14	0	top 48%	Apr 1, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 193 finished ahead 124 times, behind 180

Longest layoff 1 yrs Apr 4, 2014 → Apr 10, 2015

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

20181 milestone

Apr 6 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

20163 milestones

Apr 1 Career-best overall score646.2400 Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 1 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 1 Peak power rating (1510) Cedar Fest BBQ

20142 milestones

Apr 4 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 1, 2016
+5.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)	Apr 4, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Mar 31, 2017
-8.7	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 6, 2018
-7.3	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 10, 2015

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 80%	86.2%	86.2%
2017	1	0%	top 84%	82.6%	82.6%
2016	1	100%	top 21%	89.8%	89.8%
2015	1	0%	top 75%	83.2%	83.2%
2014	1	100%	top 34%	89.2%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 6, 2018	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	55 / 69 (620.3996)	65 (141.0284)	38 (162.2972)	34 (163.3712)	52 (153.7028)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	59 / 70 (594.8456)	54 (149.7028)	58 (143.4856)	56 (149.7028)	40 (151.9544)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	14 / 67 (646.2400)	35 (154.8684)	35 (157.0972)	4 (175.4172)	24 (158.8572)
Apr 10, 2015	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	40 / 53 (598.7196)	53 (125.6340)	40 (151.9428)	27 (157.1200)	13 (164.0228)
Apr 4, 2014	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX	17 / 50 (642.2056)	37 (148.5600)	31 (158.2400)	4 (171.4284)	17 (163.9772)

BARN BURNERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (2 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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)

Season by season

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)