BRUSHFIRE BBQ

BRUSHFIRE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 61 at the NKC MO State Championship BBQ (2014). They are ranked #5739 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,739

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1445

peak 1507 · rated over 16 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 3, 2013

latest Sep 30, 2026 · 13 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#810

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9084 / 720

Master · McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.19 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.05 (+9.14)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Chicken · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Consistency

±13.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.11 · weakest Pork (159.33)

Road miles

406

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Purse competed for

$406K

listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.05 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

671.9084 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9084 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 6, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Two Pig Mafia has finished one call ahead of BRUSHFIRE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (Sep 12, 2019).

last seen Oct 29, 2016
back Sep 12, 2019

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 12 shared pork ribs entries lost

LOVE 2 Q ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOVE 2 Q has out-cooked them in 10 of 12 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±2.10% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.10% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.1% of a perfect score
21 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#923 (115 pts)	#983 (115 pts)	#1054 (115 pts)	#935 (115 pts)	#849 (130 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#810 (143 pts)	#916 (133 pts)	#960 (138 pts)	#859 (148 pts)	#813 (163 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#878 (120 pts)	#977 (120 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)	#938 (120 pts)	#922 (120 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BRUSHFIRE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Every Man A Smoker

#5,749 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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BLOW-N-SMOKE

#5,732 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

Fewer contests behind them than BRUSHFIRE BBQ has cooked, 13 to 21, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 3, 2025

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PIGHEADED IRISHMAN B-B-Q

#5,731 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BRUSHFIRE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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SULTANS OF SWINE

#5,737 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2017

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Bulldog BBQ

#5,752 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1444

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

rated over 24 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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Flying W North BBQ

#5,744 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

They turned up 6 years after BRUSHFIRE BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Smoke Me Tender BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
ROADKILL BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Rocks Famous BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Moolicious Intentions	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
RED OAK BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	0	175.4056	149.1428	161.93	top 70%
Pork Ribs	16	0	174.8572	151.9428	162.11	top 67%
Pork	16	1	171.9772	133.6800	159.33	top 72%
Brisket	16	0	169.6800	148.5372	159.68	top 68%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 68%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	11	0	top 72%
MO	5	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	308	top 81%	Sep 30, 2026
BBQ & Fly-In on the River	2	56	top 88%	Aug 14, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	349	top 84%	Nov 5, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 4 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 16 of 21 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 12 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 2,102 finished ahead 1,436 times, behind 3,243

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs Oct 29, 2016 → Sep 12, 2019

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

20261 milestone

Sep 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

20251 milestone

Jun 6 Career-best overall score671.9084 McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual

20232 milestones

Sep 27 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20161 milestone

Oct 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3256 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20142 milestones

Mar 14 First call NKC MO State Championship BBQ
Mar 14 Peak power rating (1507) NKC MO State Championship BBQ

20131 milestone

Oct 3 First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	NKC MO State Championship BBQ	Mar 14, 2014
+7.6	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016
+5.1	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	Sep 12, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
-8.6	Bernard BBQ Battle (Formerly Brew,Blues & Bar-B-Q)	May 13, 2022
-8.3	McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual	Jun 5, 2026
-8.3	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Nov 5, 2025
-7.5	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 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)
2026	4	0%	top 88%	90.7%	90.3%
2025	3	0%	top 79%	93.3%	91%
2024	3	0%	top 82%	90.3%	89.4%
2023	2	0%	top 69%	91.2%	91.2%
2022	3	0%	top 90%	87.4%	87.2%
2019	1	0%	top 24%	85.3%	85.3%
2016	1	0%	top 36%	92.1%	92.1%
2015	1	0%	top 80%	86.7%	86.7%
2014	2	50%	top 51%	89.8%	89.3%
2013	1	0%	top 58%	87.9%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	308 / 360 (651.2228)	172 (170.8228)	344 (154.7772)	312 (159.9428)	234 (165.6800)
Aug 14, 2026	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	74 / 83 (652.9832)	76 (159.3600)	69 (164.5488)	34 (171.9772)	75 (157.0972)
Jun 5, 2026	McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	27 / 30 (646.1376)	25 (163.9544)	28 (159.9888)	28 (158.8000)	22 (163.3944)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	360 / 401 (638.6860)	377 (155.3832)	338 (161.0856)	334 (161.6916)	322 (160.5256)
Jun 6, 2025	McLouth BBQ Blowout 34th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	19 / 28 (671.9084)	21 (167.9772)	20 (166.8112)	18 (167.4400)	15 (169.6800)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	349 / 444 (650.1372)	355 (162.2400)	171 (170.8572)	377 (158.2400)	356 (158.8000)
Aug 16, 2024	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	56 / 65 (636.9604)	52 (160.5260)	64 (151.9428)	50 (163.9772)	47 (160.5144)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	334 / 487 (656.4000)	81 (175.4056)	227 (169.6800)	433 (155.9544)	418 (155.3600)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	455 / 505 (625.5888)	176 (170.2628)	336 (163.9772)	498 (133.6800)	399 (157.6688)
May 13, 2022	Bernard BBQ Battle (Formerly Brew,Blues & Bar-B-Q) 🏅 Lansing, KS	25 / 28 (629.5772)	24 (165.1200)	23 (160.5372)	22 (155.3828)	27 (148.5372)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	113 / 468 (460.4796)	430 (151.9656)	396 (154.8232)	229 (165.6916)	399 (150.8800)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	201 / 557 (663.3256)	338 (162.2284)	32 (174.8572)	373 (161.1084)	225 (165.1316)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	487 / 606 (623.8856)	454 (157.6912)	417 (158.8460)	525 (151.9428)	418 (155.4056)
Oct 24, 2014	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	30 / 41 (638.7884)	39 (149.1428)	24 (162.8228)	30 (159.9772)	14 (166.8456)
Mar 14, 2014	NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO	18 / 61 (646.7428)	33 (158.2628)	36 (157.0628)	10 (167.4400)	14 (163.9772)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	312 / 535 (633.0972)	282 (160.5600)	214 (161.1772)	357 (155.9772)	313 (155.3828)

BRUSHFIRE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)