A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BADASH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2017-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Best overall
626.1944 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.25 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 608.56 (-3.30)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.58)
Road miles
5,539
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1353 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
608.56 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que (2015-06-19).
- last seen 2013-10-03
- back 2015-06-19
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SMOKIN JERKS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The long haul
5,539
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,539 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,353 miles to Oinktoberfest.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 1,353 mi
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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BADASH BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BADASH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 40
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1456
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BADASH BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 40 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5283 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BADASH BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with BADASH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5263 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0344 | 145.1200 | 151.74 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4628 | 139.9544 | 150.58 | top 75% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 143.9656 | 154.50 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 147.4628 | 151.74 | top 78% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
3 of 7 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.50 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.58)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
608.56
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
317
53–324 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,539
7 mapped stops · furthest 1,353 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2015-06-19
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #5268 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best overall score626.1944 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1490) Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)163.4628 Oinktoberfest
- Most recent contest Oinktoberfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2015-09-11 |
| -10.5 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | 2015-06-19 |
| -6.3 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | 2017-06-16 |
| -6.1 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off | 2015-06-19 |
| -5.2 | Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off | 2016-06-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.8% | 84.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.4% | 83% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 38 / 53 (617.6000) | 50 (145.1316) | 15 (163.4628) | 20 (160.5028) | 40 (148.5028) |
| 2017-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 21 / 26 (601.5540) | 24 (145.1200) | 18 (151.9428) | 21 (152.5484) | 22 (151.9428) |
| 2016-06-17 | Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT | 20 / 26 (622.2404) | 24 (153.6916) | 22 (146.8116) | 17 (161.1428) | 17 (160.5944) |
| 2015-09-11 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 31 / 32 (591.8400) | 31 (148.5372) | 31 (139.9544) | 29 (154.8228) | 28 (148.5256) |
| 2015-06-19 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off Miles City, MT | 20 / 26 (607.4288) | 14 (160.0344) | 20 (153.7144) | 22 (143.9656) | 20 (149.7144) |
| 2015-06-19 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que Wilson, NY | 40 / 47 (593.0400) | 37 (151.9888) | 42 (141.6228) | 31 (151.9656) | 33 (147.4628) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 161 / 174 (626.1944) | 159 (157.6916) | 141 (156.5716) | 146 (156.5256) | 147 (155.4056) |