A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Spit Fire Q
Spit Fire Q is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 312th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2023
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.65)
Road miles
10
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$226K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.27 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Spit Fire Q, each with one reason worth a look.
Spit Fire Q has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 152 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Spit Fire Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Spit Fire Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Spit Fire Q)
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,552 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1472
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Spit Fire Q)
23 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where Spit Fire Q's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with Spit Fire Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 149.6572 | 161.70 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 130.1484 | 145.65 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 154.8228 | 158.27 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0744 | 141.6460 | 145.65 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 312 | 0 | top 88% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
723
finished ahead 110 times, behind 1,218
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3372 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score655.3372 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1488) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -11.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -4.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 91% | 91% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 312 / 401 (655.3372) | 147 (172) | 272 (166.2400) | 300 (164.0228) | 370 (153.0744) |
| 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 | 433 / 444 (591.2116) | 327 (163.4400) | 441 (130.1484) | 396 (155.9772) | 431 (141.6460) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 477 / 487 (587.2572) | 465 (149.6572) | 481 (140.5488) | 443 (154.8228) | 470 (142.2284) |