A tough matchup
13–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.
Splitlog Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1446
peak 1446 · rated over 17 contests ⓘ
Contests
21
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2025-11-05
Best ToY finish
#1182
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 21 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
622.46 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 614.32 (+8.14)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.63 · weakest Brisket (150.13)
Road miles
199
mi across 21 mapped stops
Schedule strength
50%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$355K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
614.32 / 720
17 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 weak link
−8.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 150.13
- Chicken avg 158.63
- 0 calls in 17 entries
A strong matchup
10–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 91% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 10 of their 11 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16).
- last seen 2019-09-12
- back 2021-09-16
Chicken nemesis
16 of 16
shared chicken entries lost
Sons of a Brisket ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Sons of a Brisket has out-cooked them in 16 of 16 shared chicken entries.
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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Splitlog Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Splitlog Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1518
0–5 in 5 shared contests (0% to Splitlog Smokers)
They've been 1518 at their best, 72 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Splitlog Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5671 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
No shared contest yet.
Level with Splitlog Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLAPS BBQ | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of a Brisket | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| THE SMOKING HILLS | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT FINGER BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROADKILL BBQ | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| S&S BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' SAUCED | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 147.4172 | 158.63 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 145.7144 | 156.05 | top 77% |
| Pork | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 139.9200 | 156.40 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8460 | 125.0516 | 150.13 | top 80% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 47 | 0 | top 66% | 2023-09-27 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 353 | 0 | top 90% | 2025-11-05 |
| *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 84% | 2018-10-05 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.4 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2025-11-05
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 12 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
13 of 21 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
13
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
17 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.63 · weakest Brisket (150.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 21 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 21 contests
Master average
614.32
out of 720 · 17 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
2,287
1,848–3,911 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
199
21 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$355,120
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-12 → 2021-09-16
Power rating
1446
peak 1446 · #5667 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SMOKIN on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1499) SMOKIN on the Summit
- 2018
- 10th tracked contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- 2025
- Career-best overall score642.7088 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| +13 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +12.6 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| -9.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
| -8.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -8.4 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2017-10-06 |
| -7.6 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 88% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86% | 86% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 10% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 14% | — | — |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.8% | 85.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 86.6% | 85.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 85.5% | 77.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.7% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 353 / 401 (642.7088) | 345 (160.5256) | 283 (165.1316) | 312 (163.9656) | 368 (153.0860) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 412 / 444 (619.2456) | 254 (167.9772) | 418 (152.5372) | 414 (153.1084) | 413 (145.6228) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 469 / 487 (608.9256) | 459 (151.9200) | 363 (162.8000) | 467 (150.2284) | 467 (143.9772) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 467 / 505 (616.9948) | 282 (166.2972) | 441 (156.5488) | 496 (139.9200) | 429 (154.2288) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 47 / 467 (500.0456) | 266 (163.9772) | 295 (163.4172) | 80 (171.9772) | 458 (125.0516) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 66 / 468 (494.7540) | 415 (154.2856) | 378 (155.9656) | 440 (146.8344) | 452 (137.6116) |
| 2018-10-05 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 46 / 56 (617.6000) | 21 (165.1316) | 53 (146.2400) | 51 (149.0856) | 35 (157.1428) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 411 / 467 (616.8680) | 440 (151.3712) | 331 (161.1084) | 433 (149.6228) | 373 (154.7656) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 66 / 76 (605.4972) | 60 (153.0972) | 67 (147.3828) | 66 (152.5028) | 56 (152.5144) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 345 / 407 (623.8512) | 277 (161.6684) | 367 (150.8572) | 270 (162.2512) | 356 (149.0744) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 412 / 557 (634.7432) | 368 (160.5484) | 477 (151.9544) | 407 (159.3944) | 266 (162.8460) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 62 / 606 (497.0632) | 516 (153.1428) | 565 (145.7144) | 481 (154.8572) | 515 (147.9544) |
| 2015-09-11 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 63 / 76 (615.3376) | 72 (147.4172) | 38 (161.1544) | 38 (161.1544) | 69 (145.6116) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 420 / 552 (630.2288) | 324 (163.3828) | 491 (150.2744) | 413 (157.7372) | 330 (158.8344) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 49 / 72 (633.6228) | 48 (160.0000) | 57 (155.4172) | 40 (164.5484) | 50 (153.6572) |
| 2013-07-26 | Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 44 / 58 (638.7888) | 36 (162.8800) | 34 (162.8344) | 42 (158.2628) | 48 (154.8116) |
| 2013-06-07 | SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO | 43 / 81 (635.4284) | 67 (153.1430) | 31 (163.4286) | 28 (163.4286) | 47 (155.4282) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1676 (120 pts) | #1778 (120 pts) | #1776 (120 pts) | #1790 (120 pts) | #1763 (120 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1182 (225 pts) | #1237 (225 pts) | #1271 (225 pts) | #1231 (225 pts) | #1223 (225 pts) |