A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pop a Cork and Smoke Some Pork
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2017-07-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.53
last 4 Master vs avg 637.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.98)
Road miles
43
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
637.53 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (2016-04-01).
- last seen 2014-06-06
- back 2016-04-01
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.
Pop a Cork and Smoke Some Pork has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Pop a Cork and Smoke Some Pork did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pop a Cork and Smoke Some Pork on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0116 | 159.4056 | 164.43 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 142.2400 | 152.98 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 157.1316 | 161.85 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3428 | 151.4056 | 158.28 | top 59% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2017-07-28
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.98)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
637.53
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
214
110–163 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
43
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2016-04-01
Power rating
1493
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2856 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
- 2014
- First call Smokin on the Summit
- Career-best overall score656.0572 Smokin on the Summit
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.3200 Smokin on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1510) Smokin on the Summit
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Racing for the BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4 | Smokin on the Summit | 2014-06-06 |
| +2.4 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off | 2013-09-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2016-04-01 |
| -8.5 | *Racing for the BBQ | 2017-07-28 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-28 | *Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 47 / 54 (623.9200) | 33 (165.1544) | 53 (142.2400) | 42 (158.2284) | 39 (158.2972) |
| 2016-04-01 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 64 / 72 (619.8744) | 55 (159.4056) | 67 (146.2744) | 60 (157.1316) | 51 (157.0628) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 23 / 79 (656.0572) | 17 (168.0116) | 24 (166.3200) | 7 (170.3200) | 57 (151.4056) |
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 33 / 72 (650.2856) | 28 (165.1428) | 49 (157.0972) | 49 (161.7028) | 15 (166.3428) |