The comeback
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! (2017-07-14).
- last seen 2014-05-16
- back 2017-07-14
Bunsen Burners
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2017-07-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.91
last 3 Master vs avg 639.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.02 · weakest Pork (157.49)
Road miles
482
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 335 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
639.91 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Bunsen Burners has 3 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 128 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.
#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bunsen Burners on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Bunsen Burners did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 154.2856 | 163.02 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 154.8228 | 158.85 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 154.8916 | 157.49 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.7028 | 160.55 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2017-07-14
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.02 · weakest Pork (157.49)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
639.91
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
112
47–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
482
3 mapped stops · furthest 335 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2017-07-14
Power rating
1499
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Death's Door Barbecue
- First call Death's Door Barbecue
- First overall top-10 Death's Door Barbecue
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3944 Death's Door Barbecue
- Career-best overall score651.3944 Death's Door Barbecue
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Death's Door Barbecue
- Peak power rating (1506) Death's Door Barbecue
- 2017
- Most recent contest *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO!
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | Death's Door Barbecue | 2013-08-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Minnesota in May | 2014-05-16 |
| -1.3 | *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | 2017-07-14 |
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 | 100% | top 64% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! Waterloo, IA | 21 / 33 (641.0628) | 28 (154.2856) | 8 (165.7144) | 17 (162.2400) | 19 (158.8228) |
| 2014-05-16 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 41 / 58 (627.2796) | 41 (158.2056) | 38 (156.0228) | 47 (155.3484) | 38 (157.7028) |
| 2013-08-23 | Death's Door Barbecue Washington Island, WI | 10 / 28 (651.3944) | 2 (176.5600) | 18 (154.8228) | 20 (154.8916) | 6 (165.1200) |