A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
THREE SMOKIN C'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2017-06-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.11
last 3 Master vs avg 631.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.70
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.19 · weakest Brisket (146.79)
Road miles
56
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
631.11 / 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.
THREE SMOKIN C'S 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 142 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.
#3749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1516
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THREE SMOKIN C'S)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THREE SMOKIN C'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3773 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1551
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THREE SMOKIN C'S)
They've been 1551 at their best, 63 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 68
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1532
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THREE SMOKIN C'S)
68 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where THREE SMOKIN C'S's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
Level with THREE SMOKIN C'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after THREE SMOKIN C'S did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
9 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where THREE SMOKIN C'S's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 155.9656 | 162.08 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 157.6912 | 164.19 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 153.0856 | 158.05 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6572 | 144.4800 | 146.79 | top 89% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2017-06-02
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.19 · weakest Brisket (146.79)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.11
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
629
156–529 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
56
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
Power rating
1488
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- First call Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2056 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Career-best overall score654.2056 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1544 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- Peak power rating (1505) Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smokin' On The Summit
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Smokin' On The Summit | 2017-06-02 |
| -7.1 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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 86% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 60% | 90.9% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 56 / 65 (615.2572) | 55 (155.9656) | 34 (161.7260) | 56 (153.0856) | 61 (144.4800) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 451 / 557 (623.8740) | 334 (162.2628) | 408 (157.6912) | 475 (154.2628) | 480 (149.6572) |
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 26 / 67 (654.2056) | 25 (168.0000) | 7 (173.1544) | 27 (166.8112) | 58 (146.2400) |