Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Burnt Plow BBQ
Burnt Plow BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 43 at the Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They are ranked #1934 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1541
peak 1541 · rated over 7 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2025
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
33% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Best overall
513.6456 / 540
Competitor Series · Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
342.00 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 340.76 (+1.25)
Walk rate
56%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
180 🔥
Consistency
±7.87
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.85 · weakest Chicken (168.66)
Road miles
474
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
340.76 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Burnt Plow BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
51 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1541
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Burnt Plow BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1541
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,931 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before Burnt Plow BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1542
Level with Burnt Plow BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1541
Fewer contests behind them than Burnt Plow BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Smoke & Co. | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Mind if I Smoke? | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Southern Swine | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Gustoso BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Wee Daddy's BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.0856 | 168.66 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 162.7884 | 171.47 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 173.1428 | 174.85 | top 16% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 35% | May 15, 2026 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 42% | Mar 27, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
5 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
151
finished ahead 173 times, behind 114
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- Peak power rating (1541) Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score513.6456 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7312 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 27, 2026 |
| +14.2 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 16, 2025 |
| +12.1 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 5, 2025 |
| +5.5 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 10, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 21, 2025 |
| -1.4 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 13, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 37% | 97.8% | 95.3% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | top 45% | 96.8% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 12 / 32 (513.6456) | 29 (157.0856) | 1 (180) | 4 (176.5600) | — |
| May 15, 2026 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 15 / 29 (338.8000) | 19 (167.3828) | 11 (171.4172) | — | — |
| May 1, 2026 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 11 / 23 (509.6460) | 10 (168.5372) | 10 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 4 / 43 (351.9656) | 11 (175.4056) | 5 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 13 / 30 (337.0628) | 13 (169.6800) | 15 (167.3828) | — | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 8 / 29 (345.1088) | 18 (171.9772) | 5 (173.1316) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 22 / 35 (337.0856) | 22 (169.6800) | 16 (167.4056) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 6 / 32 (348.5600) | 8 (174.2856) | 6 (174.2744) | 6 (173.1428) | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 32 / 43 (326.7312) | 32 (163.9428) | 33 (162.7884) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.