BURROS BBQ

BURROS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 12 at the Italian Hardcore Barbcue (2017). They are ranked #6264 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,264

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1416

peak 1416 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 30, 2016

latest Jun 20, 2026 · 10.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#639

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 23 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

683.3716 / 720

Master · Italian Hardcore Barbcue

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.71 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.59 (+10.12)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Italian Hardcore Barbcue

Consistency

±34.27

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.30 · weakest Brisket (149.01)

Road miles

15,204

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 5,225 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

638.59 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 23 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 23 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

683.3716 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.3716 at Italian Hardcore Barbcue — 94.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 27, 2017

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 65%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.29 points below their pork, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 149.01
Pork avg 165.30
5 calls in 23 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Freunde SÃƒÂ¼dtirol in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at The War of Barbeque (Jun 20, 2026).

last seen Jul 1, 2023
back Jun 20, 2026

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Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

White Squirrel BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, White Squirrel BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

A May team

Top 59% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 76% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 76% the rest of the year

The long haul

15,204 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,204 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,225 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

23 mapped stops
furthest 5,225 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1396 (50 pts)	#1114 (70 pts)	#1485 (50 pts)	#1394 (50 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#734 (203 pts)	#609 (308 pts)	#868 (198 pts)	#707 (228 pts)	#811 (183 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#740 (225 pts)	#794 (220 pts)	#829 (220 pts)	#678 (280 pts)	#759 (230 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#689 (460 pts)	#891 (335 pts)	#741 (450 pts)	#516 (665 pts)	#742 (445 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#919 (324 pts)	#876 (374 pts)	#925 (359 pts)	#634 (589 pts)	#1030 (289 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#639 (605 pts)	#473 (820 pts)	#751 (535 pts)	#476 (820 pts)	#747 (525 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1096 (285 pts)	#1024 (340 pts)	#712 (565 pts)	#1113 (315 pts)	#1072 (315 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to BURROS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

26 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Kick Em In The Butt BBQ

#6,265 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1508

They've been 1508 at their best, 92 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 22 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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Holy Smokes

#6,262 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1416

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE

#6,267 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before BURROS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Piggy Blues BBQ

#6,263 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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WIZARD OF QZ

#6,268 of the rated field

1416 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1416

Level with BURROS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 5, 2018

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Budro's BBQ

#6,261 of the rated field

1417 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1417

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 1, 2021

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
White Squirrel BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Griller Unchained	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
GRILLER INSTINCT	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
GOOD OLD BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	7	0	1	173.1200	149.7028	164.12	top 67%
Pork Ribs	23	9	0	0	174.8456	144.5028	160.17	top 70%
Pork	23	11	1	3	178.8572	154.8228	165.30	top 54%
Brisket	23	5	0	0	169.1200	20	149.01	top 79%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	9	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 82%
Large (40+)	1	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
BZ	4	top 75%
IT	2	top 77%
NL	1	top 57%
CH	1	top 100%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	4	15	top 75%	Feb 25, 2023
The War of Barbeque	2	11	top 77%	Jul 1, 2023
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	13	top 90%	Apr 21, 2018
Italian Barbecue Championship 2017	2	11	top 85%	Sep 9, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in BZ 4 of 23 contests · 4 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 17 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 245 finished ahead 128 times, behind 376

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jul 1, 2023 → Jun 20, 2026

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jun 20 Most recent contest The War of Barbeque

20176 milestones

May 27 First category win (Pork) Italian Hardcore Barbcue
May 27 First overall top-10 Italian Hardcore Barbcue
May 27 First overall podium Italian Hardcore Barbcue
May 27 Career-best overall score683.3716 Italian Hardcore Barbcue
May 27 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Italian Hardcore Barbcue
Sep 16 10th tracked contest Slovenia BBQ Open

20164 milestones

Apr 30 First tracked contest Smoke By the River
Apr 30 First call Smoke By the River
Apr 30 Peak power rating (1485) Smoke By the River
Sep 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4912 Brixia 4 Star Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.1	Italian Hardcore Barbcue	May 27, 2017
+11.1	The War of Barbeque	Jun 22, 2019
+5.8	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 23, 2022
+5.1	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Jan 19, 2019
+1.8	Caput Mundi BBQ Competition	Oct 12, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.5	Smoke By the River	Apr 30, 2016
-13.7	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	Jun 11, 2016
-11.1	The War of Barbeque	Jun 20, 2026
-11	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2017
-10	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Jan 13, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	88.9%	88.9%
2023	2	0	0	100%	top 73%	90.9%	90.9%
2022	2	0	0	100%	top 64%	90.3%	89.9%
2019	4	2	0	75%	top 65%	92.9%	89.7%
2018	4	0	0	50%	top 89%	89.9%	87.7%
2017	6	1	1	67%	top 74%	94.9%	89.9%
2016	4	0	0	100%	top 78%	91.7%	85.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 20, 2026	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda	25 / 25 (639.8404)	21 (165.6684)	25 (159.3944)	25 (160.5144)	23 (154.2632)
Jul 1, 2023	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR)	12 / 15 (654.1944)	6 (173.1200)	10 (163.9772)	10 (163.9544)	13 (153.1428)
Feb 25, 2023	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	15 / 23 (654.7432)	7 (169.7028)	18 (160.5144)	12 (168)	18 (156.5260)
Jul 23, 2022	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	11 / 20 (650.3436)	10 (169.1888)	13 (159.4060)	5 (170.9144)	17 (150.8344)
Jun 18, 2022	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR)	11 / 15 (644.4460)	13 (153.1084)	10 (163.4288)	11 (162.8000)	7 (165.1088)
Oct 12, 2019	Caput Mundi BBQ Competition Rome	6 / 8 (642.1260)	8 (159.9428)	6 (156.5144)	4 (163.3944)	5 (162.2744)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	7 / 19 (669.0744)	16 (165.1200)	5 (169.1084)	3 (173.1316)	10 (161.7144)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	22 / 23 (619.3032)	23 (155.9312)	19 (155.4288)	16 (161.6916)	23 (146.2516)
Jan 19, 2019	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	16 / 30 (652.9944)	24 (155.3484)	25 (157.6572)	6 (175.4400)	14 (164.5488)
Aug 11, 2018	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	18 / 21 (621.5428)	15 (161.6684)	18 (150.2172)	15 (158.8228)	21 (150.8344)
Apr 21, 2018	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	13 / 15 (643.2688)	11 (167.9772)	15 (154.8116)	4 (171.4056)	15 (149.0744)
Mar 24, 2018	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave	16 / 18 (647.3032)	11 (167.4172)	9 (165.1200)	3 (176.5600)	18 (138.2060)
Jan 13, 2018	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	28 / 30 (614.0348)	26 (159.3600)	24 (153.0860)	19 (158.8000)	29 (142.7888)
Sep 16, 2017	Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode	21 / 25 (619.8288)	14 (164.5372)	23 (149.6688)	20 (157.1084)	24 (148.5144)
Sep 9, 2017	Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 Perugia	11 / 15 (641.6116)	2 (171.4172)	11 (157.6800)	11 (161.1316)	13 (151.3828)
Jun 24, 2017	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries	12 / 15 (655.3828)	6 (169.6684)	10 (165.1544)	10 (166.3200)	14 (154.2400)
May 27, 2017	Italian Hardcore Barbcue Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy	3 / 12 (683.3716)	7 (167.3944)	7 (170.8456)	1 (178.8572)	6 (166.2744)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	26 / 28 (651.2916)	24 (164.5140)	27 (159.3944)	8 (173.1544)	26 (154.2288)
Jan 14, 2017	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	26 / 30 (632.9600)	12 (167.3944)	30 (144.5028)	14 (165.0856)	22 (155.9772)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	15 / 26 (660.4912)	13 (170.2628)	15 (164.5600)	23 (156.5484)	10 (169.1200)
Jun 11, 2016	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, Italy	28 / 29 (647.9196)	17 (169.1312)	4 (174.8456)	28 (154.8228)	28 (149.1200)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	37 / 65 (645.6916)	62 (149.7028)	7 (173.1544)	46 (159.9772)	24 (162.8572)
Apr 30, 2016	Smoke By the River Brugg, Switzerland	20 / 20 (495.8972)	19 (157.0856)	15 (155.3944)	8 (163.4172)	20 (20)

BURROS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

A May team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)