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.
Mystery Meat Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.77
last 3 Master vs avg 630.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.15)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Master avg
630.77 / 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.
Mystery Meat Smokers 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 115 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.
#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mystery Meat Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 155.9772 | 160.95 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8340 | 147.9772 | 152.15 | top 85% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 153.0856 | 163.22 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6340 | 142.2400 | 154.44 | top 74% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.15)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
22–84 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Johnson County Fair BBQ
- Peak power rating (1493) Johnson County Fair BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best overall score641.0968 Johnson County Fair BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.3200 Johnson County Fair BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | 2014-07-11 |
| -6.6 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | 2016-07-08 |
| -4.9 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | 2015-07-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 34 / 40 (627.8628) | 20 (165.7144) | 34 (153.6456) | 19 (166.2628) | 38 (142.2400) |
| 2015-07-10 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO | 25 / 33 (641.0968) | 21 (161.1656) | 33 (147.9772) | 12 (170.3200) | 22 (161.6340) |
| 2014-07-11 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO | 28 / 36 (623.3484) | 30 (155.9772) | 25 (154.8340) | 35 (153.0856) | 22 (159.4516) |