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.
PIT PYROS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1508 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2015-05-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.59
last 3 Master vs avg 633.59 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.88
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.00 · weakest Brisket (152.91)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
633.59 / 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.
PIT PYROS 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 145 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 13 years after PIT PYROS did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT PYROS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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 | 0 | 170.2628 | 156.5944 | 164.00 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8570 | 143.3028 | 153.09 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5714 | 157.6684 | 163.59 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7884 | 146.2400 | 152.91 | top 71% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 63% | 2015-05-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2015-05-01
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.00 · weakest Brisket (152.91)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
633.59
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
33–55 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1491
peak 1508 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- First call Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2854 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score658.2854 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5714 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1508) Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.6 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
| -3.5 | Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2014-05-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-01 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 31 / 32 (609.6000) | 29 (156.5944) | 30 (149.0972) | 29 (157.6684) | 29 (146.2400) |
| 2014-05-02 | Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Grandview, MO | 18 / 28 (632.8796) | 4 (170.2628) | 27 (143.3028) | 18 (160.5256) | 15 (158.7884) |
| 2013-05-03 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 9 / 31 (658.2854) | 14 (165.1430) | 6 (166.8570) | 2 (172.5714) | 21 (153.7140) |