#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headMen on Fire BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-03
latest 2015-04-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.28
last 3 Master vs avg 636.28 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.70 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Road miles
701
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 659 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
636.28 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Men on Fire BBQ 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 125 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.
#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with Men on Fire BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 163.4516 | 159.3828 | 161.70 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 157.6684 | 165.70 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 158.2744 | 162.47 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0856 | 143.3600 | 146.41 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-05-03 → 2015-04-24
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
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 165.70 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
36–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
701
3 mapped stops · furthest 659 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Power rating
1494
peak 1494 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin' On The Water
- First call Chillin and Grillin
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8856 Chillin and Grillin
- Career-best overall score651.8856 Chillin and Grillin
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2856 Chillin and Grillin
- Peak power rating (1497) Chillin and Grillin
- 2015
- Most recent contest Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Chillin and Grillin | 2014-10-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.7 | Smokin' On The Water | 2014-05-03 |
| -3.3 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition | 2015-04-24 |
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 71% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 90.5% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-24 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK | 22 / 31 (622.7544) | 20 (163.4516) | 24 (157.6684) | 22 (158.2744) | 23 (143.3600) |
| 2014-10-10 | Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK | 19 / 32 (651.8856) | 24 (159.3828) | 4 (174.2856) | 8 (169.1316) | 25 (149.0856) |
| 2014-05-03 | Smokin' On The Water Liberty, IN | 29 / 43 (634.2060) | 30 (162.2744) | 20 (165.1316) | 34 (160.0116) | 36 (146.7884) |