Giant slayer
35
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest.
- Sep 12, 2025
Ashes to Embers BBQ
Ashes to Embers BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2025
their only contest in the data
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 3%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 176 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.12)
Purse competed for
$8,200
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 176 | 176 | top 3% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169.1200 | 169.1200 | 169.12 | top 3% |
“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.
More numbers
First title
Sep 12, 2025
21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
Opponents faced
41
finished ahead 40 times, behind 0
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 1 / 35 (345.1200) | 1 (176) | 1 (169.1200) | — | — |