A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dee'z Boy'z BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dee'z Boy'z BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Fire Breathin' Bros
Fire Breathin' Bros is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 35 at the 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (2025). They finished #228 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 43 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2019
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 7.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Best overall
653.6340 / 720
Competitor Series · 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.53 · weakest Pork (108.56)
Road miles
0
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.89 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.64 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
625.73 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fire Breathin' Bros, each with one reason worth a look.
Fire Breathin' Bros has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 103 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Fire Breathin' Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Fire Breathin' Bros's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with Fire Breathin' Bros on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Fire Breathin' Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,043 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Fire Breathin' Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN FLAMMA, BULL! | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Blackjack bbq | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 170.8572 | 139.9656 | 157.53 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 152.4684 | 157.11 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 20 | 108.56 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6572 | 153.6572 | 153.66 | top 89% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
112
finished ahead 78 times, behind 105
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
May 17, 2019 → Oct 8, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1504) 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
20232 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6340 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score653.6340 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20223 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +4.8 | 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Sep 18, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Jun 28, 2024 |
| -5.4 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 17, 2019 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 11% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 50% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 95% | 70.6% | 70.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 10 / 31 (297.6340) | 10 (139.9656) | 8 (157.6684) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 4 / 35 (313.6456) | 4 (161.0856) | 5 (152.5600) | — | — |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 31 / 35 (635.8856) | 32 (164.5256) | 32 (159.4172) | 31 (158.2856) | 31 (153.6572) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 13 / 20 (653.6340) | 18 (154.2284) | 19 (153.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) 🏅 unrated Riverside, CA | 5 / 10 (632.4000) | 1 (170.8572) | 8 (152.4684) | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 18 / 19 (508.5256) | 8 (162.8456) | 13 (155.3600) | 18 (20) | — |
| May 17, 2019 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) Riverside, CA | 11 / 16 (625.7256) | 13 (149.1772) | 4 (169.1428) | 14 (147.3828) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.