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.
Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team has 1 rated contest — 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 151 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.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Fire , Food & Flavor BBQ Team's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.1084 | 149.1084 | 149.11 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5716 | 144.5716 | 144.57 | top 76% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2628 | 150.2628 | 150.26 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.7144 | 137.7144 | 137.71 | top 97% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-10 | Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be | 28 / 29 (581.6572) | 25 (149.1084) | 22 (144.5716) | 20 (150.2628) | 28 (137.7144) |