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.
Buck Creek BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-12
latest 2013-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Best overall
617.0164 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.64
last 3 Master vs avg 613.64 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.16 · weakest Chicken (150.07)
Road miles
161
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Master avg
613.64 / 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.
Buck Creek BBQ has 2 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 144 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.
#4163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Buck Creek BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Buck Creek BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4188 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Buck Creek BBQ)
12 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Buck Creek BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4195 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Buck Creek BBQ)
24 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Buck Creek BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Buck Creek BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 159.4284 | 141.0512 | 150.07 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 149.6568 | 156.16 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6912 | 147.4512 | 151.80 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4516 | 149.6912 | 155.61 | top 76% |
“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.
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2013-07-12 → 2013-10-03
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
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 156.16 · weakest Chicken (150.07)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
613.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
581
143–605 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
161
3 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score617.0164 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.9772 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Most recent contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.7% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 400 / 535 (616.4108) | 511 (141.0512) | 82 (167.9772) | 329 (157.6912) | 404 (149.6912) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 166 / 174 (617.0164) | 150 (159.4284) | 165 (149.6568) | 168 (150.2512) | 136 (157.6800) |
| 2013-07-12 | 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 42 / 42 (607.4856) | 41 (149.7256) | 41 (150.8572) | 42 (147.4512) | 31 (159.4516) |