Burnt BBQ

Burnt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the Smoke in the North (Day 2) (2026). They finished #719 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1479

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Aug 22, 2026 · 13.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#719

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

662.9148 / 720

Master · Smoke in the North (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2744

Chicken · Smoke in the North (Day 2)

Consistency

±21.06

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.29 · weakest Brisket (157.29)

Road miles

4,363

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 4,318 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)

Master avg

641.14 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

662.9148 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.9148 at Smoke in the North (Day 1) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 21, 2026

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

AlltimeBBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

AlltimeBBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Side By Side BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

12.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 12.1 years, then back at Smoke in the North (Aug 22, 2025).

last seen Jul 26, 2013
back Aug 22, 2025

The long haul

4,363 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,363 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,318 miles to Smoke in the North.

4 mapped stops
furthest 4,318 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#719 (174 pts)	#788 (179 pts)	#793 (194 pts)	#814 (139 pts)	#686 (214 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	170.2744	145.7256	159.56	top 72%
Pork Ribs	4	0	166.3200	149.1200	160.01	top 62%
Pork	4	1	169.1428	157.6800	164.29	top 54%
Brisket	4	0	168.0344	142.2628	157.29	top 68%

“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
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 82%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the North (Day 2)	2	18	0	top 67%	Aug 22, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 1 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 88 finished ahead 35 times, behind 90

Longest layoff 12.1 yrs Jul 26, 2013 → Aug 22, 2025

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20264 milestones

Aug 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.9148 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
Aug 21 Career-best overall score662.9148 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 Smoke in the North (Day 2)
Aug 22 Most recent contest Smoke in the North (Day 2)

20251 milestone

Aug 22 First call Smoke in the North

20132 milestones

Jul 26 First tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
Jul 26 Peak power rating (1491) Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)	Jul 26, 2013
-5.1	Smoke in the North	Aug 22, 2025
-3.7	Smoke in the North (Day 2)	Aug 22, 2026
-2.6	Smoke in the North (Day 1)	Aug 21, 2026

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0%	top 67%	92.1%	91.8%
2025	1	100%	top 71%	87.5%	87.5%
2013	1	0%	top 82%	85%	85%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 22, 2026	Smoke in the North (Day 2) Boras	18 / 26 (659.4060)	12 (170.2744)	14 (165.1660)	24 (157.6800)	14 (166.2856)
Aug 21, 2026	Smoke in the North (Day 1) Boras	18 / 28 (662.9148)	23 (162.8460)	18 (166.3200)	19 (165.7144)	14 (168.0344)
Aug 22, 2025	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	22 / 31 (630.2172)	21 (159.3944)	27 (149.1200)	4 (169.1428)	24 (152.5600)
Jul 26, 2013	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL	37 / 45 (612.0224)	42 (145.7256)	20 (159.4284)	20 (164.6056)	41 (142.2628)