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
- 2026-08-21
Burnt BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2026-08-22
Best ToY finish
#641
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.14
last 4 Master vs avg 641.14 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.29 · weakest Brisket (157.29)
Road miles
4,363
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 4318 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 this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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 (2025-08-22).
- last seen 2013-07-26
- back 2025-08-22
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
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.
Burnt BBQ has 4 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 150 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.
#4136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 39
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1565
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Burnt BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Burnt BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Burnt 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.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Burnt BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Burnt BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 145.7256 | 159.56 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 149.1200 | 160.01 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 157.6800 | 164.29 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2026-08-22 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
13.1 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2026-08-22
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.29 · weakest Brisket (157.29)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.14
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
88
35–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,363
4 mapped stops · furthest 4,318 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
12.1 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2025-08-22
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- Peak power rating (1491) Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- 2025
- First call Smoke in the North
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.9148 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score662.9148 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 Smoke in the North (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North (Day 2)
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) | 2013-07-26 |
| -5 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
| -3.7 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2026-08-22 |
| -2.6 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | 2026-08-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 92.1% | 91.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) Boras, 50113 | 18 / 26 (659.4060) | 12 (170.2744) | 14 (165.1660) | 24 (157.6800) | 14 (166.2856) |
| 2026-08-21 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) Boras, 50113 | 18 / 28 (662.9148) | 23 (162.8460) | 18 (166.3200) | 19 (165.7144) | 14 (168.0344) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 22 / 31 (630.2172) | 21 (159.3944) | 27 (149.1200) | 4 (169.1428) | 24 (152.5600) |
| 2013-07-26 | 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) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #641 (174 pts) | #704 (179 pts) | #708 (194 pts) | #735 (139 pts) | #605 (214 pts) |