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Firehouse 51 IL

Power ranking

#1814
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1490
peak 1490

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

2019-05-31
latest 2025-08-22

Best ToY finish

#1957
Master 2019

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 62%
overall standings

Best overall

653.6572

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

391.01
last 5 vs career avg 391.01 (+0.00)

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1316

Consistency

±131.34
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 170.87 · weakest Pork (155.38)

Road miles

78
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 31 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

Rudes BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Dead End BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 1 0 1 173.1316 161.0972 166.27 top 50%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 166.8228 152.5028 159.49 top 74%
Pork 1 0 0 0 155.3828 155.3828 155.38 top 92%
Brisket 1 1 0 0 170.8684 170.8684 170.87 top 28%

“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

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025200 328.5028 326.50
2024100 325.6344 325.63
2023100 322.7428 322.74
2019100 653.6572 653.66

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-08-22 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL 22 / 31 (324.4916) 25 (161.0972) 21 (163.3944)
2025-06-27 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Eureka, IL 15 / 26 (328.5028) 17 (161.6800) 14 (166.8228)
2024-08-23 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL 14 / 28 (325.6344) 3 (173.1316) 26 (152.5028)
2023-08-25 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL 14 / 26 (322.7428) 12 (167.9656) 21 (154.7772)
2019-05-31 Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL 28 / 36 (653.6572) 17 (167.4516) 27 (159.9544) 33 (155.3828) 10 (170.8684)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #1957 (60 pts) #1799 (100 pts) #2028 (60 pts) #2032 (60 pts) #1468 (135 pts)

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