CROSSFIRE BBQ

CROSSFIRE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 17 at the Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival (2024). They are ranked #5836 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,836

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1441

peak 1503 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 24, 2016

latest Jul 18, 2026 · 10.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#422

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9312 / 720

Master · Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.34 (+4.34)

Walk rate

45%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Ozarks BBQ Fest

Consistency

±12.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.16 · weakest Pork (163.94)

Road miles

1,753

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 207 mi

Schedule strength

84%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1612)

Purse competed for

$160K

listed at 24 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

661.34 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

675.9312 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9312 at Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 17, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Crooked Que BBQ has finished one call ahead of CROSSFIRE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 52%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 52%

A tough matchup

22–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 22 of their 22 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

20 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 20 of 22 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1612 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1612 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.

31 rated contests

Going the wrong way

-27 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 27 points across 4 contests since Jul 18, 2025 — from 1468 down to 1441.

4 contests since Jul 18, 2025
now 1441

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Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

GRAY WOLF BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

An April team

Top 53% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 53% across 4 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 71% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.72% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.72% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
31 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Ozarks BBQ Fest every year from 2020 to 2023 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 13th

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	#878 (114 pts)	#940 (114 pts)	#932 (129 pts)	#876 (119 pts)	#901 (114 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#971 (110 pts)	#866 (155 pts)	#1121 (110 pts)	#1020 (110 pts)	#1015 (110 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#615 (275 pts)	#506 (405 pts)	#670 (285 pts)	#699 (235 pts)	#588 (315 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#708 (214 pts)	#885 (164 pts)	#826 (224 pts)	#781 (189 pts)	#595 (294 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#677 (260 pts)	#636 (310 pts)	#779 (240 pts)	#530 (405 pts)	#652 (295 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#422 (437 pts)	#470 (412 pts)	#348 (587 pts)	#550 (327 pts)	#349 (587 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#429 (251 pts)	#366 (326 pts)	#416 (291 pts)	#499 (221 pts)	#399 (296 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#718 (436 pts)	#819 (396 pts)	#588 (591 pts)	#713 (466 pts)	#663 (511 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1030 (268 pts)	#1147 (243 pts)	#944 (348 pts)	#1152 (243 pts)	#879 (373 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2214 (70 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2230 (65 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2319 (65 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CROSSFIRE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

88 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

DOUBLE DUN RANCH BBQ

#5,834 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to CROSSFIRE BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CROSSFIRE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM

#5,843 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1441

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2018

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SKIN AND BONES BBQ

#5,828 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before CROSSFIRE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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BUTT NAKED AND SMOKIN

#5,833 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1441

Fewer contests behind them than CROSSFIRE BBQ has cooked, 18 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 18 contests
last seen May 14, 2021

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K & E's Little Smokers

#5,849 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1500

61 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 60 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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MESQUITO BBQ

#5,846 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Level with CROSSFIRE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 22, 2019

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ	28	10	18	36%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	22	0	22	0%	⚔ compare
GRAY WOLF BBQ	17	12	5	71%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Hogzilla	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
B 3 BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Ambition Que	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Smoke 'n Magic	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	4	0	0	176	147.9656	166.16	top 66%
Pork Ribs	31	7	1	1	176.5600	156.5028	166.00	top 63%
Pork	31	2	0	1	177.7028	151.9656	163.94	top 73%
Brisket	31	7	0	0	174.8456	152.5256	165.24	top 59%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 35%
Medium (20–39)	28	top 72%
Large (40+)	2	top 80%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	29	0	top 72%
AR	2	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)	6	18	top 83%	Jul 20, 2024
Ozarks BBQ Fest	4	13	top 52%	Jun 9, 2023
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	29	top 95%	Jul 18, 2026
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)	2	27	top 94%	Jul 19, 2025
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)	2	20	top 73%	Jul 18, 2020
Smoke On the Border	2	17	top 58%	Apr 6, 2019
Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	28	top 78%	Jun 29, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 29 of 31 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 18 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 411 finished ahead 261 times, behind 798

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

20261 milestone

Jul 18 Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)

20242 milestones

May 17 25th tracked contest Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival
May 17 Career-best overall score675.9312 Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival

20222 milestones

Apr 22 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Ozarks BBQ Fest
Apr 22 Peak power rating (1503) Ozarks BBQ Fest

20212 milestones

Aug 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Aug 20 First overall top-10 Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

20191 milestone

Sep 21 10th tracked contest Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown

20182 milestones

Apr 7 First call Smoke on the Border
Apr 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2176 Smoke on the Border

20161 milestone

Jun 24 First tracked contest Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.3	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 20, 2021
+8.8	Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival	May 17, 2024
+4.5	Ozarks BBQ Fest	Apr 23, 2021
+4.2	Smokin on the Osage - Day 1	Jul 23, 2021
+4.1	Ozarks BBQ Fest	Jun 19, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)	Jul 17, 2026
-9.7	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)	Jul 21, 2023
-8.7	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)	Jul 19, 2025
-8.7	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)	Jul 19, 2024
-8.4	Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown	Sep 21, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	0	0%	top 95%	93.2%	92.3%
2025	2	0	0	0%	top 94%	92.2%	92.2%
2024	3	1	0	67%	top 70%	93.9%	93.4%
2023	3	0	0	0%	top 78%	92.8%	92%
2022	3	0	0	67%	top 65%	93.2%	92.4%
2021	4	1	1	100%	top 52%	93.9%	93.1%
2020	3	0	0	33%	top 65%	93.3%	93.2%
2019	5	0	0	60%	top 67%	92.4%	91.6%
2018	4	0	0	50%	top 72%	91.4%	90.3%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 80%	88.5%	88.5%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 86%	85.7%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 18, 2026	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	29 / 32 (671.2916)	27 (168.5372)	27 (168.5372)	24 (168.5372)	30 (165.6800)
Jul 17, 2026	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	32 / 32 (658.0916)	26 (168.5488)	22 (169.6800)	29 (162.8000)	32 (157.0628)
Jul 19, 2025	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	27 / 28 (663.2568)	19 (171.9656)	27 (162.8116)	26 (163.9540)	27 (164.5256)
Jul 18, 2025	Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	29 / 32 (663.8744)	22 (170.8228)	30 (163.4172)	26 (166.2516)	27 (163.3828)
Jul 20, 2024	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	30 / 33 (671.8748)	21 (171.9772)	33 (159.3716)	26 (167.3944)	14 (173.1316)
Jul 19, 2024	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	31 / 37 (669.6004)	10 (175.4288)	35 (161.0972)	31 (166.2400)	24 (166.8344)
May 17, 2024	Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival 🏅 West Plains, MO	6 / 17 (675.9312)	4 (172.5484)	5 (170.2972)	10 (167.3828)	8 (165.7028)
Jul 22, 2023	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	22 / 28 (668.4344)	27 (163.3944)	21 (166.8344)	21 (166.2400)	11 (171.9656)
Jul 21, 2023	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	30 / 31 (653.6344)	29 (162.8000)	25 (165.1316)	25 (164.5372)	26 (161.1656)
Jun 9, 2023	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	18 / 30 (664.4228)	25 (157.6800)	17 (169.6800)	24 (166.2400)	13 (170.8228)
Jul 23, 2022	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	18 / 26 (664.4688)	12 (170.8572)	16 (167.3828)	20 (165.6916)	19 (160.5372)
Jul 22, 2022	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	22 / 28 (660.4112)	9 (173.1200)	27 (157.0856)	21 (165.0972)	21 (165.1084)
Apr 22, 2022	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	15 / 31 (670.7312)	26 (156.5028)	18 (167.9772)	2 (177.7028)	9 (168.5484)
Aug 20, 2021	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest 🏅 Cape Girardeau, MO	7 / 27 (675.8968)	14 (163.9656)	1 (176.5600)	12 (166.8572)	5 (168.5140)
Jul 24, 2021	Smokin on the Osage - Day 2 🏅 Osceola, MO	19 / 25 (662.1140)	18 (168.5372)	7 (174.2856)	23 (157.6456)	17 (161.6456)
Jul 23, 2021	Smokin on the Osage - Day 1 🏅 Osceola, MO	14 / 25 (672.4344)	15 (170.8228)	16 (164.5372)	21 (162.8116)	5 (174.2628)
Apr 23, 2021	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	18 / 37 (671.3256)	13 (172.5600)	27 (161.6916)	21 (165.1084)	9 (171.9656)
Jul 18, 2020	Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO	24 / 31 (670.7428)	23 (167.9772)	25 (165.6684)	24 (166.2400)	11 (170.8572)
Jul 17, 2020	Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO	20 / 29 (670.7084)	15 (173.7028)	14 (168.5372)	21 (165.6800)	22 (162.7884)
Jun 19, 2020	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	13 / 26 (671.8972)	7 (176)	10 (171.4172)	18 (162.2400)	15 (162.2400)
Oct 4, 2019	Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lebanon, MO	17 / 27 (665.5768)	18 (163.3712)	16 (167.4056)	22 (159.9544)	4 (174.8456)
Sep 21, 2019	Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Kimberling City, MO	26 / 28 (655.2572)	27 (162.8116)	22 (165.0972)	21 (165.7028)	26 (161.6456)
Aug 9, 2019	Route 66 BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Springfiled, MO	14 / 25 (659.8744)	22 (157.6916)	4 (173.1200)	12 (164.5372)	14 (164.5256)
Jul 20, 2019	Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show 🏅 Osceola, MO	17 / 27 (653.5660)	22 (161.6688)	10 (168.5488)	14 (165.0856)	21 (158.2628)
Apr 6, 2019	Smoke On the Border 🏅 Gravette, AR	17 / 29 (661.5540)	11 (169.6800)	16 (162.2284)	15 (167.3828)	20 (162.2628)
Nov 9, 2018	Smoke EM IF You Got EM Springfield, MO	24 / 30 (645.0400)	26 (158.2516)	20 (162.2628)	28 (159.9656)	18 (164.5600)
Sep 22, 2018	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	27 / 35 (646.1028)	29 (156.5028)	24 (162.8116)	27 (157.0856)	9 (169.7028)
Jun 29, 2018	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	39 / 52 (651.2688)	33 (167.3944)	41 (159.9888)	42 (161.0856)	30 (162.8000)
Apr 7, 2018	Smoke on the Border Gravette, AR	19 / 33 (658.2176)	23 (160.5716)	9 (172.0116)	23 (162.2400)	21 (163.3944)
Jun 23, 2017	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	28 / 35 (637.0284)	23 (167.4172)	27 (156.5028)	32 (151.9656)	24 (161.1428)
Jun 24, 2016	Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	42 / 49 (616.9596)	48 (147.9656)	24 (164)	43 (152.4684)	38 (152.5256)

CROSSFIRE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Going the wrong way

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)