High-water mark
677.5996
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.5996 at GLBBQA Spring Fling — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 18, 2025
Feathered Fire
Feathered Fire is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 24th of 29 at the Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) (2026). They are ranked #4168 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 18, 2025
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.86 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 665.32 (-2.46)
Walk rate
56%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.90 · weakest Brisket (164.93)
Road miles
1,381
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 382 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
665.32 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #726 (180 pts) | #778 (195 pts) | #560 (380 pts) | #604 (290 pts) | #714 (205 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Feathered Fire, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Fewer contests behind them than Feathered Fire has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Feathered Fire on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Feathered Fire's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2016, 9 years before Feathered Fire's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Feathered Fire's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Feathered Fire's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailor Nicks BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Cookie | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 159.9656 | 167.02 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 157.0628 | 168.90 | top 46% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 159.3944 | 166.07 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 157.1200 | 164.93 | top 67% |
“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 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
6 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
5 of 9 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
155
finished ahead 62 times, behind 168
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT)
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest GLBBQA Spring Fling
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.5996 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- Career-best overall score677.5996 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- Peak power rating (1499) GLBBQA Spring Fling
- First call Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | Oct 3, 2025 |
| -4.7 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) | Jun 19, 2026 |
| -4.6 | Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 18, 2025 |
| -4.4 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -1 | Smoke in the Mitten | May 1, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 77% | 92.4% | 92.2% |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 94.1% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Buckhannon, WV | 24 / 29 (665.5772) | 26 (164.5372) | 12 (169.6916) | 26 (162.2400) | 18 (169.1084) |
| May 1, 2026 | Smoke in the Mitten 🏅 Westland, MI | 24 / 34 (662.2056) | 4 (173.7144) | 22 (166.2856) | 33 (159.3944) | 28 (162.8112) |
| May 1, 2026 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 5 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA | 24 / 30 (663.3140) | 21 (166.8456) | 19 (167.3828) | 18 (166.2628) | 23 (162.8228) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 31 / 42 (663.8628) | 34 (166.2400) | 34 (157.0628) | 10 (174.2628) | 21 (166.2972) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 31 / 40 (659.3600) | 35 (159.9656) | 3 (175.4172) | 24 (166.8572) | 37 (157.1200) |
| May 9, 2025 | Smoke in the Mitten 🏅 Westland, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 6 (172) | — | — |
| Apr 18, 2025 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 35 / 56 (677.5996) | 28 (170.8456) | 34 (167.9656) | 43 (167.3828) | 23 (171.4056) |