The heartbreaker
1.1316
points from the title
Came within 1.1316 points of the Grand Championship at KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest (Jun 28, 2025).
Ferro Fogo Barbecue Team
Ferro Fogo Barbecue Team is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #467 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 12 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 28, 2025
latest May 24, 2026
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±28.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.73 · weakest Brisket (161.48)
Road miles
4,841
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 4,841 mi
Master avg
665.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 165.0972 | 167.78 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 159.3600 | 168.73 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 159.3484 | 167.58 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8800 | 146.1944 | 161.48 | top 69% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
169
finished ahead 24 times, behind 245
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
20258 milestones
- First tracked contest KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- First call KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- First overall top-10 KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- First overall podium KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- First Reserve Championship KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score705.1312 KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- Career-best overall score705.1312 KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 82 / 82 (652.4116) | 78 (165.1428) | 81 (159.3600) | 68 (168.5372) | 82 (159.3716) |
| May 23, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 117 / 117 (639.1656) | 109 (165.0972) | 84 (168.5256) | 114 (159.3484) | 117 (146.1944) |
| Jun 28, 2025 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest Sorocaba - Sao Paulo | 2 / 26 (705.1312) | 12 (173.1084) | 3 (178.2972) | 7 (174.8456) | 2 (178.8800) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.