Fire Family BBQ PTY

Fire Family BBQ PTY is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 (2025). They are ranked #1942 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,942

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1541

peak 1553 · rated over 10 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 27, 2025

latest Sep 30, 2026 · 1.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#130

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

43% of 14 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8000 / 720

Master · ECP BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

675.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.40 (+9.51)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · ECP BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±19.87

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.13 · weakest Brisket (163.41)

Road miles

7,864

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 2,284 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Purse competed for

$205K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

666.40 / 720

12 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 (Jun 27, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Justice BBQ.

On the rise

+34 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 34 points across 9 contests since Nov 5, 2025 — from 1507 up to 1541.

9 contests since Nov 5, 2025
now 1541

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 19%

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8000 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8000 at ECP BBQ Challenge — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 24, 2026

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bros & Fire PTY has finished one call ahead of Fire Family BBQ PTY 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

Justice BBQ ahead in 92% of their meetings

Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

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The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.72 points below their pork, and turns into a call 54% of the time against 54%.

Brisket avg 163.41
Pork avg 169.13
7 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HUMO Parrillada in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 16 at their very first tracked contest, Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 (Jun 27, 2025).

Jun 27, 2025
16-team field

A big fish in small ponds

Top 33% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 33% finish in small fields against top 79% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 33% (6)
Large (40+): top 79% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

88 BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

7,864 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,864 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,284 miles to BBQ Fest Market Plaza.

14 mapped stops
furthest 2,284 mi

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	#130 (1,263 pts)	#142 (1,248 pts)	#142 (1,253 pts)	#122 (1,228 pts)	#136 (1,193 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#875 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#1020 (120 pts)	#935 (120 pts)	#920 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Fire Family BBQ PTY, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Ahh Townley BBQ

#1,953 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1542

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Fire Family BBQ PTY)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fire Family BBQ PTY has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2026

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SUPERSWINE BBQ

#1,952 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1541

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Fire Family BBQ PTY)

Fewer contests behind them than Fire Family BBQ PTY has cooked, 6 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Rolling Bones Traveling BBQ Circus

#1,949 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1541

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 5, 2014

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Hickory Stick BBQ

#1,947 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Fire Family BBQ PTY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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SD Smoke BBQ

#1,946 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1541

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jan 13, 2023

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Burnt Plow BBQ

#1,941 of the rated field

1541 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1541

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2025.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Justice BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Bros & Fire PTY	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
88 BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Club Carbon CR	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Smoke 44	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Sibo Smokers	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
JCs GOOD OL BOYS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Smoke Show BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	7	1	3	177.7144	153.6800	167.08	top 53%
Pork Ribs	13	6	1	2	178.2972	153.6572	167.94	top 52%
Pork	13	7	0	3	177.1772	161.6800	169.13	top 51%
Brisket	13	7	0	1	173.7256	138.7884	163.41	top 57%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	6	1	top 33%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 31%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 79%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	4	0	top 83%
SJ	2	1	top 19%
CR	1	0	top 75%
PO	1	0	top 31%
TN	1	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026	2	1	1	top 19%	Jun 26, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 10 contests

Contests a season 7 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 4 of 14 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 12 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 1 win · 7 calls

First title Jun 27, 2025 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025

Opponents faced 633 finished ahead 340 times, behind 963

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

20266 milestones

Jun 26 First category win (Chicken) Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
Jul 24 10th tracked contest ECP BBQ Challenge
Jul 24 Career-best overall score694.8000 ECP BBQ Challenge
Jul 24 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 ECP BBQ Challenge
Jul 24 Peak power rating (1553) ECP BBQ Challenge
Sep 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

20256 milestones

Jun 27 First tracked contest Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Jun 27 First call Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Jun 27 First overall top-10 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Jun 27 First overall podium Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Jun 27 First Grand Championship Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Jun 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.7488 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025	Jun 27, 2025
+11.4	BBQ Fest Panama	Mar 21, 2026
+9	ECP BBQ Challenge	Jul 24, 2026
+8.6	BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque	May 1, 2026
+7.2	BBQ Fest Market Plaza	Jul 12, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Nov 5, 2025
-8.5	Camino del Fuego 2026	Sep 18, 2026
-3.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Sep 30, 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	10	0	5	2	90%	top 44%	96.5%	93%
2025	4	1	1	0	25%	top 64%	94.7%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	124 / 158 (673.5888)	8 (177.7144)	108 (169.6684)	147 (162.2516)	133 (163.9544)
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	239 / 360 (671.9084)	190 (169.7144)	223 (168.5372)	79 (174.8456)	308 (158.8112)
Sep 18, 2026	Camino del Fuego 2026 San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica	12 / 16 (687.9200)	15 (167.3828)	7 (176.0116)	11 (172.5484)	7 (171.9772)
Sep 18, 2026	Camino del Fuego 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica	—	7 (167.9656)	—	—	—
Jul 24, 2026	ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose	4 / 17 (694.8000)	13 (167.9656)	1 (178.2972)	3 (176.5600)	6 (171.9772)
Jul 12, 2026	BBQ Fest Market Plaza La Chorrera, PO	4 / 13 (651.3596)	9 (157.0856)	4 (167.4628)	6 (165.6684)	7 (161.1428)
Jun 26, 2026	Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ	6 / 19 (682.8684)	1 (175.4056)	14 (167.4516)	9 (170.8684)	6 (169.1428)
May 1, 2026	BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste	4 / 14 (683.4284)	8 (165.6800)	3 (173.7600)	8 (170.2628)	3 (173.7256)
Mar 21, 2026	BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa	4 / 23 (641.1312)	2 (170.8800)	6 (161.1084)	3 (170.3544)	20 (138.7884)
Jan 24, 2026	Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui	14 / 31 (638.1712)	23 (153.6800)	25 (153.6572)	9 (169.1084)	5 (161.7256)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	349 / 401 (643.2456)	303 (164.5372)	356 (158.7884)	335 (161.6800)	343 (158.2400)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	156 / 158 (646.6628)	152 (159.3600)	131 (166.2628)	149 (161.6800)	154 (159.3600)
Oct 10, 2025	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	59 / 90 (680.4912)	57 (170.2628)	47 (171.9772)	75 (165.6684)	30 (172.5828)
Jun 27, 2025	Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ	1 / 16 (681.7488)	3 (171.4172)	6 (170.2628)	2 (177.1772)	10 (162.8916)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Fire Family BBQ PTY

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (13 found in their record)

Against the odds

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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 — 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)