Fire Family BBQ PTY

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1681

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1553

peak 1553 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2025-06-27

latest 2026-07-24

Best ToY finish

#132

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8000 / 720

Master · ECP BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.60 (+8.12)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · ECP BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±21.24

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.90 · weakest Brisket (162.96)

Road miles

5,737

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 2162 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

Purse competed for

$99K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.60 / 720

9 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (12 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Riding a hot streak

5 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 5

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 (2025-06-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Justice BBQ.

On the rise

+45 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 45 points across 7 contests since 2025-11-05 — from 1507 up to 1553.

7 contests since 2025-11-05
now 1553

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships 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

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 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
2026-07-24

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

Justice BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.95 points below their pork, and turns into a call 60% of the time against 70%.

Brisket avg 162.96
Pork avg 168.90
6 calls in 10 entries

Pork nemesis

6 of 9 shared pork entries lost

Justice BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Justice BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.

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 (2025-06-27).

2025-06-27
16-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

88 BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

5,737 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,737 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,162 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest.

10 mapped stops
furthest 2,162 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

NOBLE Q

#1685 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

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 2021-08-06

⚔ Head-to-head

Dos Smokin Bros

#1678 of the rated field

1553 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Fire Family BBQ PTY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

NM/SS

#1682 of the rated field

1553 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Fire Family BBQ PTY has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-08-30
on a 5-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Drilling And Grilling

#1677 of the rated field

1553 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

GRILL OF HIS DREAMS

#1679 of the rated field

1553 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Fire Family BBQ PTY's first contest.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2014-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

RIB TIP TUESDAY

#1686 of the rated field

1552 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-07-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Justice BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
88 BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Bros & Fire PTY	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Club Carbon CR	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	5	1	3	175.4056	153.6800	165.63	top 54%
Pork Ribs	10	5	1	2	178.2972	153.6572	166.90	top 50%
Pork	10	7	0	3	177.1772	161.6800	168.90	top 48%
Brisket	10	6	0	1	173.7256	138.7884	162.96	top 52%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SJ	2	1	top 19%
KS	2	0	top 93%
PO	1	0	top 31%
TN	1	0	top 66%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	1	top 24%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 31%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 84%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2026-06-26

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2025-06-27 → 2026-07-24

Busiest season 2026 6 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SJ 2 of 10 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.90 · weakest Brisket (162.96)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 60% 6 of 10 contests

Wins it all 10% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2025-06-27 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests — and still running

Master average 662.60 out of 720 · 9 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 518 181–591 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,737 10 mapped stops · furthest 2,162 mi

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Purse competed for $98,875 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1553 peak 1553 · #1681 of 6,413 rated

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

2025
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
2026
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
Jul 24 Most recent contest ECP BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025	2025-06-27
+11.4	BBQ Fest Panama	2026-03-21
+9	ECP BBQ Challenge	2026-07-24
+8.6	BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque	2026-05-01
+7.2	BBQ Fest Market Plaza	2026-07-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2025-11-05

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	6	0	5	2	100%	top 30%	96.5%	92.4%
2025	4	1	1	0	25%	top 64%	94.7%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-07-24	ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose, 92701	4 / 17 (694.8000)	13 (167.9656)	1 (178.2972)	3 (176.5600)	6 (171.9772)
2026-07-12	BBQ Fest Market Plaza La Chorrera, PO	4 / 13 (651.3596)	9 (157.0856)	4 (167.4628)	6 (165.6684)	7 (161.1428)
2026-06-26	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)
2026-05-01	BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste, 50101	4 / 14 (683.4284)	8 (165.6800)	3 (173.7600)	8 (170.2628)	3 (173.7256)
2026-03-21	BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa	4 / 23 (641.1312)	2 (170.8800)	6 (161.1084)	3 (170.3544)	20 (138.7884)
2026-01-24	Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507	14 / 31 (638.1712)	23 (153.6800)	25 (153.6572)	9 (169.1084)	5 (161.7256)
2025-11-05	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)
2025-11-05	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)
2025-10-10	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)
2025-06-27	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)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#132 (1037 pts)	#174 (942 pts)	#162 (987 pts)	#133 (997 pts)	#161 (927 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#875 (120 pts)	#960 (120 pts)	#1020 (120 pts)	#935 (120 pts)	#920 (120 pts)