Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
Firehouse Jimat BBQ
Firehouse Jimat BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 16 at the Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 (2025). They are ranked #2082 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1539 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2025
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
100% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.39
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.25 · weakest Brisket (165.83)
Road miles
212
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
680.79 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Firehouse Jimat BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1541
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,087 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Firehouse Jimat BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Firehouse Jimat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
Level with Firehouse Jimat BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Firehouse Jimat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Club Carbon CR | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Justice BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 165.6684 | 169.47 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 165.1200 | 173.25 | top 35% |
| Pork | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.1428 | 167.9884 | 172.23 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 168.0228 | 162.8228 | 165.83 | top 49% |
“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 state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJ | 2 | 0 | top 20% |
| CR | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 20% | Jun 26, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SJ
2 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
36
finished ahead 58 times, behind 22
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
- Peak power rating (1539) Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
- Career-best overall score689.6684 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Most recent contest Camino del Fuego 2026
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First call Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First overall top-10 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First overall podium Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.9028 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| +10.1 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| +8.6 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge | Mar 6, 2026 |
| +8.4 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | Feb 21, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | Sep 18, 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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 95.8% | 94.6% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Camino del Fuego 2026 San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica | 10 / 16 (689.6684) | 8 (174.8456) | 5 (176.5600) | 5 (175.4400) | 15 (162.8228) |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 4 / 19 (683.9884) | 8 (170.2628) | 2 (178.2972) | 14 (167.9884) | 7 (167.4400) |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco | 5 / 16 (681.1656) | 7 (170.2856) | 6 (174.8572) | 9 (169.1656) | 7 (166.8572) |
| Feb 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela | 5 / 18 (670.2396) | 7 (165.6684) | 14 (165.1200) | 2 (171.4284) | 3 (168.0228) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 3 / 16 (678.9028) | 4 (166.2972) | 3 (171.4400) | 3 (177.1428) | 9 (164.0228) |