Barrel and Blaze
Barrel and Blaze is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 26 at the Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition (2025). They finished #1072 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.73 · weakest Pork (145.13)
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 | #1072 (81 pts) | #1161 (76 pts) | #1163 (101 pts) | #1494 (51 pts) | #855 (146 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 157.1084 | 157.11 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7600 | 157.7600 | 157.76 | top 58% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1316 | 145.1316 | 145.13 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 165.7256 | 165.73 | top 31% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 19 / 26 (625.7256) | 20 (157.1084) | 15 (157.7600) | 26 (145.1316) | 8 (165.7256) |