A tough matchup
12–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.
Pork & Boots
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1445
peak 1445 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
15
in the data
First seen
2013-10-03
latest 2024-10-30
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 15 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.05 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 594.18 (+11.87)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±44.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.98 · weakest Brisket (149.78)
Road miles
98
mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$287K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
594.18 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
The weak link
−5.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 149.78
- Chicken avg 154.98
- 0 calls in 12 entries
A strong matchup
8–3
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 73% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16).
- last seen 2019-09-12
- back 2021-09-16
Chicken nemesis
12 of 12
shared chicken entries lost
GETTIN' BASTED ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 12 of 12 shared chicken entries.
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.
90 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Pork & Boots)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — BREWER'S BEST BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5690 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5693 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Pork & Boots's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Pork & Boots has cooked, 10 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Pork & Boots did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theslabs.com | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| S&S BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Bare Bones BBQ Team | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT FINGER BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| RED OAK BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 126.2400 | 154.98 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4628 | 142.2516 | 150.41 | top 87% |
| Pork | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 132.4684 | 150.26 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 121.0400 | 149.78 | top 79% |
“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-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 52 | 0 | top 67% | 2023-09-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.1 yrs
2013-10-03 → 2024-10-30
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 11 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
11 of 15 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
10
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.98 · weakest Brisket (149.78)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 15 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 15 contests
Master average
594.18
out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
2,232
1,310–4,235 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
98
15 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$287,085
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-12 → 2021-09-16
Power rating
1445
peak 1445 · #5698 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1486) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2021
- Career-best overall score645.7484 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- 2022
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- 2024
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| +7.9 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +7.3 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -10.6 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -10.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| -10.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -9.1 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 11% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 87% | 75.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 436 / 444 (584.4912) | 395 (157.1544) | 436 (142.2516) | 439 (135.9540) | 405 (149.1312) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 479 / 487 (573.4968) | 273 (167.4056) | 478 (144.5256) | 479 (140.5256) | 484 (121.0400) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 468 / 505 (616.8568) | 434 (158.1940) | 491 (147.9200) | 412 (158.8228) | 447 (151.9200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 52 / 467 (498.7424) | 248 (165.1772) | 284 (163.4628) | 402 (153.6912) | 243 (163.4172) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 111 / 468 (464.4912) | 331 (160.5828) | 409 (153.7028) | 428 (149.1428) | 432 (146.2400) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 410 / 467 (617.0968) | 366 (158.8456) | 398 (154.8572) | 426 (150.2512) | 387 (153.1428) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 376 / 407 (609.1088) | 361 (154.2744) | 285 (160.0344) | 401 (132.4684) | 235 (162.3316) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 528 / 557 (594.1252) | 498 (150.8112) | 534 (143.9656) | 419 (158.8112) | 528 (140.5372) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 117 / 606 (459.2108) | 510 (153.7144) | 566 (145.7028) | 505 (153.6568) | 484 (150.8344) |
| 2015-08-14 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 53 / 67 (626.2168) | 58 (154.8572) | 51 (156.5484) | 36 (164.0228) | 52 (150.7884) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 467 / 552 (618.1604) | 486 (152.5028) | 497 (149.6916) | 300 (162.8344) | 421 (153.1316) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 517 / 535 (566.2512) | 531 (126.2400) | 485 (142.2744) | 505 (142.8912) | 317 (154.8456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |