A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
FINS UP BBQ
FINS UP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 363rd of 444 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2019
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.94
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.82 · weakest Pork (150.55)
Road miles
31
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$213K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FINS UP BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
FINS UP BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FINS UP BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FINS UP BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,913 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FINS UP BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1502
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to FINS UP BBQ)
They've been 1502 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to FINS UP BBQ)
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1465
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to FINS UP BBQ)
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before FINS UP BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
Level with FINS UP BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 147.3600 | 158.82 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 134.6744 | 156.37 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 143.4512 | 150.55 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 148.4800 | 156.66 | top 78% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 455 | 0 | top 93% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
1,021
finished ahead 179 times, behind 1,720
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score645.6344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.1200 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1489) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
| -9.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| -9.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -5.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 363 / 444 (645.6344) | 370 (160.5716) | 313 (165.1200) | 389 (157.1084) | 309 (162.8344) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 455 / 487 (618.0232) | 322 (165.1200) | 486 (134.6744) | 413 (157.6800) | 349 (160.5488) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 466 / 505 (617.5200) | 380 (162.2284) | 358 (162.8572) | 490 (143.9544) | 458 (148.4800) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 427 / 468 (608.4344) | 448 (147.3600) | 289 (162.8344) | 453 (143.4512) | 374 (154.7888) |