The comeback
2.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Smoke 'N the Valley (2024-09-21).
- last seen 2021-11-26
- back 2024-09-21
3RD DEGREE BURNS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1510 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-08-03
latest 2024-09-21
Best ToY finish
#972
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.23
last 4 Master vs avg 641.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.13 · weakest Pork (157.56)
Road miles
8,287
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 8238 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
641.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 long haul
8,287
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,287 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 8,238 miles to Burleigh BBQ Championships.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 8,238 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.
3RD DEGREE BURNS has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with 3RD DEGREE BURNS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before 3RD DEGREE BURNS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before 3RD DEGREE BURNS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before 3RD DEGREE BURNS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before 3RD DEGREE BURNS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 158.2628 | 161.57 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 153.7144 | 162.13 | top 49% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 149.1204 | 157.56 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 154.2400 | 160.55 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.1 yrs
2019-08-03 → 2024-09-21
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SK
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.13 · weakest Pork (157.56)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
75%
3 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
641.23
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
77
44–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8,287
4 mapped stops · furthest 8,238 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,250
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2021-11-26 → 2024-09-21
Power rating
1500
peak 1510 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Burleigh BBQ Championships
- First call Burleigh BBQ Championships
- First overall top-10 Burleigh BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score657.1428 Burleigh BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4172 Burleigh BBQ Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8000 Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1510) Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke 'N the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.2 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships | 2019-10-25 |
| +1.6 | Burleigh BBQ Championships | 2019-08-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Smoke 'N the Valley | 2024-09-21 |
| -1.2 | Agribition Supreme BBQ | 2021-11-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-21 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 18 / 21 (630.8228) | 18 (161.1200) | 20 (153.7144) | 18 (159.4512) | 15 (156.5372) |
| 2021-11-26 | Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina, S4P 2Z6 | 9 / 14 (622.1716) | 9 (158.2628) | 6 (160.5484) | 13 (149.1204) | 11 (154.2400) |
| 2019-10-25 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships Palmview, Su Qld 4553 | 7 / 26 (654.8000) | 13 (160.0116) | 5 (166.8456) | 7 (165.0972) | 11 (162.8456) |
| 2019-08-03 | Burleigh BBQ Championships Queensland, 4220 | 9 / 32 (499.3944) | 16 (166.8800) | 12 (167.4172) | 26 (156.5600) | 10 (162.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1093 (81 pts) | #1166 (81 pts) | #1277 (71 pts) | #1141 (81 pts) | #1061 (96 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #972 (124 pts) | #1040 (124 pts) | #1001 (154 pts) | #1202 (99 pts) | #1148 (109 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1046 (243 pts) | #1191 (213 pts) | #985 (298 pts) | #1203 (213 pts) | #1107 (243 pts) |