Happy Burnt Endings

Happy Burnt Endings is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 34 at the Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) (2022). They are ranked #3533 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,533

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1492

peak 1510 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 18, 2019

latest Sep 6, 2024 · 4.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#378

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2512 / 720

Master · Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.69 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.07 (+8.62)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Brisket · Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)

Consistency

±13.04

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.51)

Road miles

3,296

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 287 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)

Purse competed for

$171K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.07 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

682.2512 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2512 at Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 4, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WYO SMOKE SHOW has finished one call ahead of Happy Burnt Endings 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

Bushmaster BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Bushmaster BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Hooligans Barbecue in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

Meat Machine BBQ ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Meat Machine BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Q LIVE CREW has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 46% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 46% across 4 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 65% the rest of the year

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The long haul

3,296 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,296 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 287 miles to Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest.

21 mapped stops
furthest 287 mi

The metronome

±1.81% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.81% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
21 contests

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	#950 (115 pts)	#1100 (100 pts)	#1126 (110 pts)	#1041 (105 pts)	#1144 (75 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#540 (331 pts)	#519 (386 pts)	#644 (326 pts)	#490 (416 pts)	#546 (341 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#378 (606 pts)	#335 (721 pts)	#443 (571 pts)	#336 (716 pts)	#339 (711 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#494 (359 pts)	#415 (484 pts)	#573 (334 pts)	#480 (389 pts)	#298 (689 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#530 (180 pts)	#545 (190 pts)	#444 (265 pts)	#553 (180 pts)	#401 (295 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Happy Burnt Endings, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

T-BONE BBQ MA

#3,526 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1493

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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COAL CRACKER BBQ

#3,524 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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LOS GRILLOS

#3,542 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1503

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Feb 25, 2023

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Fubar-B-Q

#3,518 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1524

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Happy Burnt Endings's first contest.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 31, 2024

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THE NUT HOUSE

#3,520 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1566

Level with Happy Burnt Endings on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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THIS BUTTS FOR YOU

#3,541 of the rated field

1492 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Meat Machine BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Bushmaster BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
M-Dubs BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Hooligans Barbecue	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Brinkerhoff BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	4	1	175.4400	155.9656	166.24	top 60%
Pork Ribs	22	3	0	170.2744	150.2284	162.51	top 66%
Pork	20	3	0	176.5600	145.6456	165.23	top 59%
Brisket	20	6	1	176.5828	152.5484	165.94	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 64%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 68%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	12	top 55%
SD	4	top 75%
WY	4	top 85%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2	14	top 49%	Sep 6, 2024
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest	2	18	top 81%	Aug 25, 2023
Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	2	7	top 27%	Jun 4, 2022
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2	2	21	top 87%	Oct 2, 2021
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1	2	20	top 83%	Oct 1, 2021
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2	23	top 68%	Aug 27, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 7 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 13 of 21 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 14 6 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 22 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 211 finished ahead 244 times, behind 432

Longest layoff 1 yrs Aug 25, 2023 → Sep 6, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20241 milestone

Sep 6 Most recent contest Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

20225 milestones

Jun 3 10th tracked contest Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1)
Jun 4 First overall top-10 Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)
Jun 4 Career-best overall score682.2512 Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)
Jun 4 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)
Jul 1 Peak power rating (1510) The Art of BBQ

20202 milestones

Aug 21 First call Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest
Aug 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6684 Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest

20191 milestone

Oct 18 First tracked contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	Jun 4, 2022
+9.7	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1)	Jun 3, 2022
+9.5	The Art of BBQ	Jul 1, 2022
+8.7	Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 16, 2023
+7.8	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	Sep 6, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.4	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest	Aug 26, 2022
-9.7	Art of Barbeque	Jun 30, 2023
-9	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2	Oct 22, 2022
-7.6	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1	Oct 2, 2020
-7.3	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2	Oct 3, 2020

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0%	top 39%	94.6%	94.6%
2023	4	0	50%	top 65%	93.6%	92.4%
2022	7	2	71%	top 57%	94.8%	92.1%
2021	5	0	60%	top 69%	92.8%	91.2%
2020	3	0	33%	top 83%	91.9%	90.4%
2019	1	0	0%	top 65%	89.1%	89.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 6, 2024	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	14 / 36 (681.1088)	17 (170.8344)	15 (170.2744)	16 (172)	22 (168)
Aug 25, 2023	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	18 / 26 (666.1368)	15 (166.2628)	13 (169.1200)	7 (170.8228)	21 (159.9312)
Jun 30, 2023	Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	33 / 35 (650.6512)	26 (164.5372)	27 (163.9428)	21 (167.4056)	33 (154.7656)
Jun 16, 2023	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	15 / 42 (673.6572)	9 (173.7144)	18 (169.1428)	20 (166.8572)	17 (163.9428)
May 27, 2023	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	22 / 37 (671.8972)	21 (169.1200)	28 (162.8000)	18 (169.7028)	15 (170.2744)
Oct 22, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	28 / 31 (645.0512)	18 (167.4056)	27 (161.1316)	29 (163.9656)	29 (152.5484)
Oct 21, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	25 / 32 (651.8284)	26 (165.0972)	29 (155.3600)	26 (163.9884)	15 (167.3828)
Aug 26, 2022	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	26 / 28 (655.3144)	27 (156.5716)	25 (161.6572)	4 (176.5600)	26 (160.5256)
Jul 30, 2022	Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO	—	—	7 (162.8572)	—	—
Jul 1, 2022	The Art of BBQ 🏅 Sterling, CO	8 / 28 (676.5372)	20 (163.3828)	10 (167.4516)	5 (174.2628)	8 (171.4400)
Jun 4, 2022	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO	7 / 34 (682.2512)	3 (175.4400)	21 (163.4056)	18 (166.8228)	3 (176.5828)
Jun 3, 2022	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO	11 / 33 (669.6228)	4 (174.3200)	22 (160.5144)	11 (167.4172)	14 (167.3712)
Oct 2, 2021	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	21 / 26 (655.8856)	12 (170.2628)	22 (156.5372)	21 (162.2512)	14 (166.8344)
Oct 1, 2021	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	20 / 27 (663.8744)	12 (172)	20 (163.9772)	23 (161.6572)	17 (166.2400)
Aug 27, 2021	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	23 / 31 (668.4572)	10 (174.2972)	29 (153.6456)	20 (166.2516)	7 (174.2628)
Aug 13, 2021	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	24 / 42 (653.0628)	36 (155.9656)	22 (163.4172)	31 (161.1200)	6 (172.5600)
May 7, 2021	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	21 / 35 (641.5996)	28 (156.5828)	31 (150.2284)	14 (167.4172)	8 (167.3712)
Oct 3, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	38 / 41 (651.8628)	35 (164.0116)	35 (162.2284)	29 (165.1200)	35 (160.5028)
Oct 2, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	38 / 41 (639.3144)	40 (157.6800)	11 (169.7144)	41 (145.6456)	25 (166.2744)
Aug 21, 2020	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	27 / 43 (661.6684)	23 (169.1312)	22 (167.4172)	38 (153.1200)	6 (172)
Oct 18, 2019	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	30 / 46 (641.5772)	38 (158.2400)	30 (161.0972)	28 (162.2972)	30 (159.9428)

Happy Burnt Endings

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)