High-water mark
668.5144
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5144 at Art of Barbeque — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 30, 2023
Fire & Forget BBQ
Fire & Forget BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 16th of 27 at the Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews (2023). They are ranked #3878 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 27, 2023
latest Sep 6, 2024 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.66 · weakest Chicken (163.63)
Road miles
719
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.20 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fire & Forget BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Fire & Forget BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with Fire & Forget BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,886 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Fire & Forget BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Fire & Forget BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| At Ease | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.8228 | 163.63 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 160.5716 | 166.84 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 164.5372 | 168.66 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 154.8000 | 165.45 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 78% | Sep 6, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 48 times, behind 111
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8456 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8516 Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1495) Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
- First call Art of Barbeque
- Career-best overall score668.5144 Art of Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest | May 27, 2023 |
| -5.3 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest | Sep 6, 2024 |
| -2.2 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | May 10, 2024 |
| -1.5 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | Aug 11, 2023 |
| -0.3 | Art of Barbeque | Jun 30, 2023 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 92.8% | 92.3% |
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 | 28 / 36 (661.6460) | 28 (164.5372) | 26 (164) | 25 (164.5372) | 19 (168.5716) |
| May 10, 2024 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 20 / 29 (661.5540) | 19 (166.2284) | 18 (165.6800) | 2 (174.8456) | 26 (154.8000) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 16 / 27 (664.4572) | 16 (167.9656) | 20 (160.5716) | 16 (167.3828) | 12 (168.5372) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 2 (173.7144) | — | — |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 23 / 35 (668.5144) | 28 (160.5716) | 10 (173.1428) | 26 (165.6800) | 18 (169.1200) |
| May 27, 2023 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 29 / 37 (659.8516) | 34 (158.8228) | 27 (163.9544) | 13 (170.8344) | 25 (166.2400) |