Flamin Dave's

Flamin Dave's is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 13th of 23 at the Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) (2022).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1495

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 17, 2022

latest Jun 14, 2024 · 2 years on the trail

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

325.0400 / 360

Backyard · Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.9884

Chicken · Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±0.69

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.03)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Purse competed for

$7,650

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

324.32 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

309 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Just A Smokin BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Thick & Nasty has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	0	0	167.9884	163.9312	165.29	top 45%
Pork Ribs	3	0	0	0	161.1088	155.4060	159.03	top 68%

“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
Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	13	0	top 60%	Jun 14, 2024

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IL 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 57 finished ahead 38 times, behind 55

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 17, 2022 → Jun 17, 2023

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

20242 milestones

Jun 14 Career-best overall score325.0400 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 14 Most recent contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20232 milestones

Jun 17 First call Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 17 Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9884 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20223 milestones

Jun 17 First tracked contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5144 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
Jun 17 Peak power rating (1499) Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 14, 2024	Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL	26 / 40 (325.0400)	20 (163.9312)	26 (161.1088)	—	—
Jun 17, 2023	Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL	19 / 33 (323.3944)	9 (167.9884)	26 (155.4060)	—	—
Jun 17, 2022	Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) Morris, IL	13 / 23 (324.5144)	13 (163.9428)	14 (160.5716)	—	—