The comeback
10.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10.3 years, then back at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2023-08-25).
- last seen 2013-05-24
- back 2023-08-25
Burnt Offerings BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-04-06
latest 2024-04-26
Best ToY finish
#373
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
586.42
last 3 Master vs avg 586.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.37 · weakest Brisket (132.54)
Road miles
2,375
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 2003 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
586.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.47 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Burnt Offerings BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Burnt Offerings BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Burnt Offerings BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with Burnt Offerings BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Burnt Offerings BBQ'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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 136.5716 | 154.37 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 144.5714 | 154.15 | top 73% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1426 | 149.7142 | 151.99 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136.0002 | 126.8570 | 132.54 | top 95% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.1 yrs
2013-04-06 → 2024-04-26
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.37 · weakest Brisket (132.54)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
586.42
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
318.47
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
21–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,375
5 mapped stops · furthest 2,003 mi
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,180
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
10.3 yrs
2013-05-24 → 2023-08-25
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #5138 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1492) Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- 2023
- Career-best overall score600.9828 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.2400 Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Blues, Brews & BBQ | 2013-05-24 |
| -10.9 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest | 2023-08-25 |
| -7.9 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship | 2013-04-06 |
| -7.9 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-04-26 |
| -2.1 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-08-26 |
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)
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 88% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 89.7% | 86.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 83% | 82.9% | 80.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 35 / 40 (314.1944) | 31 (159.9544) | 36 (154.2400) | — | — |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL | 12 / 17 (322.7428) | 12 (160.5028) | 12 (162.2400) | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 26 / 26 (600.9828) | 21 (161.6800) | 24 (151.4172) | 25 (153.1084) | 26 (134.7772) |
| 2013-05-24 | Blues, Brews & BBQ Brentwood, CA | 31 / 34 (561.1426) | 32 (136.5716) | 28 (144.5714) | 26 (153.1426) | 33 (126.8570) |
| 2013-04-06 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA | 25 / 33 (597.1430) | 22 (153.1428) | 10 (158.2858) | 26 (149.7142) | 29 (136.0002) |
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 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1623 (51 pts) | #1276 (71 pts) | #1710 (56 pts) | #1620 (51 pts) | #1620 (51 pts) |