Burnt & Ernie

Burnt & Ernie is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 17th of 25 at the Smoke on the Water (2021). They are ranked #4546 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,546

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1472

peak 1472 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 15, 2021

latest Apr 5, 2024 · 2.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#827

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

661.1432 / 720

Master · Smoke in the Spring

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.94 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.75 (+2.19)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Chicken · Smoke on the Water

Consistency

±13.68

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.11 · weakest Brisket (154.91)

Road miles

173

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

Purse competed for

$97K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.75 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

FINGER LEIKAM GOOD ahead in 100% of their meetings

FINGER LEIKAM GOOD has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.20 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 154.91
Pork avg 165.11
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DB Que in 4 of their 4 shared 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	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1213 (85 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#703 (245 pts)	#1063 (135 pts)	#989 (120 pts)	#989 (120 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#827 (178 pts)	#809 (208 pts)	#888 (188 pts)	#875 (178 pts)	#871 (173 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1111 (90 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1247 (75 pts)	#1091 (105 pts)	#1193 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Burnt & Ernie, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smoke on the Water and Fire in my Eye

#4,539 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Burnt & Ernie)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Burnt & Ernie has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Overland Trail BBQ

#4,558 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Burnt & Ernie)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Can't Beat Our Meat

#4,567 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1518

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Burnt & Ernie)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 15 contests to 7.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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T-Ray's Rack Rubbers

#4,553 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 13, 2026

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RUB SHAKERS QUE

#4,559 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Burnt & Ernie's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS

#4,564 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

They've been 1503 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROCK N BLUES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
One Love BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Who's Cookin'	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Bocephus BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Cities Edge BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Cow Creek BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KC Meat Sweats	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Shark Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
FAIRWAY SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	176.5716	151.3600	164.06	top 63%
Pork Ribs	7	0	174.8572	153.6916	162.67	top 63%
Pork	7	0	170.3088	157.6916	165.11	top 62%
Brisket	7	0	164.5600	150.2628	154.91	top 76%

“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)	3	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 74%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Water	3	17	0	top 74%	Oct 13, 2023
Smoke in the Spring	2	77	0	top 79%	Apr 5, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 346 finished ahead 133 times, behind 393

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

20241 milestone

Apr 5 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring

20233 milestones

Apr 7 Career-best overall score661.1432 Smoke in the Spring
Oct 13 First call Smoke on the Water
Oct 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 Smoke on the Water

20221 milestone

Apr 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3256 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition

20212 milestones

Oct 15 First tracked contest Smoke on the Water
Oct 15 Peak power rating (1497) Smoke on the Water

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Smoke on the Water	Oct 14, 2022
-7.8	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 24, 2022
-4.7	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 5, 2024
-3	Smoke on the Water	Oct 15, 2021
-2.4	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 7, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0%	top 82%	91.6%	91.6%
2023	2	50%	top 72%	91.8%	91.8%
2022	3	0%	top 75%	90.5%	88.6%
2021	1	0%	top 68%	87.7%	87.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 5, 2024	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	80 / 97 (659.3256)	69 (166.2284)	20 (174.8572)	59 (167.9772)	92 (150.2628)
Oct 13, 2023	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	27 / 39 (661.0516)	5 (176.5716)	22 (168.5600)	25 (163.9428)	32 (151.9772)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	77 / 103 (661.1432)	76 (166.2628)	48 (170.3316)	47 (170.3088)	94 (154.2400)
Oct 14, 2022	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	24 / 28 (634.6972)	18 (165.1200)	22 (159.3716)	24 (159.9312)	25 (150.2744)
Jun 24, 2022	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	127 / 164 (628.4804)	142 (152.5372)	136 (153.6916)	124 (157.6916)	56 (164.5600)
Apr 29, 2022	Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	48 / 77 (651.3256)	31 (170.3200)	59 (154.7656)	35 (168.5372)	48 (157.7028)
Oct 15, 2021	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	17 / 25 (631.2228)	23 (151.3600)	20 (157.0972)	14 (167.4056)	20 (155.3600)

Burnt & Ernie

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (3 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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

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)

📉 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)