Scorched Deck BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1145

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1590

peak 1590 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-08-25

latest 2023-10-28

Best ToY finish

#403

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8116 / 720

Master · Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

687.82 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.62 (+24.20)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)

Consistency

±38.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.72 · weakest Chicken (166.52)

Road miles

4,500

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$212K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.62 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

Iowa State BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 20%

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8116 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8116 at Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-10-27

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Texas Smoke Whisperer has finished one call ahead of Scorched Deck BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 20%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 20%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Hogline ahead in 100% of their meetings

Hogline has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MACHETE BOYS BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

9 of 10 shared brisket entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared brisket entries.

A March team

Top 31% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,500 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,500 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 286 miles to Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship.

25 mapped stops
furthest 286 mi

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.

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

IMAT BBQ

#1141 of the rated field

1590 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1612

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Scorched Deck BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — IMAT BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

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GOOD OLD BBQ

#1146 of the rated field

1590 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1594

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Scorched Deck BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 22 contests

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NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'

#1147 of the rated field

1590 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1608

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2026-03-06

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BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS

#1143 of the rated field

1590 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1590

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2016-03-19

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Red, White & Que

#1148 of the rated field

1590 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1590

No shared contest yet.

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

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Smoke N Poke BBQ

#1144 of the rated field

1590 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1590

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after Scorched Deck BBQ did, first appearing in 2026.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-15
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TEAM CRAWFORD	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Hogline	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BAMBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	8	2	180.0000 🔥	151.3600	166.52	top 53%
Pork Ribs	25	8	1	176.5600	160.5488	168.09	top 44%
Pork	25	5	3	176.0000	145.6800	167.04	top 47%
Brisket	24	6	2	177.7028	158.2516	168.72	top 36%

“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	Avg finish
IA	9	top 43%
MO	6	top 54%
KS	6	top 39%
MN	4	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 50%
Large (40+)	17	top 42%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)	2	10	0	top 26%	2023-10-28
Iowa State BBQ Championship	2	4	0	top 20%	2023-03-31

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.2 yrs 2017-08-25 → 2023-10-28

Busiest season 2021 6 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IA 9 of 25 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 23 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.72 · weakest Chicken (166.52)

Walk rate 68% a top-10 call in 17 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 16% 4 of 25 contests

Master average 663.62 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,392 1,212–1,392 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,500 25 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength 1591 average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests

Purse competed for $212,485 listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 18 state-championship entries

Power rating 1590 peak 1590 · #1145 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Aug 25 First tracked contest 10th Annual Big Island BBQ
Aug 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3484 10th Annual Big Island BBQ
2018
May 11 First call *BBQ in the Bluffs
Aug 25 First overall top-10 *2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest
2019
Aug 24 First overall podium 3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest
Aug 24 10th tracked contest 3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest
2023
Oct 27 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
Oct 27 Career-best overall score694.8116 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
Oct 28 25th tracked contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
Oct 28 Peak power rating (1590) Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
Oct 28 Most recent contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Iowa State BBQ Championship	2023-03-31
+12.3	Boo-B-Que - Day 2	2021-10-30
+11.8	3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest	2019-08-24
+11.8	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle	2018-06-22
+11.3	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest	2020-10-02

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	2018-10-05
-8.6	Boo-B-Que - Day 1	2021-10-29
-5.6	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off	2020-07-17
-4.9	*2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest	2018-08-25
-3.6	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	3	2	100%	top 20%	96.5%	96.2%
2022	2	0	100%	top 32%	94.8%	94.6%
2021	6	0	67%	top 49%	96%	93.4%
2020	3	0	100%	top 48%	94.5%	92.1%
2019	4	1	75%	top 33%	94.3%	93.4%
2018	6	1	33%	top 62%	91.9%	87.3%
2017	1	0	0%	top 45%	92.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-10-28	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	10 / 40 (693.0628)	4 (179.4400)	22 (169.6800)	30 (166.2400)	5 (177.7028)
2023-10-27	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	13 / 47 (694.8116)	2 (180.0000)	19 (173.1316)	18 (173.1428)	32 (168.5372)
2023-03-31	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	4 / 47 (689.6800)	2 (178.2972)	24 (168.5600)	21 (169.1200)	4 (173.7028)
2022-10-14	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	12 / 36 (679.3372)	15 (171.9772)	5 (173.1200)	24 (166.2628)	12 (167.9772)
2022-04-01	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	15 / 48 (682.2172)	31 (166.8344)	35 (163.3828)	3 (175.4400)	4 (176.5600)
2021-10-30	Boo-B-Que - Day 2 🏅 Unity Village, MO	12 / 33 (691.3600)	7 (177.1428)	13 (171.9772)	11 (173.1316)	21 (169.1084)
2021-10-29	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 🏅 Unity Village, MO	37 / 41 (664.4456)	40 (162.8228)	39 (161.6800)	33 (165.0972)	11 (174.8456)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	190 / 467 (667.3372)	264 (164.0000)	227 (166.8228)	127 (169.1316)	176 (167.3828)
2021-07-30	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	19 / 35 (665.0628)	33 (159.3828)	6 (172.0000)	20 (165.6800)	12 (168.0000)
2021-05-07	Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN	26 / 60 (665.1200)	48 (160.0000)	3 (176.5600)	52 (158.2628)	11 (170.2972)
2021-03-19	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	22 / 70 (682.1596)	51 (164.5256)	29 (169.6684)	7 (176.0000)	17 (171.9656)
2020-10-02	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	19 / 66 (675.9656)	4 (176.5828)	29 (165.7144)	32 (167.9656)	35 (165.7028)
2020-09-26	West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO	16 / 36 (680.5144)	21 (169.7144)	6 (175.4172)	30 (163.4056)	9 (171.9772)
2020-07-17	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 MARION, IA	26 / 36 (633.5888)	22 (161.0856)	8 (168.5716)	33 (145.6800)	22 (158.2516)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	200 / 468 (664.4568)	287 (162.8456)	17 (176.5600)	221 (166.2400)	323 (158.8112)
2019-08-24	3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	3 / 12 (678.8116)	6 (168.5600)	8 (165.1316)	2 (170.2628)	3 (174.8572)
2019-08-23	Big Island BBQ 🏅 Alberta Lea, MN	15 / 50 (672.5028)	22 (167.4400)	4 (173.7028)	31 (165.6800)	16 (165.6800)
2019-04-05	VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits 🏅 Overland Park, KS	18 / 53 (673.6000)	7 (174.2744)	38 (161.6800)	20 (167.9656)	13 (169.6800)
2018-10-05	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	55 / 56 (490.1828)	32 (162.2744)	19 (167.9656)	38 (159.9428)	—
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	327 / 467 (645.0284)	441 (151.3600)	288 (163.4056)	215 (165.6800)	213 (164.5828)
2018-08-25	*2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	6 / 8 (661.6456)	8 (155.3828)	6 (163.4288)	2 (172.5484)	2 (170.2856)
2018-06-22	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	26 / 185 (661.0740)	90 (159.4056)	43 (166.2972)	18 (172.0000)	57 (163.3712)
2018-05-11	*BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	24 / 39 (657.5772)	34 (159.3828)	21 (165.0972)	9 (170.8228)	23 (162.2744)
2018-03-02	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	31 / 57 (657.6688)	15 (167.4172)	38 (162.2400)	45 (159.9772)	22 (168.0344)
2017-08-25	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	25 / 56 (663.3484)	39 (162.8112)	37 (160.5488)	12 (170.2856)	17 (169.7028)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#718 (235 pts)	#902 (170 pts)	#773 (245 pts)	#645 (300 pts)	#601 (335 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#403 (468 pts)	#428 (463 pts)	#296 (708 pts)	#363 (558 pts)	#328 (623 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#423 (255 pts)	#341 (365 pts)	#318 (390 pts)	#553 (180 pts)	#421 (280 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#673 (477 pts)	#744 (452 pts)	#677 (502 pts)	#734 (442 pts)	#676 (497 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#739 (453 pts)	#735 (478 pts)	#722 (498 pts)	#572 (653 pts)	#720 (498 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#1773 (125 pts)	#2030 (100 pts)