Scorched Deck BBQ

Scorched Deck BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 12 at the 3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest (2019). They are ranked #1159 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,159

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1590

peak 1590 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 25, 2017

latest Oct 28, 2023 · 6.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#403

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% 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 🔥

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

Consistency

±38.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.72 · weakest Chicken (166.52)

Road miles

4,500

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 286 mi

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)

Purse competed for

$212K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.62 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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
Oct 27, 2023

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.

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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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Scorched Deck BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

36 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

#1,157 of the rated field

1590 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 Jun 7, 2024

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HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION

#1,165 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 48
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1636

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Scorched Deck BBQ)

They've been 1636 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 47 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Woodquarter Smokerheads

#1,154 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 82%
Peak: 1612

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

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026

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NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'

#1,158 of the rated field

1590 power rating

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

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 28 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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Red, White & Que

#1,161 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1589

They turned up 6 years after Scorched Deck BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Mar 27, 2026

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Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ

#1,164 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 93%
Peak: 1589

12 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2025

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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 🔥	151.3600	166.52	top 53%
Pork Ribs	25	8	1	176.5600	160.5488	168.09	top 44%
Pork	25	5	3	176	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (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%	Oct 28, 2023
Iowa State BBQ Championship	2	4	0	top 20%	Mar 31, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 6 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 9 of 25 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 23 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,384 finished ahead 1,212 times, behind 1,392

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

20235 milestones

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)

20192 milestones

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

20182 milestones

May 11 First call BBQ in the Bluffs
Aug 25 First overall top-10 2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest

20172 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Iowa State BBQ Championship	Mar 31, 2023
+12.3	Boo-B-Que - Day 2	Oct 30, 2021
+11.8	3rd Annual Halfway to St.Pat's BBQ Contest	Aug 24, 2019
+11.7	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle	Jun 22, 2018
+11.4	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest	Oct 2, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	Oct 5, 2018
-8.6	Boo-B-Que - Day 1	Oct 29, 2021
-5.6	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off	Jul 17, 2020
-4.9	2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest	Aug 25, 2018
-3.6	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 15, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	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
Oct 28, 2023	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)
Oct 27, 2023	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	13 / 47 (694.8116)	2 (180)	19 (173.1316)	18 (173.1428)	32 (168.5372)
Mar 31, 2023	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	4 / 47 (689.6800)	2 (178.2972)	24 (168.5600)	21 (169.1200)	4 (173.7028)
Oct 14, 2022	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	12 / 36 (679.3372)	15 (171.9772)	5 (173.1200)	24 (166.2628)	12 (167.9772)
Apr 1, 2022	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	15 / 48 (682.2172)	31 (166.8344)	35 (163.3828)	3 (175.4400)	4 (176.5600)
Oct 30, 2021	Boo-B-Que - Day 2 🏅 Unity Village, MO	12 / 33 (691.3600)	7 (177.1428)	13 (171.9772)	11 (173.1316)	21 (169.1084)
Oct 29, 2021	Boo-B-Que - Day 1 🏅 Unity Village, MO	37 / 41 (664.4456)	40 (162.8228)	39 (161.6800)	33 (165.0972)	11 (174.8456)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	190 / 467 (667.3372)	264 (164)	227 (166.8228)	127 (169.1316)	176 (167.3828)
Jul 30, 2021	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	19 / 35 (665.0628)	33 (159.3828)	6 (172)	20 (165.6800)	12 (168)
May 7, 2021	Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN	26 / 60 (665.1200)	48 (160)	3 (176.5600)	52 (158.2628)	11 (170.2972)
Mar 19, 2021	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	22 / 70 (682.1596)	51 (164.5256)	29 (169.6684)	7 (176)	17 (171.9656)
Oct 2, 2020	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	19 / 66 (675.9656)	4 (176.5828)	29 (165.7144)	32 (167.9656)	35 (165.7028)
Sep 26, 2020	West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest 🏅 Cameron, MO	16 / 36 (680.5144)	21 (169.7144)	6 (175.4172)	30 (163.4056)	9 (171.9772)
Jul 17, 2020	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 Marion, IA	26 / 36 (633.5888)	22 (161.0856)	8 (168.5716)	33 (145.6800)	22 (158.2516)
Sep 12, 2019	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)
Aug 24, 2019	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)
Aug 23, 2019	Big Island BBQ 🏅 Alberta Lea, MN	15 / 50 (672.5028)	22 (167.4400)	4 (173.7028)	31 (165.6800)	16 (165.6800)
Apr 5, 2019	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)
Oct 5, 2018	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	55 / 56 (490.1828)	32 (162.2744)	19 (167.9656)	38 (159.9428)	—
Sep 15, 2018	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)
Aug 25, 2018	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)
Jun 22, 2018	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	26 / 185 (661.0740)	90 (159.4056)	43 (166.2972)	18 (172)	57 (163.3712)
May 11, 2018	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	24 / 39 (657.5772)	34 (159.3828)	21 (165.0972)	9 (170.8228)	23 (162.2744)
Mar 2, 2018	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	31 / 57 (657.6688)	15 (167.4172)	38 (162.2400)	45 (159.9772)	22 (168.0344)
Aug 25, 2017	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	25 / 56 (663.3484)	39 (162.8112)	37 (160.5488)	12 (170.2856)	17 (169.7028)

Scorched Deck BBQ

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 (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

A March team

The long haul

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)