The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Small Town Smoke Down (Jun 3, 2023).
- last seen Aug 31, 2019
- back Jun 3, 2023
Fire Bandits
Fire Bandits is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 15, 2019
latest Sep 2, 2023 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
—
overall standings
Best overall
—
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
326
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 176 mi
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
2 of 4 contests
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
Aug 31, 2019 → Jun 3, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2023 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 31, 2019 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2019 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton | — | — | — | — | — |