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BRINGIN' THE HEAT

BRINGIN' THE HEAT is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Poor Que (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #450 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#450
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1688
peak 1688 · rated over 34 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

35
in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013
latest Sep 14, 2018 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#142
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

2
4 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

10
28 podiums

Overall top-10s

24
69% of 35 contests

Best top-10 run

10
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 26%
overall standings

Best overall

695.9660 / 720
Master · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

646.54 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 664.06 (-17.52)

Walk rate

94%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · Poor Que

Consistency

±29.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 168.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.34)

Road miles

6,034
across 35 mapped stops · furthest 569 mi

Schedule strength

46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

664.06 / 720
35 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

  • career best 10

Among the elite

#450 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1688 puts them #450 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

  • rating 1688
  • peak 1688
  • 34 rated contests

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 brisket.

  • Brisket ×1

Against the odds

33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Poor Que (Jun 3, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 33-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Puckaway Pigfest.

  • Sep 5, 2014

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Poor Que is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 4 visits.

  • 4 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 10%
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Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Puckaway Pigfest (Sep 5, 2014).

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 33 of 35 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 35 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of BRINGIN' THE HEAT 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FOX RIVER BBQ in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

  • 2 Grand Championships
  • 35 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE SMOKE HUNTERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

6,034 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,034 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 569 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

  • 35 mapped stops
  • furthest 569 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Poor Que every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 1st

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #1496 (127 pts) #1856 (92 pts) #1909 (82 pts) #1373 (177 pts) #1419 (167 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #944 (367 pts) #774 (512 pts) #1038 (347 pts) #1639 (152 pts) #1101 (302 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1113 (280 pts) #1632 (170 pts) #1346 (230 pts) #1267 (255 pts) #1156 (280 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #329 (1,123 pts) #303 (1,163 pts) #290 (1,178 pts) #246 (1,228 pts) #357 (1,018 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #152 (1,714 pts) #229 (1,334 pts) #293 (1,209 pts) #116 (1,744 pts) #120 (1,824 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #142 (1,682 pts) #160 (1,422 pts) #209 (1,287 pts) #58 (1,982 pts) #335 (917 pts)

Overall rank by season

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KISS MY RACK
#448 of the rated field
1688 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1688
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BRINGIN' THE HEAT)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BRINGIN' THE HEAT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Aug 23, 2019
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SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ
#451 of the rated field
1687 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1687

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 32 contests
  • last seen Jun 11, 2021
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Crossed Rifles BBQ
#447 of the rated field
1688 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
1
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1700

Careers of much the same size, 46 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2026
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Porterhouse BBQ
#449 of the rated field
1688 power rating
Contests
117
GCs
6
Top-10s
48%
Peak
1788

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 117 contests, alongside a 48% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 115 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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Hogline BBQ
#452 of the rated field
1687 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
2
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1700
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BRINGIN' THE HEAT)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE
#443 of the rated field
1689 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
66
GCs
0
Top-10s
45%
Peak
1710
4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to BRINGIN' THE HEAT)

Level with BRINGIN' THE HEAT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 64 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2021
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ 17 9 8 53% ⚔ compare
A FINE SWINE 16 10 6 63% ⚔ compare
FOX RIVER BBQ 15 12 3 80% ⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 15 9 6 60% ⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN 14 9 5 64% ⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ 14 9 5 64% ⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS 12 11 1 92% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN CROATIANS 11 10 1 91% ⚔ compare
A BOY NAMED QUE 11 8 3 73% ⚔ compare
QUAU 11 5 6 45% ⚔ compare
SMOKE 2 PULL 10 10 0 100% ⚔ compare
FIREWISE BBQ 10 7 3 70% ⚔ compare
THE SMOKE HUNTERS 10 4 6 40% ⚔ compare
BURNITA BAR-B-QUE 9 8 1 89% ⚔ compare
Freeman Brothers BBQ 9 7 2 78% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 35 17 1 4 178.8572 154.8116 168.35 top 33%
Pork Ribs 35 14 1 5 176.5716 144.5372 165.34 top 40%
Pork 34 23 5 12 177.7144 150.2056 168.83 top 28%
Brisket 35 17 3 7 180 🔥 147.9996 166.36 top 35%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 23%
Medium (20–39)241top 27%
Large (40+)101top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
WI202top 20%
KY50top 23%
IL30top 26%
MO20top 26%
MN20top 34%
TN10top 100%
MI10top 29%
AR10top 74%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Poor Que 4 1 1 top 10% Jun 3, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 4 4 0 top 24% Aug 7, 2015
Puckaway Pigfest 3 1 1 top 11% Sep 11, 2015
Grillin' in Grafton 3 3 0 top 18% Jun 26, 2015
Bands & BBQ at the Point 2 9 0 top 32% Sep 14, 2018
Grill Games 2 8 0 top 26% Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 10 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 5.8 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in WI 20 of 35 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited 23 6 of them more than once
First title Sep 5, 2014 Puckaway Pigfest
Opponents faced 1,086 finished ahead 1,361 times, behind 556

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

20182 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1688) Bands & BBQ at the Point
  2. Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
20162 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Brisket) Poor Que
  2. 10th category win Poor Que
20152 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
  2. Career-best overall score695.9660 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
20143 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest The Masters in May
  2. First Grand Championship Puckaway Pigfest
  3. Biggest field won (40 teams) Puckaway Pigfest
20138 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Minnesota in May
  2. First call Minnesota in May
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4284 Minnesota in May
  4. First overall top-10 Poor Que
  5. First overall podium Poor Que
  6. First Reserve Championship Poor Que
  7. First category win (Pork) Grill Games
  8. First multi-meat day 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.8Poor QueJun 7, 2013
+13.2Grillin' in GraftonJun 28, 2013
+12.9Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & FestivalJun 15, 2018
+12.6Puckaway PigfestSep 6, 2013
+128th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL)Oct 18, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.5Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Jun 30, 2017
-6.6Sam's Club National BBQ Tour ChampionshipSep 26, 2014
-5.9Madison Magazine BBQ FestivalMay 16, 2015
-3.636th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- OpenOct 3, 2015
-1Sam's Club National BBQ TourJul 24, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20183030 100% top 22% 96.4% 94.8%
20173020 67% top 49% 95.9% 86.8%
20161111 100% top 3% 96.1% 96.1%
20159043 89% top 33% 96.7% 92.2%
201410173 100% top 25% 96% 92.6%
20139073 100% top 17% 93.5% 92.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 14, 2018 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 10 / 27 (673.0628) 17 (165.6800) 19 (164.5372) 5 (170.8456) 6 (172)
Jul 27, 2018 Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY 3 / 13 (680.5028) 4 (169.7028) 7 (169.7144) 7 (170.2628) 3 (170.8228)
Jun 15, 2018 Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY 2 / 34 (694.2172) 5 (175.4172) 10 (170.8344) 5 (174.8572) 8 (173.1084)
Sep 15, 2017 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 9 / 33 (674.7196) 4 (176.5600) 15 (167.4056) 21 (163.3828) 10 (167.3712)
Jun 30, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Bartlett, TN 30 / 30 (510.2172) 11 (175.4056) 20 (168.5488) — 29 (166.2628)
May 12, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY 6 / 29 (690.2972) 5 (177.1428) 7 (175.4172) 21 (166.8916) 13 (170.8456)
Jun 3, 2016 Poor Que Montello, WI 1 / 30 (692.0004) 6 (168.5716) 3 (170.2972) 2 (173.1316) 1 (180)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 288 / 606 (653.6800) 43 (174.8572) 488 (153.7144) 475 (155.4056) 126 (169.7028)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 8 / 187 (695.9660) 7 (178.8572) 15 (176.5716) 68 (170.2628) 79 (170.2744)
Sep 11, 2015 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 8 / 33 (647.8740) 4 (165.0972) 1 (176.0228) 27 (150.2056) 18 (156.5484)
Aug 7, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI 11 / 30 (678.8340) 15 (170.2628) 19 (167.3828) 1 (177.1772) 19 (164.0112)
Jul 24, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN 13 / 30 (657.0284) 15 (167.4172) 13 (163.9656) 21 (158.7884) 7 (166.8572)
Jul 17, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI 8 / 28 (672.5140) 16 (165.0856) 7 (169.1200) 4 (172.0228) 11 (166.2856)
Jun 26, 2015 Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI 11 / 33 (658.2284) 13 (165.6684) 7 (166.2972) 31 (151.3600) 2 (174.9028)
Jun 5, 2015 Poor Que Montello, WI 9 / 38 (664.4916) 3 (173.1200) 14 (163.3944) 8 (168) 17 (159.9772)
May 16, 2015 Madison Magazine BBQ Festival Madison, WI 17 / 29 (642.8000) 22 (154.8116) 18 (160.5484) 1 (173.7256) 20 (153.7144)
Oct 17, 2014 9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL 12 / 42 (662.2288) 20 (165.6800) 22 (162.8572) 5 (171.4056) 19 (162.2860)
Sep 26, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 37 / 50 (679.3488) 50 (158.2172) 31 (169.7144) 22 (171.9772) 1 (179.4400)
Sep 5, 2014 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 1 / 40 (691.4628) 3 (176.5944) 16 (161.7256) 1 (176) 1 (177.1428)
Aug 22, 2014 Grill Games Kenosha, WI 16 / 47 (651.3944) 14 (168.5484) 42 (144.5372) 16 (165.1544) 6 (173.1544)
Aug 1, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI 8 / 30 (676.5372) 17 (167.4056) 13 (169.7028) 2 (174.8688) 21 (164.5600)
Jul 11, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI 6 / 29 (668.5372) 17 (161.1088) 2 (172.5828) 8 (166.8228) 5 (168.0228)
Jun 27, 2014 Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI 4 / 32 (658.8000) 17 (161.6684) 11 (162.2744) 2 (171.4172) 9 (163.4400)
Jun 20, 2014 Pig in the Park Whitewater, WI 8 / 26 (655.9200) 4 (171.9656) 16 (157.6916) 9 (164) 10 (162.2628)
Jun 6, 2014 Poor Que Montello, WI 3 / 38 (661.7032) 3 (170.2744) 6 (165.7144) 15 (160.5600) 6 (165.1544)
May 2, 2014 The Masters in May Fremont, WI 6 / 62 (664.4912) 37 (157.6684) 20 (164.5600) 11 (167.9656) 3 (174.2972)
Oct 18, 2013 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) Libertyville, IL 2 / 54 (671.4288) 1 (175.4516) 10 (166.2628) 1 (170.8572) 17 (158.8572)
Sep 6, 2013 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 2 / 31 (673.0972) 4 (168.5716) 9 (164.5716) 5 (167.9656) 2 (171.9884)
Aug 30, 2013 3rd Annual Smokin' In The Bogs Warrens, WI 9 / 37 (659.3144) 31 (154.8344) 6 (166.8228) 2 (177.7144) 22 (159.9428)
Aug 23, 2013 Grill Games Kenosha, WI 8 / 43 (661.6456) 13 (166.2400) 15 (160) 1 (177.7028) 19 (157.7028)
Aug 2, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL 14 / 30 (666.7428) 11 (169.6800) 29 (156.5144) 9 (170.2512) 7 (170.2972)
Jul 5, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI 4 / 30 (659.4282) 4 (169.1428) 15 (157.7142) 2 (170.8572) 13 (161.7140)
Jun 28, 2013 Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI 3 / 33 (655.9998) 6 (167.4286) 2 (168.0002) 2 (172.5714) 28 (147.9996)
Jun 7, 2013 Poor Que Montello, WI 2 / 39 (666.2858) 5 (166.8572) 2 (170.8574) 2 (173.1428) 18 (155.4284)
May 17, 2013 Minnesota in May Faribault, MN 12 / 49 (671.4284) 9 (171.4286) 31 (161.1430) 8 (172.5714) 20 (166.2854)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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