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SCORCH AND RESQUE

SCORCH AND RESQUE is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest (2016). They are ranked #927 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#927
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1613
peak 1637 · rated over 46 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

47
in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013
latest Aug 2, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#133
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

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

Category wins

4
19 podiums

Overall top-10s

16
34% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

7
straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 44%
overall standings

Best overall

698.2744 / 720
Master · Boats, Bands, & BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

653.82 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 659.64 (-5.82)

Walk rate

77%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Brisket · Best of the West

Consistency

±17.09
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.82 · weakest Brisket (162.91)

Road miles

10,367
across 47 mapped stops · furthest 544 mi

Schedule strength

42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.64 / 720
47 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Boats, Bands, & BBQ (Jun 10, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, 4 LEGS UP BBQ.

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 47 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 47 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.2744 career-best overall

97.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.2744 at Boats, Bands, & BBQ — 97.0% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 10, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WOODY'S Q SHACK has finished one call ahead of SCORCH AND RESQUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 2 Grand Championships

2016 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.

  • 11 contests
  • 7 overall top-10s
  • 4 category wins
  • average top 25%

A tough matchup

24–10 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 34 shared contests.

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The drought

18 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest on Jul 22, 2016 — 18 contests and 10.2 years ago.

  • last GC Jul 22, 2016
  • 10.2 years ago

A strong matchup

14–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 74% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Lost Weekend Grill in 14 of their 19 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

20 of 28 shared chicken entries lost

JO-BAWB'S BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JO-BAWB'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 20 of 28 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

JO-BAWB'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 32% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 32% across 4 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

  • 4 June contests
  • top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,367 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,367 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 544 miles to Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair.

  • 47 mapped stops
  • furthest 544 mi

The metronome

±2.37% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.37% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.6% of a perfect score
  • 47 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #1290 (173 pts) #1435 (153 pts) #883 (348 pts) #1537 (128 pts) #1253 (188 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #792 (412 pts) #702 (507 pts) #612 (597 pts) #888 (367 pts) #875 (377 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #738 (511 pts) #756 (526 pts) #584 (691 pts) #852 (461 pts) #776 (501 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #133 (1,788 pts) #212 (1,373 pts) #124 (1,683 pts) #239 (1,323 pts) #179 (1,570 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #345 (1,084 pts) #201 (1,439 pts) #230 (1,324 pts) #397 (934 pts) #350 (1,029 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #292 (1,201 pts) #264 (1,221 pts) #267 (1,256 pts) #256 (1,256 pts) #230 (1,391 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #553 (567 pts) #483 (667 pts) #536 (617 pts) #475 (687 pts) #574 (557 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SCORCH AND RESQUE, each with one reason worth a look.

BACKFIRIN' BBQ
#928 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
1
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1613
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SCORCH AND RESQUE)

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

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen Oct 29, 2016
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B & C SMOKERS
#926 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
113
GCs
1
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1706
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SCORCH AND RESQUE)

They've been 1706 at their best, 93 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 112 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ
#925 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1636

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 47, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen Mar 1, 2024
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Bad Influence BBQ - MO
#923 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
68
GCs
1
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1615

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 68 contests, alongside a 28% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 63 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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SMOKE AND FIRE
#930 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
55%
Peak
1613

Level with SCORCH AND RESQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen Jan 18, 2020
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Pig Destroyer
#929 of the rated field
1613 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
4
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1623

They turned up 6 years after SCORCH AND RESQUE did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Jun 13, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Backdraft BBQ 34 10 24 29% ⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ 28 7 21 25% ⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 28 4 24 14% ⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill 19 14 5 74% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 19 9 10 47% ⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ 18 12 6 67% ⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 17 14 3 82% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 17 12 5 71% ⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 16 9 7 56% ⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 16 1 15 6% ⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare
WOODY'S Q SHACK 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
WYOMING BS BBQ 12 12 0 100% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 47 19 1 2 176.0116 149.0624 166.82 top 43%
Pork Ribs 47 20 2 9 176.5828 151.3368 166.31 top 40%
Pork 47 14 1 3 176.0228 152.5714 163.60 top 52%
Brisket 47 16 0 5 178.8572 145.1426 162.91 top 47%

“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)30top 76%
Medium (20–39)382top 42%
Large (40+)60top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CO232top 44%
WY80top 37%
KS60top 50%
NE40top 51%
SD20top 40%
MT20top 39%
UT10top 57%
NM10top 50%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 3 12 0 top 50% May 10, 2019
Wild West BBQ 3 8 0 top 57% May 8, 2015
Boats, Bands, & BBQ 2 1 1 top 24% May 19, 2017
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 2 12 0 top 52% Aug 2, 2019
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 83 0 top 43% Oct 29, 2016
Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 2 8 0 top 35% Aug 19, 2016
Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair 2 9 0 top 39% Aug 11, 2015
Smokin' on the Prairie 2 10 0 top 43% Aug 7, 2015
Pony Express BBQ Challenge 2 14 0 top 51% Apr 25, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 11 contests · 2 GCs
Contests a season 6.7 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CO 23 of 47 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited 36 9 of them more than once
First title Jun 10, 2016 Boats, Bands, & BBQ
Opponents faced 1,037 finished ahead 1,210 times, behind 850

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

20191 milestone
  1. Most recent contest San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
20171 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1637) San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
20166 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Boats, Bands, & BBQ
  2. First overall podium Boats, Bands, & BBQ
  3. First Grand Championship Boats, Bands, & BBQ
  4. Career-best overall score698.2744 Boats, Bands, & BBQ
  5. Biggest field won (35 teams) Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest
  6. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Best of the West
20151 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Best of the West BBQ Fest
20143 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6000 Pony Express BBQ Challenge
  2. First overall top-10 Wild West BBQ
  3. 10th tracked contest Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.3Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ FestJul 22, 2016
+16Boats, Bands, & BBQJun 10, 2016
+13.8Hill City Wine Brew & BBQAug 26, 2016
+12.7Colorado Pork & Hops ChallengeSep 9, 2016
+11.6Best of the WestAug 12, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.5San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQAug 2, 2019
-9.3Wild West BBQMay 8, 2015
-8.6San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili ChallengeSep 6, 2013
-7.6Smoke & Soul FestSep 14, 2018
-5.5Taste of Autumn BBQ ChampionshipsSep 18, 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)
20192000 100% top 61% 90.5% 90.3%
20184000 100% top 54% 92.5% 91.4%
20174010 100% top 33% 94.2% 93.4%
201611274 73% top 25% 97% 94.2%
201510030 70% top 50% 93.8% 91.3%
201410050 90% top 48% 92.2% 90.7%
20136000 33% top 56% 89.6% 88.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 2, 2019 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO 41 / 54 (647.8628) 49 (153.6800) 3 (174.8572) 46 (153.6456) 28 (165.6800)
May 10, 2019 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO 13 / 28 (651.9316) 17 (161.6572) 13 (164.5716) 22 (159.4172) 10 (166.2856)
Sep 14, 2018 Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY 19 / 28 (639.8400) 19 (161.0972) 3 (172) 24 (153.6456) 22 (153.0972)
Sep 7, 2018 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO 14 / 32 (666.1712) 12 (170.2744) 10 (169.7028) 15 (167.3712) 21 (158.8228)
Jul 13, 2018 Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT 12 / 21 (663.2912) 6 (170.8572) 12 (165.1084) 18 (158.7884) 6 (168.5372)
Jun 8, 2018 Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO 15 / 31 (663.8624) 9 (170.2628) 11 (168.5484) 12 (168.5600) 22 (156.4912)
Aug 4, 2017 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO 12 / 44 (678.2400) 28 (166.2284) 4 (174.8800) 7 (171.9772) 21 (165.1544)
May 19, 2017 Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO 16 / 36 (664.4344) 9 (170.8344) 7 (170.8572) 29 (157.0512) 16 (165.6916)
May 12, 2017 Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO 12 / 31 (673.6340) 7 (173.1428) 3 (174.2628) 12 (171.4172) 24 (154.8112)
Apr 14, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO 7 / 30 (674.2288) 7 (173.7144) 19 (162.2400) 13 (165.1200) 2 (173.1544)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 225 / 557 (662.1596) 276 (164.5600) 323 (162.8112) 362 (161.6684) 62 (173.1200)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 83 / 180 (678.2512) 102 (170.2628) 46 (172.5828) 65 (171.4056) 141 (164)
Sep 23, 2016 Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS 12 / 39 (678.8568) 13 (171.4400) 17 (166.2856) 15 (171.4056) 8 (169.7256)
Sep 9, 2016 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO 3 / 49 (686.8112) 19 (167.3828) 2 (176.5828) 14 (170.8228) 4 (172.0228)
Aug 26, 2016 Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD 3 / 31 (684.5140) 17 (166.8228) 1 (176) 8 (170.8456) 12 (170.8456)
Aug 19, 2016 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY 8 / 26 (681.0852) 8 (171.4400) 10 (171.4056) 11 (169.1084) 5 (169.1312)
Aug 12, 2016 Best of the West Sheridan, WY 4 / 26 (683.4172) 4 (174.2972) 14 (168.5828) 18 (161.6800) 2 (178.8572)
Jul 29, 2016 SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge Alamosa, CO 8 / 27 (673.6456) 9 (170.2628) 1 (175.4172) 11 (169.7028) 21 (158.2628)
Jul 22, 2016 Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO 1 / 35 (684.5716) 13 (169.1316) 11 (168.5600) 1 (176.0228) 4 (170.8572)
Jun 10, 2016 Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO 1 / 30 (698.2744) 1 (174.8800) 3 (176.0116) 7 (170.8228) 2 (176.5600)
May 13, 2016 Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO 21 / 33 (649.5772) 12 (169.1200) 14 (164.5600) 14 (165.1200) 31 (150.7772)
Sep 18, 2015 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD 21 / 30 (660.5256) 15 (169.7028) 14 (169.1544) 29 (156.5256) 17 (165.1428)
Aug 28, 2015 Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY 9 / 25 (675.3944) 6 (173.1200) 3 (176) 15 (154.2628) 5 (172.0116)
Aug 14, 2015 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY 10 / 26 (665.5884) 13 (165.6800) 6 (169.7028) 9 (167.9656) 13 (162.2400)
Aug 11, 2015 Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair Billings, MT 11 / 25 (658.2284) 8 (167.4056) 18 (158.8228) 10 (168.5600) 12 (163.4400)
Aug 7, 2015 Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY 12 / 26 (669.6800) 7 (169.6800) 6 (174.2744) 18 (162.2856) 12 (163.4400)
Jul 31, 2015 SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO 20 / 29 (638.7544) 20 (162.8456) 18 (161.6916) 24 (159.4172) 21 (154.8000)
Jul 24, 2015 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS 13 / 35 (666.8116) 4 (174.2744) 6 (172) 23 (160.5372) 22 (160)
Jun 5, 2015 Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO 9 / 30 (663.3716) 2 (176.0116) 9 (166.8572) 8 (171.4400) 29 (149.0628)
May 29, 2015 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO 15 / 32 (647.9200) 9 (169.1428) 16 (163.3944) 27 (153.1200) 10 (162.2628)
May 8, 2015 Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO 22 / 26 (626.7544) 21 (160.5716) 22 (152.5600) 16 (160.5484) 19 (153.0744)
Sep 6, 2014 Sky's The Limit BBQ Classic Part Two Garden City, KS 11 / 15 (662.1028) 11 (167.3828) 15 (154.2172) 7 (170.8228) 6 (169.6800)
Sep 5, 2014 Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic Garden City, KS 10 / 14 (659.8516) 13 (166.2400) 12 (155.3716) 10 (166.8344) 7 (171.4056)
Aug 15, 2014 Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY 6 / 25 (663.8968) 16 (163.3940) 11 (160.5372) 7 (165.7028) 2 (174.2628)
Aug 12, 2014 Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair Billings, MT 9 / 26 (651.3712) 11 (159.9656) 9 (162.2972) 13 (158.8228) 2 (170.2856)
Aug 8, 2014 Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY 10 / 25 (655.4400) 8 (170.2744) 4 (172.5828) 18 (154.3200) 14 (158.2628)
Aug 1, 2014 The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition Alamosa, CO 17 / 31 (643.3592) 11 (169.7256) 25 (151.3368) 17 (161.1540) 17 (161.1428)
Jul 4, 2014 Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship 🏅 Rio Rancho, NM 19 / 38 (644.4340) 4 (170.8456) 10 (168) 26 (155.3484) 27 (150.2400)
May 9, 2014 Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO 8 / 29 (647.9084) 24 (151.9428) 3 (171.4400) 5 (169.1428) 16 (155.3828)
May 2, 2014 North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival North Platte, NE 14 / 25 (651.9312) 12 (159.4056) 20 (154.2512) 3 (170.2856) 9 (167.9888)
Apr 25, 2014 Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE 14 / 28 (649.6000) 9 (166.2856) 14 (165.6800) 19 (156.5256) 17 (161.1088)
Sep 6, 2013 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat Brews, Barbecue & Chili Challenge Alamosa, CO 14 / 17 (622.1480) 16 (149.0624) 13 (156.5600) 8 (165.7256) 13 (150.8000)
Jun 7, 2013 Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO 18 / 39 (645.1424) 17 (164) 14 (164.5714) 17 (165.1426) 25 (151.4284)
May 10, 2013 Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO 18 / 31 (634.8570) 21 (159.4284) 15 (159.9998) 20 (155.4286) 13 (160.0002)
May 3, 2013 North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE 18 / 38 (641.7140) 11 (164.5714) 17 (161.1426) 31 (152.5714) 14 (163.4286)
Apr 26, 2013 Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE 24 / 47 (630.2852) 18 (161.1428) 29 (155.9998) 31 (154.2856) 19 (158.8570)
Mar 29, 2013 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Thornton, CO 15 / 30 (641.1424) 7 (166.8568) 13 (162.2858) 3 (166.8572) 27 (145.1426)

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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