BASH BROTHERS BBQ

BASH BROTHERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 8th of 8 at the BBQ Masters in the Woods (2014). They finished #1366 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

⚔ Compare with another team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1462

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Sep 6, 2014 · 1.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1366

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 84%

overall standings

Best overall

647.2800 / 720

Master · Peak City Pig Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.2744

Chicken · BBQ Masters in the Woods

Consistency

±55.30

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (127.52)

Road miles

1,005

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)

Master avg

590.78 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (1 found in their record)

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

The weak link

−31.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 30.97 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 127.52
Chicken avg 158.49
2 calls in 5 entries

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1366 (201 pts)	#1231 (256 pts)	#1440 (201 pts)	#1221 (261 pts)	#1174 (266 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1739 (119 pts)	#1703 (134 pts)	#1629 (149 pts)	#1493 (164 pts)	#1489 (154 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BASH BROTHERS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

BASH BROTHERS BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it.

Zillas Bbq

#5,041 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1462

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

⚔ Compare careers

Smokin Our Butts Off

#5,042 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

⚔ Compare careers

Big E's KCQ & Smoke

#5,046 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Level with BASH BROTHERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2024

⚔ Compare careers

TENDER BUTTS

#5,038 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

⚔ Compare careers

Bourbon Bros BBQ

#5,024 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2023

⚔ Compare careers

THE BARBECUBE

#5,054 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1462

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2021

⚔ Compare careers

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	166.2744	151.9656	158.49	top 61%
Pork Ribs	5	2	156.5372	20	127.52	top 73%
Pork	4	1	165.6916	149.0628	157.26	top 62%
Brisket	4	1	165.7028	129.1426	153.13	top 65%

“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)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 91%
Large (40+)	1	top 54%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	2	top 77%
RI	1	top 100%
NY	1	top 82%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Peak City Pig Fest	2	26	0	top 77%	Jun 20, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 102 finished ahead 28 times, behind 92

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

20145 milestones

Jun 20 Career-best overall score647.2800 Peak City Pig Fest
Aug 29 First call Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series)
Sep 6 First overall top-10 BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2744 BBQ Masters in the Woods
Sep 6 Most recent contest BBQ Masters in the Woods

20132 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1490) New York City BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 20, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.1	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 21, 2013
-14.2	BBQ Masters in the Woods	Sep 6, 2014
-9.8	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Apr 19, 2013

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)
2014	3	0	1	0	67%	top 77%	89.9%	88.5%
2013	2	0	0	0	0%	top 91%	81.4%	75.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 6, 2014	BBQ Masters in the Woods Foster, RI	8 / 8 (626.6856)	4 (166.2744)	8 (154.2628)	8 (149.0628)	7 (157.0856)
Aug 29, 2014	Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT	—	9 (151.9656)	4 (156.5372)	—	—
Jun 20, 2014	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	26 / 48 (647.2800)	30 (161.6456)	41 (154.2400)	13 (165.6916)	14 (165.7028)
Jun 21, 2013	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	36 / 36 (502.8564)	29 (157.7140)	36 (20)	17 (164.5712)	18 (160.5712)
Apr 19, 2013	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	27 / 33 (586.2850)	22 (154.8570)	19 (152.5714)	24 (149.7140)	31 (129.1426)

BASH BROTHERS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (1 found in their record)

The weak link

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)

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 — 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)