BASH BROTHERS BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1462

peak 1462 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2014-09-06

Best ToY finish

#1366

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 84%

overall standings

Best overall

647.2800 / 720

Master · Peak City Pig Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

590.78

last 4 Master vs avg 590.78 (+0.00)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.2744

Chicken · BBQ Masters in the Woods

Consistency

±55.30

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (127.52)

Road miles

1,005

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)

Master avg

590.78 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (1 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

BASH BROTHERS BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 128 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.

Big E's KCQ & Smoke

#5017 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2024-04-05

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TENDER BUTTS

#5013 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

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THE BARBECUBE

#5024 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2021-07-24

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Coach's BBQ

#5030 of the rated field

1461 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-07-27

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V-LICIOUS BBQ

#5014 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-07-06

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Rock & Roast

#5006 of the rated field

1462 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2016-03-19

⚔ Head-to-head

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	20.0000	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 state / province

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

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 91%
Large (40+)	1	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Peak City Pig Fest	2	26	0	top 77%	2014-06-20

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.4 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2014-09-06

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 2 of 5 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 158.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (127.52)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 1 of 5 contests

Master average 590.78 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 103 28–92 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,005 5 mapped stops · furthest 574 mi

Schedule strength 1509 average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests

Power rating 1462 peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1490) New York City BBQ Cookoff
2014
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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.9	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.1	Peak City Pig Fest	2013-06-21
-14.2	BBQ Masters in the Woods	2014-09-06
-9.8	New York City BBQ Cookoff	2013-04-19

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

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
2014-09-06	BBQ Masters in the Woods Foster, RI	8 / 8 (626.6856)	4 (166.2744)	8 (154.2628)	8 (149.0628)	7 (157.0856)
2014-08-29	Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT	—	9 (151.9656)	4 (156.5372)	—	—
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	26 / 48 (647.2800)	30 (161.6456)	41 (154.2400)	13 (165.6916)	14 (165.7028)
2013-06-21	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	36 / 36 (502.8564)	29 (157.7140)	36 (20.0000)	17 (164.5712)	18 (160.5712)
2013-04-19	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	27 / 33 (586.2850)	22 (154.8570)	19 (152.5714)	24 (149.7140)	31 (129.1426)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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)