BBQ BROMANCE

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

Power ranking

#1583

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1559

peak 1564 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-16

latest 2016-08-26

Best ToY finish

#724

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

686.8232 / 720

Master · The G Town Smokin Showdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.33 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 668.15 (-1.81)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Brisket · The G Town Smokin Showdown

Consistency

±11.35

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.77 · weakest Brisket (165.48)

Road miles

341

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.15 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.8232 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8232 at The G Town Smokin Showdown — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-04-29

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

PELLET ENVY ahead in 100% of their meetings

PELLET ENVY has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HIGH i QUE in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

SMOOTH SMOKE ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOOTH SMOKE has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.8% of a perfect score
8 contests

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.

38 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Vitamin Q

#1579 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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STAR CITY BBQ

#1575 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

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Sassy Sow BBQ

#1574 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after BBQ BROMANCE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-09-26
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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TEA AND BRISKETS

#1576 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-11-30

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Skinny Beans BBQ team

#1577 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 100% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-06-20
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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The Smoke House Bandits

#1582 of the rated field

1559 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-07-12

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HIGH i QUE	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	174.8572	154.8000	167.77	top 34%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	174.8572	157.0972	167.12	top 38%
Pork	8	2	0	171.9772	163.4172	167.77	top 34%
Brisket	8	2	1	177.1428	157.6572	165.48	top 39%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
KS	4	0	top 37%
MO	4	0	top 24%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 27%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2014-05-16 → 2016-08-26

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 4 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.77 · weakest Brisket (165.48)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 38% 3 of 8 contests

Master average 668.15 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 753 576–320 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 341 8 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1559 peak 1564 · #1583 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 16 First tracked contest Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 16 First call Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2400 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 6 First overall top-10 Smokin on the Summit
2016
Apr 29 Career-best overall score686.8232 The G Town Smokin Showdown
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 The G Town Smokin Showdown
Apr 29 Peak power rating (1564) The G Town Smokin Showdown
Aug 26 Most recent contest Smokin' On Oak

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	The G Town Smokin Showdown	2016-04-29
+14.5	Smokin on the Summit	2014-06-06
+10.1	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2014-05-16
+9.9	Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival	2014-09-05
+9.3	Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge	2014-08-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.8	Smokin' On Oak	2016-08-26

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	1	50%	top 40%	95.4%	92.5%
2015	1	0	100%	top 46%	93%	93%
2014	5	2	60%	top 23%	94%	92.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-08-26	Smokin' On Oak Bonner Springs, KS	24 / 37 (645.5772)	30 (154.8000)	20 (165.7144)	15 (167.4056)	22 (157.6572)
2016-04-29	The G Town Smokin Showdown Garnett, KS	4 / 26 (686.8232)	13 (167.4060)	4 (174.8572)	11 (167.4172)	3 (177.1428)
2015-07-17	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	22 / 48 (669.5884)	23 (166.8456)	2 (174.2628)	20 (167.3828)	32 (161.0972)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	236 / 552 (658.8572)	213 (166.8800)	408 (157.0972)	185 (167.4400)	153 (167.4400)
2014-09-05	Bates County Barbecue State Championship & Festival 🏅 Butler, MO	10 / 43 (670.8112)	6 (170.8800)	14 (168.5484)	10 (169.7028)	20 (161.6800)
2014-08-01	Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS	16 / 70 (666.7200)	11 (173.1200)	38 (164.5256)	21 (167.4172)	33 (161.6572)
2014-06-06	Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO	5 / 79 (676.5488)	18 (167.3944)	36 (162.2628)	6 (171.9772)	4 (174.9144)
2014-05-16	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	11 / 50 (670.2400)	2 (174.8572)	12 (169.7028)	27 (163.4172)	24 (162.2628)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2240 (65 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2212 (85 pts)	#2061 (110 pts)	#2252 (75 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2055 (75 pts)	#2152 (70 pts)	#1192 (260 pts)	#2086 (85 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#724 (483 pts)	#574 (678 pts)	#885 (413 pts)	#923 (388 pts)	#1018 (323 pts)