Broke Bob's BBQ

Broke Bob's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 16th of 23 at the Saltwater Brew 'N' Que (2016). They are ranked #4571 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,571

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1472

peak 1514 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Aug 17, 2018 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1490

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

639.9998 / 720

Master · Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

612.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 617.93 (-5.26)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1428

Pork Ribs · VA BBQ Championships

Consistency

±16.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (150.40)

Road miles

699

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength

38%

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

Master avg

617.93 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

SAUCE THIS BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.88 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 150.40
Pork avg 158.28
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BANG BANG BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 11 shared pork entries lost

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SAUCE THIS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared pork entries.

A May team

Top 56% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 65% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.33% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 85.8% of a perfect score
11 contests

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
2018 ↗	Master	#2516 (57 pts)	#1943 (72 pts)	#1909 (82 pts)	#2520 (57 pts)	#1985 (62 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2244 (70 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1613 (153 pts)	#1624 (173 pts)	#1637 (168 pts)	#1866 (123 pts)	#1674 (153 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1424 (190 pts)	#1357 (225 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1490 (170 pts)	#1453 (200 pts)	#1629 (155 pts)	#1480 (195 pts)	#1664 (150 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Broke Bob's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TAR RIVER BBQ

#4,556 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Broke Bob's BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Broke Bob's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Apr 29, 2016

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke on the Water BBQ

#4,545 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1472

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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C'mon Que

#4,589 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Overland Trail BBQ

#4,566 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Smoke on the Water and Fire in my Eye

#4,547 of the rated field

1472 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1472

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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DBQ

#4,585 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1471

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 27, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SAUCE THIS BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Big D's BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Walk The Swine	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	0	165.1428	142.7768	154.67	top 65%
Pork Ribs	11	1	169.1428	140.5260	154.58	top 59%
Pork	11	0	166.8572	146.8228	158.28	top 51%
Brisket	11	0	159.9998	136.5144	150.40	top 70%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
DE	5	top 67%
MD	4	top 62%
VA	2	top 70%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in DE 5 of 11 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 a different one every time

Opponents faced 337 finished ahead 249 times, behind 418

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Apr 7, 2017 → Aug 17, 2018

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

20181 milestone

Aug 17 Most recent contest Smokin on The Dock of the Bay

20171 milestone

Apr 7 10th tracked contest Boss Frogs BBQ

20152 milestones

Aug 21 First call VA BBQ Championships
Aug 21 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 VA BBQ Championships

20133 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
Apr 19 Career-best overall score639.9998 Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 17 Peak power rating (1514) Middletown BBQ Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	Apr 19, 2013
+2.7	Boo B Que By the Sea	Oct 30, 2015
+2.7	Middletown BBQ Cook Off	May 17, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval	Apr 8, 2016
-9.5	Boss Frogs BBQ	Apr 7, 2017
-9.3	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	Apr 11, 2014
-4.8	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival	Apr 10, 2015
-3.8	Smokin on The Dock of the Bay	Aug 17, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 78%	84.3%	84.3%
2017	1	0%	top 96%	84.8%	84.8%
2016	2	0%	top 79%	86.8%	84.2%
2015	3	33%	top 64%	88.1%	87.2%
2014	2	0%	top 69%	87.4%	84.7%
2013	2	0%	top 29%	88.9%	87.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 17, 2018	Smokin on The Dock of the Bay Crisfield, MD	25 / 32 (607.2688)	22 (158.2400)	20 (155.4288)	28 (146.8228)	24 (146.7772)
Apr 7, 2017	Boss Frogs BBQ Hurlock, MD	43 / 45 (610.6508)	44 (142.7768)	23 (160.5256)	26 (161.1428)	42 (146.2056)
May 20, 2016	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA	16 / 23 (625.0288)	12 (161.6800)	13 (157.0972)	22 (150.8344)	16 (155.4172)
Apr 8, 2016	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	67 / 75 (587.3484)	65 (148.5028)	63 (146.2972)	50 (153.7256)	71 (138.8228)
Oct 30, 2015	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	30 / 59 (633.0056)	53 (149.6344)	11 (165.1084)	17 (162.2856)	31 (155.9772)
Aug 21, 2015	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	32 / 46 (634.2052)	40 (151.4284)	8 (169.1428)	41 (155.4056)	31 (158.2284)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	70 / 99 (616.9944)	90 (145.6456)	83 (149.6800)	12 (166.8572)	60 (154.8116)
May 30, 2014	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	17 / 30 (629.6112)	11 (162.2856)	20 (154.2400)	12 (160.5716)	21 (152.5140)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	89 / 109 (589.6348)	67 (154.8572)	94 (140.5260)	43 (157.7372)	98 (136.5144)
May 17, 2013	Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE	23 / 56 (623.4286)	17 (161.1428)	31 (151.9998)	13 (161.1430)	39 (149.1430)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	18 / 106 (639.9998)	19 (165.1428)	66 (150.2858)	20 (164.5714)	24 (159.9998)

Broke Bob's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

A May team

The metronome

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)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)