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.
BROOKS BBQ has 2 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 121 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BROOKS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BROOKS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BROOKS BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8112 | 147.9772 | 151.39 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 144.5144 | 149.67 | top 87% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 157.1312 | 160.86 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 152.5944 | 158.01 | top 59% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| VA | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-05 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO | 36 / 49 (630.1940) | 40 (154.8112) | 36 (154.8344) | 35 (157.1312) | 23 (163.4172) |
| 2014-09-12 | Black Dog Music and Que Festival Floyd, VA | 21 / 21 (609.6688) | 21 (147.9772) | 21 (144.5144) | 9 (164.5828) | 15 (152.5944) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2598 (66 pts) | #2615 (66 pts) | #2624 (66 pts) | #1854 (131 pts) | #2034 (96 pts) |