High-water mark
692.5372
career-best overall
96.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 692.5372 at Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off — 96.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-06-14
BIG BRUSH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-03-22
latest 2019-07-19
Best ToY finish
#484
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.49
last 4 Master vs avg 673.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.13 · weakest Brisket (163.97)
Road miles
556
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
673.49 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
BIG BRUSH 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 91 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.
#2347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1524
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG BRUSH BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG BRUSH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BIG BRUSH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before BIG BRUSH BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG BRUSH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 162.2284 | 170.26 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 166.2284 | 171.13 | top 29% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.8112 | 168.13 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 151.9656 | 163.97 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 3 | 0 | top 33% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2019-03-22 → 2019-07-19
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 171.13 · weakest Brisket (163.97)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
673.49
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
173
111–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
556
4 mapped stops · furthest 163 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,400
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Hammond BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.9824 Hammond BBQ
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- Career-best overall score692.5372 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off
- Peak power rating (1524) Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off | 2019-06-14 |
| +6 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2019-07-19 |
| +3 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | 2019-05-24 |
| +2.2 | Hammond BBQ | 2019-03-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 37% | 96.2% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-19 | Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Hattiesburg, MS | 13 / 28 (670.1712) | 22 (162.2284) | 2 (175.4400) | 20 (162.8112) | 10 (169.6916) |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off 🏅 Hernado, MS | 9 / 49 (692.5372) | 4 (177.7144) | 15 (173.1200) | 10 (173.7028) | 21 (168.0000) |
| 2019-05-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 9 / 26 (658.2624) | 10 (168.5256) | 6 (169.7256) | 9 (168.0456) | 24 (151.9656) |
| 2019-03-22 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 24 / 48 (672.9824) | 14 (172.5600) | 27 (166.2284) | 25 (167.9656) | 36 (166.2284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #692 (459 pts) | #663 (519 pts) | #591 (589 pts) | #786 (409 pts) | #924 (324 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1142 (230 pts) | #1264 (200 pts) | #1082 (275 pts) | #938 (340 pts) | #1425 (165 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #484 (773 pts) | #548 (728 pts) | #688 (583 pts) | #458 (843 pts) | #651 (608 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #553 (715 pts) | #534 (765 pts) | #465 (870 pts) | #577 (710 pts) | #855 (435 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #511 (742 pts) | #849 (427 pts) | #653 (597 pts) | #522 (742 pts) | #621 (607 pts) |