High-water mark
675.4404
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.4404 at Wild West BBQ Shoot Out — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-08-28
BRAINS & BRAWNS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1526
peak 1526 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-06-19
latest 2015-08-28
Best ToY finish
#1540
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
672.77
last 3 Master vs avg 672.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±1.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 175.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.57)
Road miles
532
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
672.77 / 720
3 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
CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH 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 BIG JOHNSON'S 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.
BRAINS & BRAWNS has 3 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 69 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.
#2302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Level with BRAINS & BRAWNS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
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#2298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1528
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#2304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2312 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BRAINS & BRAWNS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.8800 | 169.1428 | 175.06 | top 11% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 154.2404 | 163.57 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 159.4172 | 165.43 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 165.7028 | 171.99 | top 26% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 2 | 0 | top 27% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 175.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.57)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
672.77
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
60–26 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
532
4 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1526
peak 1526 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
- First call World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
- 2015
- First category win (Brisket) YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First overall top-10 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First overall podium YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4516 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- Career-best overall score675.4404 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Peak power rating (1526) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Most recent contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp | 2015-06-19 |
| +6.7 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2015-08-28 |
| +4.6 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo | 2015-07-24 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 31% | 93.8% | 93.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 19 / 49 (675.4404) | 2 (178.8800) | 43 (154.2404) | 34 (164.0228) | 4 (178.2972) |
| 2015-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo Salt Lake City, UT | 7 / 17 (671.4288) | 2 (177.1544) | 4 (169.1544) | 14 (159.4172) | 6 (165.7028) |
| 2015-06-19 | YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT | 3 / 23 (671.4516) | 4 (169.1428) | 13 (162.8916) | 13 (163.4172) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2014-11-13 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 22 (168.0000) | 3 (174.8456) | 23 (167.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1540 (147 pts) | #1249 (242 pts) | #1420 (192 pts) | #2030 (97 pts) | #1570 (157 pts) |