BRAINS & BRAWNS

BRAINS & BRAWNS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2015. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 23 at the YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp (2015). They finished #1540 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1526

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 19, 2015

latest Aug 28, 2015

Best ToY finish

#1540

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4404 / 720

Master · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Chicken · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Consistency

±1.89

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 175.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.57)

Road miles

532

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 their record)

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

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
Aug 28, 2015

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.

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1540 (147 pts)	#1249 (242 pts)	#1420 (192 pts)	#2030 (97 pts)	#1570 (157 pts)

By 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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 41%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 13%
Large (40+)	1	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
UT	2	0	top 27%
NV	1	0	top 39%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NV 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 63 finished ahead 60 times, behind 26

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

20158 milestones

Jun 19 First category win (Brisket) YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
Jun 19 First overall top-10 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
Jun 19 First overall podium YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
Jun 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4516 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
Aug 28 Career-best overall score675.4404 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 28 Peak power rating (1526) Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Aug 28 Most recent contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

20142 milestones

Nov 13 First tracked contest World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
Nov 13 First call World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp	Jun 19, 2015
+6.7	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 28, 2015
+4.6	Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo	Jul 24, 2015

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	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
Aug 28, 2015	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	19 / 49 (675.4404)	2 (178.8800)	43 (154.2404)	34 (164.0228)	4 (178.2972)
Jul 24, 2015	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)
Jun 19, 2015	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT	3 / 23 (671.4516)	4 (169.1428)	13 (162.8916)	13 (163.4172)	1 (176)
Nov 13, 2014	World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV	—	—	22 (168)	3 (174.8456)	23 (167.9772)