BBQ Brothers

BBQ Brothers is a competition barbecue team with 40 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 21 at the Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp (2023). They are ranked #5142 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*BBQ Brothers”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,142

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1523 · rated over 35 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 25, 2015

latest Sep 12, 2026 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#665

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 40 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

680.4684 / 720

Master · Vuur en Vlees

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.56 (+19.22)

Walk rate

55%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)

Consistency

±26.06

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.79 · weakest Brisket (158.78)

Road miles

34,682

across 40 mapped stops · furthest 4,963 mi

Schedule strength

38%

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

Purse competed for

$79K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.56 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

323.98 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

680.4684 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.4684 at Vuur en Vlees — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 29, 2026

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Grate Expectations has finished one call ahead of BBQ Brothers 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 54%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 54%

A tough matchup

19–0 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 158.78
Chicken avg 162.79
14 calls in 35 entries

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (Sep 25, 2021).

last seen Oct 25, 2019
back Sep 25, 2021

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Chicken nemesis

14 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

BBQ+ ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BBQ+ has out-cooked them in 14 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

VH BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 41% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 41% across 5 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 65% the rest of the year

The long haul

34,682 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 34,682 miles across 40 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,963 miles to W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest.

40 mapped stops
furthest 4,963 mi

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1024 (98 pts)	#858 (163 pts)	#1007 (123 pts)	#1077 (98 pts)	#1098 (88 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#694 (221 pts)	#890 (161 pts)	#948 (171 pts)	#1138 (101 pts)	#641 (271 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#665 (264 pts)	#594 (344 pts)	#741 (264 pts)	#751 (234 pts)	#716 (249 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1392 (180 pts)	#1175 (280 pts)	#1443 (195 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#669 (577 pts)	#710 (567 pts)	#642 (637 pts)	#828 (472 pts)	#609 (657 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1928 (100 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2031 (90 pts)	#2139 (75 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ Brothers, each with one reason worth a look.

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

GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM

#5,121 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to BBQ Brothers)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ Brothers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Feb 24, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

YARD LOBSTER BBQ

#5,148 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

They've been 1502 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Feb 21, 2020

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BAM BAMS BBQ

#5,131 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1512

Fewer contests behind them than BBQ Brothers has cooked, 20 to 40, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024

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KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ

#5,125 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before BBQ Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL

#5,141 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2016

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Florida Boys

#5,118 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
The Antwerp Smokers	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Barbecoa BBQ Team	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Just wing it BBQ team	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
VH BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Ranch	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	12	0	2	175.4172	142.2972	162.79	top 60%
Pork Ribs	36	10	0	1	173.1772	128.5144	159.07	top 63%
Pork	35	11	0	1	174.2628	139.9540	160.98	top 64%
Brisket	35	14	3	4	175.4172	137.1316	158.78	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	14	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 64%
Large (40+)	8	top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	2	top 90%
BZ	1	top 73%
MA	1	top 100%
MS	1	top 19%
SE	1	top 45%
DE	1	top 67%
DK	1	top 25%
CZ	1	top 45%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	9	top 61%	Sep 12, 2026
Smoke in the North	2	6	top 42%	Aug 22, 2025
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2)	2	13	top 71%	Jun 28, 2025
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest	2	20	top 83%	Sep 10, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 4 of 40 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 32 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 517 finished ahead 374 times, behind 690

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Oct 25, 2019 → Sep 25, 2021

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

20263 milestones

Aug 29 Career-best overall score680.4684 Vuur en Vlees
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
Sep 12 Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)

20231 milestone

Aug 26 25th tracked contest Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp

20171 milestone

Jun 3 10th tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20165 milestones

May 21 First call Bohemian BBQ
May 21 First overall top-10 Bohemian BBQ
Jun 4 First category win (Brisket) BBQ by the Sea
Jun 4 First overall podium BBQ by the Sea
Jun 4 Peak power rating (1523) BBQ by the Sea

20152 milestones

Sep 25 First tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
Sep 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8232 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp	Aug 26, 2023
+13.3	Smoke in the North	Aug 22, 2025
+12.7	D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival	Feb 22, 2019
+10.6	BBQ by the Sea	Jun 4, 2016
+8.8	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	Sep 25, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 8, 2018
-12.8	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown	Sep 25, 2021
-11.9	Spitsbroek on Fire	Mar 23, 2024
-11.6	Eastern BBQ Contest	Apr 15, 2017
-10.9	Spitsbroek on Fire III	Apr 24, 2026

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	5	2	0	80%	top 73%	94.5%	91.8%
2025	5	1	1	60%	top 65%	92.5%	90.2%
2024	4	0	0	100%	top 75%	91.7%	89.6%
2023	5	2	1	80%	top 56%	94.4%	90.1%
2022	3	1	0	67%	top 63%	90%	88.3%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	76.8%	76.8%
2019	2	1	0	50%	top 55%	90%	89.7%
2018	3	0	0	0%	top 88%	84.5%	81.9%
2017	5	0	0	0%	top 62%	90.8%	88.6%
2016	6	3	1	67%	top 54%	90.5%	89.7%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 25%	90.4%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 12, 2026	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen	9 / 17 (679.4060)	6 (175.4172)	12 (169.7144)	14 (160.5600)	4 (173.7144)
Aug 29, 2026	Vuur en Vlees Deurne	5 / 8 (680.4684)	4 (170.8228)	4 (169.6800)	5 (171.4056)	6 (168.5600)
May 23, 2026	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom	14 / 18 (656.9716)	16 (165.6800)	12 (163.9428)	12 (166.8228)	17 (160.5260)
Apr 25, 2026	Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland	11 / 15 (651.2572)	14 (161.0972)	11 (161.6572)	6 (169.6800)	12 (158.8228)
Apr 24, 2026	Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland	11 / 11 (635.7944)	11 (146.8000)	10 (153.6460)	3 (174.2628)	9 (161.0856)
Sep 13, 2025	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen	16 / 23 (647.8516)	11 (168)	14 (161.1316)	12 (163.9544)	17 (154.7656)
Aug 22, 2025	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	6 / 31 (666.2056)	7 (166.8344)	12 (163.9656)	18 (163.4056)	1 (172)
Jun 28, 2025	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard	13 / 18 (658.6972)	11 (167.3828)	7 (170.8228)	8 (169.1316)	16 (151.3600)
May 24, 2025	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom	18 / 20 (643.3604)	13 (167.4172)	13 (163.4172)	17 (157.7144)	19 (154.8116)
Apr 26, 2025	Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland	11 / 15 (629.5888)	12 (162.8572)	15 (143.9316)	8 (161.6800)	9 (161.1200)
Aug 23, 2024	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	15 / 23 (659.8968)	6 (170.8456)	10 (167.9656)	15 (161.1428)	17 (159.9428)
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	16 / 23 (655.4176)	19 (159.9772)	12 (163.9888)	17 (161.7372)	6 (169.7144)
Apr 20, 2024	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen	16 / 23 (653.0288)	18 (163.3828)	14 (158.8344)	11 (165.0972)	10 (165.7144)
Mar 23, 2024	Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland	21 / 22 (613.0060)	22 (147.9316)	10 (164.5372)	17 (158.2972)	20 (142.2400)
Sep 10, 2023	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen	18 / 23 (616.5380)	20 (154.3320)	20 (149.1088)	8 (169.7028)	21 (143.3944)
Aug 26, 2023	Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp	3 / 21 (679.3828)	6 (169.1084)	5 (173.1772)	14 (161.6800)	1 (175.4172)
Jun 24, 2023	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	15 / 26 (650.7200)	16 (166.2628)	16 (158.8460)	11 (168.5256)	18 (157.0856)
May 6, 2023	3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen	9 / 15 (650.1948)	7 (169.6916)	13 (156)	10 (162.2516)	6 (162.2516)
Mar 25, 2023	Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel	13 / 18 (648.4804)	10 (166.2744)	14 (157.1316)	17 (151.3716)	3 (173.7028)
Sep 10, 2022	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen	20 / 28 (619.2804)	27 (148.5372)	25 (151.3944)	16 (165.1200)	17 (154.2288)
May 14, 2022	Longhorn BBQ Broerup	6 / 14 (647.8972)	2 (174.2972)	5 (163.9772)	9 (154.2512)	8 (155.3716)
Mar 12, 2022	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	11 / 15 (640.5488)	12 (163.9772)	13 (158.2744)	11 (163.4400)	10 (154.8572)
Sep 25, 2021	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA	26 / 26 (553.0860)	26 (142.2972)	26 (128.5144)	26 (142.8916)	25 (139.3828)
Oct 25, 2019	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	89 / 97 (643.9196)	82 (161.1084)	85 (161.0856)	86 (158.8800)	67 (162.8456)
Feb 22, 2019	D'Iberville BBQ Throw Down Festival 🏅 Diberville, MS	3 / 16 (323.9772)	2 (160)	5 (163.9772)	—	—
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	59 / 73 (608.4224)	47 (156.5484)	33 (159.3944)	71 (139.9540)	49 (152.5256)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	38 / 40 (570.7772)	39 (142.8800)	40 (141.0972)	36 (149.6684)	37 (137.1316)
Apr 13, 2018	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Dec 1, 2017	Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	29 / 66 (643.3716)	25 (165.6800)	39 (159.4056)	34 (159.4172)	30 (158.8688)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	30 / 56 (653.6916)	14 (170.8344)	22 (164)	36 (161.1772)	39 (157.6800)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	36 / 41 (616.4344)	16 (166.2972)	41 (138.1144)	13 (169.1884)	36 (142.8344)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Dec 2, 2016	Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	85 / 96 (642.2284)	50 (169.1084)	79 (159.9656)	91 (154.3428)	80 (158.8116)
Aug 6, 2016	Smoke in the North Gothenburg, Sweden	14 / 31 (649.6916)	6 (168.5828)	12 (162.3088)	23 (155.9656)	16 (162.8344)
Jul 2, 2016	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, DE	8 / 12 (635.9312)	4 (169.1428)	11 (148.5372)	9 (151.9656)	4 (166.2856)
Jun 4, 2016	BBQ by the Sea Kerteminde, Denmark	3 / 12 (650.8804)	8 (159.4288)	5 (162.2744)	8 (155.4056)	1 (173.7716)
May 21, 2016	Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic	10 / 22 (651.4632)	19 (157.1200)	2 (168.5828)	7 (169.7372)	13 (156.0232)
Sep 25, 2015	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW	17 / 67 (650.8232)	30 (164.5716)	19 (164)	22 (164.5600)	33 (157.6916)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BBQ Brothers

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

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)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)