KERSEY BROTHERS BBQ

KERSEY BROTHERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 18th of 33 at the Smoke on the Border (2018). They finished #1565 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1502

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 1, 2017

latest Apr 6, 2019 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1565

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

659.2688 / 720

Master · Bikes, Blues and BBQ

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

168.5600

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Border

Consistency

±11.06

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 163.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.52)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

68%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Purse competed for

$5,300

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

648.99 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKEVILLE has finished one call ahead of KERSEY BROTHERS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA 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
2018 ↗	Master	#1799 (93 pts)	#1915 (78 pts)	#1791 (108 pts)	#1915 (83 pts)	#1840 (93 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1565 (155 pts)	#1580 (170 pts)	#1460 (190 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1246 (245 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	165.0972	155.3484	161.68	top 63%
Pork Ribs	4	168.5600	151.3372	161.52	top 58%
Pork	4	163.9544	158.8000	162.10	top 68%
Brisket	4	167.3944	155.9544	163.68	top 48%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke On the Border	2	18	0	top 62%	Apr 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 90 finished ahead 56 times, behind 77

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

20191 milestone

Apr 6 Most recent contest Smoke On the Border

20182 milestones

Apr 7 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5600 Smoke on the Border
Apr 7 Peak power rating (1503) Smoke on the Border

20173 milestones

Apr 1 First tracked contest Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce
Sep 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.2688 Bikes, Blues and BBQ
Sep 22 Career-best overall score659.2688 Bikes, Blues and BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.9	Bikes, Blues and BBQ	Sep 22, 2017
+2.1	Smoke on the Border	Apr 7, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.2	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce	Apr 1, 2017
-0.5	Smoke On the Border	Apr 6, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 69%	87.8%	87.8%
2018	1	0%	top 55%	91.5%	91.5%
2017	2	0%	top 57%	91.6%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 6, 2019	Smoke On the Border 🏅 Gravette, AR	20 / 29 (632.3544)	24 (155.3484)	21 (158.2172)	19 (162.8344)	21 (155.9544)
Apr 7, 2018	Smoke on the Border Gravette, AR	18 / 33 (658.7544)	21 (161.6800)	15 (168.5600)	20 (163.9544)	18 (164.5600)
Sep 22, 2017	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	18 / 38 (659.2688)	19 (165.0972)	11 (167.9772)	29 (158.8000)	11 (167.3944)
Apr 1, 2017	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR	25 / 37 (645.5656)	21 (164.5828)	32 (151.3372)	26 (162.8228)	14 (166.8228)