BBQ BROS Competition Team

BBQ BROS Competition Team is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 16 at the 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition (2019). They are ranked #2175 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,175

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1532

peak 1533 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 22, 2017

latest Jul 20, 2019 · 1.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#493

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

44% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

684 / 720

Master · 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.32 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.38 (+7.94)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019

Consistency

±20.51

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.21 · weakest Brisket (160.03)

Road miles

1,270

across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

654.38 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+37 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 37 points across 7 contests since Jul 21, 2018 — from 1495 up to 1532.

7 contests since Jul 21, 2018
now 1532

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.0000 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.0000 at 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 6, 2019

A tough matchup

5–2 behind in the head-to-head

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.18 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 67%.

Brisket avg 160.03
Pork Ribs avg 166.21
3 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ4FUN in 5 of their 6 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
2019 ↗	Master	#493 (666 pts)	#434 (776 pts)	#386 (856 pts)	#683 (491 pts)	#558 (601 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#825 (393 pts)	#822 (413 pts)	#752 (478 pts)	#785 (443 pts)	#1008 (298 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2109 (85 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ BROS Competition Team, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Gryphon Smokehouse

#2,176 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1541

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 6, 2022
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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The Rack Pack

#2,191 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1559

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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Big Daddy Dave's BBQ

#2,168 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1532

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2023

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HAT CREEK Q

#2,189 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1536

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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FIRECRAFT

#2,190 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1533

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BBQ BROS Competition Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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SMOKE ON THE LAKES

#2,185 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1538

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before BBQ BROS Competition Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
OMERTA BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BBQ4FUN	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BALDICUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	5	1	2	174.2856	153.1084	165.89	top 46%
Pork Ribs	9	6	1	3	177.7144	156.5488	166.21	top 36%
Pork	8	3	0	0	169.7028	148.5028	161.89	top 57%
Brisket	9	3	0	0	169.7028	137.6688	160.03	top 54%

“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)	2	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 37%
Large (40+)	3	top 62%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 9 a different one every time

Opponents faced 145 finished ahead 140 times, behind 138

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

20195 milestones

Apr 5 First category win (Chicken) 3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition
Apr 6 Career-best overall score684 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition
Apr 27 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
Apr 27 Peak power rating (1533) 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
Jul 20 Most recent contest 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20184 milestones

Apr 14 First call Wild King BBQ Competition
Oct 20 First overall top-10 SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
Oct 20 First overall podium SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
Oct 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7656 SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN

20171 milestone

Sep 22 First tracked contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN	Oct 20, 2018
+13.8	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	Apr 6, 2019
+10.1	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019	Apr 27, 2019
+1	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	Apr 5, 2019
+0.7	Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 14, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.8	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	Sep 22, 2017
-2.5	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 21, 2018
-1.6	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 13, 2019
-1.3	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	5	3	2	80%	top 42%	95%	92%
2018	3	1	0	100%	top 44%	94.3%	90.1%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	25 / 44 (642.2288)	40 (154.2628)	22 (162.8460)	—	21 (159.9772)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	6 / 26 (682.1940)	12 (167.3712)	2 (177.7144)	14 (167.4056)	4 (169.7028)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	16 / 28 (652.9940)	5 (172.5484)	9 (169.1200)	24 (148.5028)	16 (162.8228)
Apr 6, 2019	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	3 / 16 (684)	6 (172.5944)	1 (175.4400)	9 (168.5600)	9 (167.4056)
Apr 5, 2019	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	9 / 16 (650.2056)	1 (174.2856)	9 (160.5944)	15 (158.7884)	14 (156.5372)
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz	3 / 20 (678.7656)	3 (173.1428)	5 (167.3944)	6 (168.5256)	5 (169.7028)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	31 / 48 (633.5768)	43 (153.1084)	30 (157.1088)	7 (169.7028)	35 (153.6568)
Apr 14, 2018	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	12 / 23 (633.5776)	9 (165.6916)	2 (169.1316)	11 (161.0856)	21 (137.6688)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	42 / 66 (631.8860)	45 (159.9656)	47 (156.5488)	50 (152.5488)	20 (162.8228)

BBQ BROS Competition Team

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

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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

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 — 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)