A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sweet Bayou BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sweet Bayou BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BRANDED BBQ
BRANDED BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 16th of 19 at the Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2018). They are ranked #5503 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 29, 2015
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 6.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.77)
Road miles
23
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2814 (57 pts) | #2139 (82 pts) | #1997 (112 pts) | #1700 (137 pts) | #2914 (52 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BRANDED BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,517 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
They turned up 9 years after BRANDED BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#5,504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
Level with BRANDED BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,490 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,516 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BRANDED BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 144.5144 | 156.65 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3084 | 139.9428 | 148.77 | top 85% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 143.3600 | 162.13 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 129.0744 | 151.27 | top 75% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 88% | Apr 28, 2017 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
98
finished ahead 13 times, behind 117
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
May 24, 2019 → Apr 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
20173 milestones
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best overall score627.9200 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 24, 2019 |
| -10.3 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | Apr 28, 2017 |
| -9.7 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | May 29, 2015 |
| -9 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | Apr 29, 2022 |
| -8.4 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 4, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 23 / 25 (622.6744) | 21 (160.5028) | 23 (147.9660) | 18 (162.8228) | 21 (151.3828) |
| May 24, 2019 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 25 / 26 (596.9832) | 25 (144.5144) | 24 (147.4172) | 26 (143.3600) | 14 (161.6916) |
| May 4, 2018 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 16 / 19 (626.1372) | 13 (163.4172) | 18 (139.9428) | 7 (169.1200) | 14 (153.6572) |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 24 / 27 (627.9200) | 19 (162.2744) | 13 (166.3084) | 9 (170.2628) | 27 (129.0744) |
| May 29, 2015 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 27 / 31 (620.4116) | 27 (152.5600) | 30 (142.2172) | 13 (165.0856) | 20 (160.5488) |