High-water mark
673.6916
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6916 at Boo-B-Que — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 19, 2018
MR. BROWN'S BBQ
MR. BROWN'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 73 at the Boo-B-Que (2018). They are ranked #2778 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1518 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 19, 2018
latest Oct 18, 2019 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.69 · weakest Brisket (163.65)
Road miles
876
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$58K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.55 / 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MR. BROWN'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 67
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1613
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MR. BROWN'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MR. BROWN'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with MR. BROWN'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before MR. BROWN'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before MR. BROWN'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APORKALYPSE NOW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 157.7028 | 164.09 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 158.8116 | 164.12 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 159.3828 | 165.69 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 153.1544 | 163.65 | top 44% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
DE
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
267
finished ahead 184 times, behind 196
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20194 milestones
- First call Sun BBQFest
- Peak power rating (1518) Sun BBQFest
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7144 Boo-B-Que
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Boo-B-Que | Oct 19, 2018 |
| +9.7 | Sun BBQFest | Jun 1, 2019 |
| +2.6 | Boo-B-Que | Oct 18, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 26, 2019 |
| -5.6 | Interstate BBQ Festival | Apr 19, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 92.5% | 90.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 18% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 | Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE | 20 / 63 (656.4916) | 41 (157.7028) | 35 (158.8116) | 2 (173.7144) | 15 (166.2628) |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 37 / 53 (638.7888) | 38 (161.0972) | 36 (158.8572) | 21 (165.6800) | 41 (153.1544) |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT | 18 / 61 (665.6800) | 8 (173.7028) | 25 (166.8572) | 40 (160) | 25 (165.1200) |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 33 / 54 (653.0972) | 42 (160.5372) | 20 (166.3200) | 39 (159.3828) | 23 (166.8572) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE | 13 / 73 (673.6916) | 24 (167.4172) | 11 (169.7372) | 11 (169.6800) | 25 (166.8572) |