Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION
BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 8 at the Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters (2023). They are ranked #3871 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Braaibery & Querruption”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1506 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 5, 2015
latest Aug 5, 2023 · 7.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
75% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.42 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 630.97 (-2.56)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.78 · weakest Pork (153.19)
Road miles
655
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
630.97 / 720
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #647 (278 pts) | #710 (258 pts) | #695 (298 pts) | #651 (298 pts) | #676 (278 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #867 (138 pts) | #946 (128 pts) | #710 (233 pts) | #874 (148 pts) | #924 (128 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #983 (266 pts) | #972 (291 pts) | #705 (481 pts) | #1220 (206 pts) | #1187 (211 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1739 (108 pts) | #1235 (213 pts) | #1838 (98 pts) | #1816 (103 pts) | #1764 (108 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,846 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
They've been 1528 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,876 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 170.8344 | 146.3084 | 160.44 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 179.4400 | 149.1544 | 161.78 | top 47% |
| Pork | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 138.8800 | 153.19 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 172.6172 | 139.3828 | 155.56 | top 72% |
“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) | 7 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 72% | Sep 24, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
56
finished ahead 41 times, behind 55
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Sep 5, 2015 → Sep 8, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
20194 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Waters
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0976 Smoke on the Waters
- Career-best overall score649.0976 Smoke on the Waters
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Smoke on the Waters
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Grillstock
- First call Grillstock
- First overall top-10 Grillstock
- Peak power rating (1506) Grillstock
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.3 | Smoke on the Waters | Sep 7, 2019 |
| +5.9 | Grillstock | Sep 5, 2015 |
| +2.1 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) | Sep 24, 2022 |
| +1.5 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters | Aug 5, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) | Sep 23, 2022 |
| -8.7 | Smoke on the Quiet Waters | Sep 8, 2018 |
| -8.1 | Smoke on the Waters | Sep 4, 2021 |
| -2.8 | Smoke and Fire Festival | Aug 17, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 88.5% | 87.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 54% | 90.2% | 89.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2023 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters Chew Magna, Near Bristol | 5 / 8 (610.7772) | 6 (156.5944) | 2 (170.8800) | 7 (143.9200) | 6 (139.3828) |
| Sep 24, 2022 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) Devon | 6 / 10 (637.0976) | 8 (159.4516) | 5 (156.5372) | 5 (164.5600) | 8 (156.5488) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) Devon | 8 / 8 (624.4460) | 8 (157.6912) | 7 (154.2516) | 7 (155.9544) | 6 (156.5488) |
| Sep 4, 2021 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 7 / 8 (620.6632) | 8 (146.3084) | 2 (166.2972) | 6 (155.4632) | 8 (152.5944) |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Waters Devon | 6 / 15 (649.0976) | 4 (168.6060) | 1 (179.4400) | 13 (148.5372) | 13 (152.5144) |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex | 11 / 16 (640) | 13 (158.8800) | 3 (164.5600) | 12 (160) | 11 (156.5600) |
| Sep 8, 2018 | Smoke on the Quiet Waters Devon | 11 / 13 (639.8968) | 3 (170.8344) | 13 (153.1084) | 12 (158.2284) | 11 (157.7256) |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Grillstock London | 9 / 26 (625.7944) | 7 (165.1428) | 16 (149.1544) | 24 (138.8800) | 2 (172.6172) |