BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ

BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 25th of 32 at the Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2019). They are ranked #5090 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

⚔ Compare with another team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,090

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1461

peak 1461 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 8, 2016

latest Jul 31, 2020 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1954

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

643.8744 / 720

Master · New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Perfect 180s

Current form

622.11 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 616.58 (+5.53)

Walk rate

14%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1544

Chicken · Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Consistency

±19.99

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 157.27 · weakest Pork (151.70)

Road miles

242

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.58 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Top Gun Barbecue ahead in 100% of their meetings

Top Gun Barbecue has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 151.70
Chicken avg 157.27
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of A-QUE in 3 of their 4 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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1825 (95 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BITE BACK BBQ

#5,068 of the rated field

1461 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE THIS L.I.

#5,094 of the rated field

1461 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1520

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ)

They've been 1520 at their best, 59 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Oct 22, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin J's Barbeque

#5,066 of the rated field

1461 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2021

⚔ Compare careers

Smooth Boar BBQ

#5,100 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1504

Level with BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 27, 2021

⚔ Compare careers

B.F.S. BBQ

#5,092 of the rated field

1461 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1461

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

⚔ Compare careers

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, NY

#5,104 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Chicken Chokers	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	169.1544	144.4568	157.27	top 68%
Pork Ribs	7	0	166.2744	138.1944	153.68	top 70%
Pork	7	0	162.2628	143.3712	151.70	top 79%
Brisket	7	0	164.5372	141.0972	153.92	top 66%

“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
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 83%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 74%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NJ	4	0	top 78%
NY	3	0	top 83%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
NYC BBQ Cookoff	2	34	0	top 89%	Apr 6, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 134 finished ahead 51 times, behind 197

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Apr 6, 2018 → Apr 27, 2019

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

20202 milestones

Jul 31 Career-best overall score643.8744 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Jul 31 Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20192 milestones

Oct 11 First call Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1544 Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20162 milestones

Apr 8 First tracked contest NYC BBQ Cookoff
Apr 8 Peak power rating (1495) NYC BBQ Cookoff

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 6, 2018
-8.3	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 7, 2017
-7.2	Red, White and Que	Sep 30, 2017
-4.7	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 8, 2016
-4.7	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Jul 31, 2020

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)
2020	1	0%	top 86%	89.4%	89.4%
2019	2	50%	top 72%	88.3%	88.1%
2018	1	0%	top 94%	81.5%	81.5%
2017	2	0%	top 84%	84.8%	83.7%
2016	1	0%	top 71%	84.8%	84.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 31, 2020	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	30 / 35 (643.8744)	26 (164.5256)	16 (166.2744)	34 (152.5028)	22 (160.5716)
Oct 11, 2019	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	25 / 32 (633.0056)	10 (169.1544)	25 (151.9428)	29 (147.3712)	11 (164.5372)
Apr 27, 2019	New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	28 / 43 (635.8284)	39 (157.0856)	24 (160.5716)	25 (157.6684)	27 (160.5028)
Apr 6, 2018	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	34 / 36 (587.1540)	33 (144.4568)	33 (138.1944)	32 (149.0856)	18 (155.4172)
Sep 30, 2017	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	26 / 31 (610.6972)	31 (146.2400)	27 (153.1316)	17 (162.2628)	24 (149.0628)
Apr 7, 2017	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	36 / 43 (594.6968)	25 (155.4284)	35 (149.6800)	39 (143.3712)	37 (146.2172)
Apr 8, 2016	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	25 / 35 (610.7884)	11 (164.0228)	18 (156)	26 (149.6684)	32 (141.0972)

BRIDGE BUILDER BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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)

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📉 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)