Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
BBQ Bros Austria
BBQ Bros Austria is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 5th of 17 at the 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) (2022). They are ranked #2517 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1522 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 19, 2020
latest Jul 30, 2022 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
100% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.33 · weakest Brisket (161.12)
Road miles
191
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Master avg
666.10 / 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 BBQ Bros Austria, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BBQ Bros Austria's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before BBQ Bros Austria's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with BBQ Bros Austria on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before BBQ Bros Austria's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before BBQ Bros Austria'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 161.1428 | 166.03 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 170.2744 | 163.9660 | 166.61 | top 40% |
| Pork | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 176.0116 | 169.6912 | 172.33 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 146.7884 | 161.12 | top 65% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 45% | Apr 23, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
27
finished ahead 37 times, behind 30
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 19, 2020 → Apr 22, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score676.4800 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1522) 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2
20206 milestones
- First tracked contest 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
- First call 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
- First category win (Pork) 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
- First overall top-10 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8460 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0116 6th BBQ Bulls Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Apr 23, 2022 |
| +9.4 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship | Sep 19, 2020 |
| +4.8 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 | Jul 30, 2022 |
| +1.3 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Apr 22, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 | Jul 29, 2022 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 94% | 92.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 32% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2022 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax | 6 / 11 (666.8112) | 6 (169.1316) | 5 (165.1428) | 6 (169.6912) | 6 (162.8456) |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 Reichenau an der Rax | 9 / 10 (663.9772) | 6 (166.2856) | 7 (163.9660) | 6 (170.2972) | 9 (163.4284) |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) Tirol | 5 / 17 (676.4800) | 9 (168.5256) | 5 (170.2744) | 2 (173.7028) | 9 (163.9772) |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) Tirol | 9 / 15 (652.3996) | 5 (165.0856) | 2 (168.5600) | 3 (171.9656) | 15 (146.7884) |
| Sep 19, 2020 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg | 6 / 19 (670.8460) | 15 (161.1428) | 8 (165.1316) | 1 (176.0116) | 5 (168.5600) |