Basting Bros BBQ
Basting Bros BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 9th of 10 at the Sth East BeerBQ (2019). They finished #738 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 1, 2018
latest Jan 24, 2020 · 1.4 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.06 · weakest Brisket (150.27)
Road miles
180
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
624.56 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #738 (110 pts) | #666 (130 pts) | #774 (110 pts) | #773 (110 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.7716 | 163.06 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156.0116 | 145.6572 | 152.56 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 154.8344 | 158.67 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 139.9772 | 150.27 | top 91% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
36
finished ahead 7 times, behind 34
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Northeast Beerbq Festival
20191 milestone
- First overall top-10 Sth East BeerBQ
20185 milestones
- First tracked contest DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First call DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score635.4288 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 | Northeast Beerbq Festival Bundalong, Vic | 10 / 10 (628.4344) | 8 (166.8340) | 10 (145.6572) | 10 (154.8344) | 9 (161.1088) |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic | 9 / 10 (609.8060) | 9 (153.7716) | 7 (156) | 5 (160.0572) | 10 (139.9772) |
| Sep 1, 2018 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship Victoria, Australia | 18 / 24 (635.4288) | 8 (168.5600) | 17 (156.0116) | 11 (161.1200) | 20 (149.7372) |