High-water mark
497.0400
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 497.0400 at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival — 92.0% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Mar 4, 2022
Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ
Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 9th of 26 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2021). They are ranked #2497 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 30, 2021
latest Mar 4, 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.20
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.25 · weakest Brisket (150.22)
Road miles
135
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$46K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard (3-meat) avg
484.32 / 540
5 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- 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#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Bearded Brothers Competition 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PIT CREW GA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NATIVE SMOKERS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 155.9432 | 162.13 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 148.5144 | 162.25 | top 32% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 149.6228 | 159.95 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150.2172 | 150.2172 | 150.22 | top 19% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
193
finished ahead 188 times, behind 133
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score497.0400 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1521) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20215 milestones
- First tracked contest GBC Summer Showdown
- First call Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score489.6116 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.3944 GBC Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| +5.5 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 20, 2021 |
| +3.7 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Sep 24, 2021 |
| +2.3 | GBC Throwdown | Nov 19, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.8 | GBC Summer Showdown | Jul 30, 2021 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 92% | 92% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 41% | 90.7% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 14 / 73 (497.0400) | 16 (167.3828) | 16 (164.5600) | 16 (165.0972) | — |
| Nov 19, 2021 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 12 / 28 (485.0176) | 19 (155.9432) | 7 (167.3944) | 13 (161.6800) | — |
| Sep 24, 2021 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 11 / 27 (480.3884) | 10 (163.9428) | 8 (166.8228) | 21 (149.6228) | 5 (150.2172) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 9 / 26 (489.6116) | 11 (163.9772) | 9 (163.9772) | 10 (161.6572) | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 18 / 39 (469.5656) | 14 (159.3828) | 20 (148.5144) | 11 (161.6684) | — |