A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BRAZEN BARREL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BRAZEN BARREL BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Hit or Miss
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2024-09-27
latest 2026-05-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.67
last 4 Master vs avg 640.67 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.85 · weakest Brisket (153.41)
Road miles
371
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.67 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Hit or Miss has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Hit or Miss)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Three Stoog3 BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hit or Miss on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Hit or Miss's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.6172 | 162.8228 | 168.85 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 155.9888 | 159.98 | top 79% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.9028 | 145.0972 | 156.57 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 146.8000 | 153.41 | top 85% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND BBQ Championship | 3 | 32 | 0 | top 81% | 2026-05-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2024-09-27 → 2026-05-01
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ND
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.85 · weakest Brisket (153.41)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
640.67
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
36–172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
371
6 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$41,500
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest ND BBQ Championship
- First call ND BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5940 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score652.5940 ND BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.6172 ND BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1497) ND BBQ Championship
- 2026
- Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | ND BBQ Championship | 2025-10-03 |
| -9.4 | Original SD BBQ Championships | 2025-06-06 |
| -5.6 | ND BBQ Championship | 2026-05-01 |
| -2.7 | ND BBQ Championship | 2024-09-27 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88% | 87.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 58 / 71 (649.6912) | 44 (167.4056) | 55 (163.3828) | 40 (166.9028) | 66 (152.0000) |
| 2026-05-01 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 31 (155.9888) | — | — |
| 2025-10-03 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 43 / 46 (626.7660) | 21 (168.5716) | 41 (156.5488) | 46 (145.0972) | 38 (156.5484) |
| 2025-10-03 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 20 (156.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-06-06 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 43 / 48 (633.6112) | 43 (162.8228) | 32 (165.7028) | 44 (158.2856) | 45 (146.8000) |
| 2024-09-27 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 32 / 47 (652.5940) | 3 (176.6172) | 34 (161.7028) | 44 (155.9884) | 34 (158.2856) |