The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Downtown BBQ Throwdown (2022-04-22).
- last seen 2018-06-23
- back 2022-04-22
Bearded Brothers BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-06-22
latest 2022-04-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.08 · weakest Brisket (128.19)
Road miles
1,334
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1334 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.79 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
449.67 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
Bearded Brothers BBQ has 3 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 131 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.
#4575 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1471
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Bearded Brothers BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bearded Brothers BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bearded Brothers BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Bearded Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Bearded Brothers BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Bearded Brothers BBQ'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0228 | 140.5828 | 146.26 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 147.9884 | 158.08 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 141.6456 | 150.62 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.2744 | 118.1028 | 128.19 | top 96% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 95% | 2018-06-23 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2018-06-22 → 2022-04-22
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NM
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.08 · weakest Brisket (128.19)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
585.79
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
449.67
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
73
8–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,334
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,334 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,300
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2018-06-23 → 2022-04-22
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1490) Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1)
- Career-best overall score587.6568 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4056 Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2)
- 2022
- First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score449.6684 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) | 2018-06-23 |
| -10.2 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) | 2018-06-22 |
| -8.6 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2022-04-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 124.9% | 124.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.6% | 81.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-22 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Ripley, WV | 15 / 17 (449.6684) | 17 (140.5828) | 10 (158.8344) | 12 (150.2512) | — |
| 2018-06-23 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) Artesia, NM | 31 / 32 (587.6568) | 31 (142.1828) | 20 (167.4056) | 28 (159.9656) | 32 (118.1028) |
| 2018-06-22 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) Artesia, NM | 36 / 39 (583.9312) | 26 (156.0228) | 36 (147.9884) | 38 (141.6456) | 36 (138.2744) |