A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BULL MARKET BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BULL MARKET BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Brewskies BBQ
Brewskies BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 29 at the 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship (2022). They are ranked #5936 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1437
peak 1506 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Apr 29, 2022
latest Apr 24, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
541.96 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 555.53 (-13.56)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±68.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.80 · weakest Brisket (139.16)
Road miles
405
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 97 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
555.53 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
146.88 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Brewskies BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
56 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Brewskies BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1437
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,948 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before Brewskies BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,931 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
Level with Brewskies BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL MARKET BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Bliss BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BONE RUBBIN BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cherry Anchor BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Cat BBQ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cynical BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 7 SINS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| B&E BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 150.2972 | 160.80 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 143.9316 | 151.89 | top 85% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 143.9884 | 152.84 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9884 | 121.1088 | 139.16 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 3 | 29 | 0 | top 100% | Apr 24, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
110
finished ahead 30 times, behind 194
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7372 Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First call 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1506) 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score623.3372 The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | Apr 29, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | Apr 28, 2023 |
| -12.7 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 26, 2024 |
| -11.7 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 25, 2025 |
| -11.4 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 24, 2026 |
| -10.8 | Field, Fire Fork! | Sep 29, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 62.4% | 62.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 65.7% | 65.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 83.3% | 81.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 86.6% | 63.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 29 / 29 (449.0284) | — | 29 (151.9200) | 29 (149.1200) | 29 (147.9884) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 31 / 31 (610.2172) | 13 (173.7372) | 31 (147.9772) | 31 (146.8228) | 30 (141.6800) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 34 / 34 (473.1428) | 32 (160.5600) | 32 (151.4172) | 28 (161.1656) | — |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA | 18 / 19 (577.5088) | 15 (164.5372) | 19 (143.9316) | 17 (147.9312) | 18 (121.1088) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 26 / 27 (599.9200) | 26 (150.2972) | 25 (160.5716) | 27 (143.9884) | 26 (145.0628) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out 🏅 Fresno, CA | 36 / 43 (623.3372) | 38 (154.8456) | 35 (160.5260) | 17 (168.0228) | 41 (139.9428) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 8 / 29 (146.8800) | — | 7 (146.8800) | — | — |