High-water mark
682.2176
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.2176 at Ribs on the Ridge — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 20, 2026
Puck Brothers
Puck Brothers is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 15th of 32 at the Ribs on the Ridge (2026). They finished #734 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 10, 2024
latest Apr 17, 2026 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.12 · weakest Pork (163.37)
Road miles
502
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.57 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #734 (167 pts) | #475 (432 pts) | #528 (398 pts) | #931 (117 pts) | #820 (142 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1070 (100 pts) | #1085 (115 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1058 (95 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1296 (65 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1123 (80 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Puck Brothers, each with one reason worth a look.
Puck Brothers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 135 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,550 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
Level with Puck Brothers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Puck Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Puck Brothers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Puck Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,548 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Puck Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 165.0972 | 173.12 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 168.5256 | 172.43 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 154.7772 | 163.37 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 160.5028 | 166.53 | top 63% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
115
finished ahead 57 times, behind 109
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First call Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best overall score682.2176 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.6856 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1496) 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Ribs on the Ridge | Feb 20, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | May 10, 2024 |
| -2.4 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -1.3 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | May 9, 2025 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 58% | 94.8% | 94.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 28 / 41 (682.1484) | 2 (178.8572) | 14 (174.2628) | 31 (168.5256) | 39 (160.5028) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 14 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 15 / 32 (682.2176) | 6 (176.5600) | 5 (175.4288) | 28 (163.9544) | 20 (166.2744) |
| May 9, 2025 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 28 / 42 (667.2456) | 17 (171.9772) | 14 (171.9656) | 40 (154.7772) | 18 (168.5256) |
| May 10, 2024 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 29 / 42 (670.6856) | 32 (165.0972) | 24 (168.5256) | 28 (166.2400) | 21 (170.8228) |