High-water mark
694.2056
career-best overall
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.2056 at Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 31, 2025
Broke Boys BBQ
Broke Boys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 33 at the King of the Corn (2025). They are ranked #2463 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1539 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
May 16, 2025
latest Oct 16, 2026 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.87 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 681.15 (-3.28)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.71 · weakest Brisket (168.31)
Road miles
1,428
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi
Schedule strength
88%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1620)
Purse competed for
$128K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.15 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
340.54 / 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.
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 | #846 (120 pts) | #775 (180 pts) | #980 (120 pts) | #772 (160 pts) | #860 (125 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #311 (115 pts) | #343 (85 pts) | #215 (220 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #519 (348 pts) | #663 (268 pts) | #523 (413 pts) | #576 (313 pts) | #531 (353 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Broke Boys BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
87 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Broke Boys BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Broke Boys BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Broke Boys BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Broke Boys BBQ)
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1522
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,472 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1527
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before Broke Boys BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,476 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Broke Boys 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM CRAWFORD | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| T-Rex BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Suckers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Ambition Que | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Bucknutz BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MACHETE BOYS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 164.5372 | 170.62 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 165.7028 | 170.71 | top 47% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 163.9772 | 170.68 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 161.0856 | 168.31 | top 55% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 55% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of the Corn | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 60% | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 48% | Nov 1, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
7 contests
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
3 of 10 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
557
finished ahead 441 times, behind 344
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- 10th tracked contest King of the Corn
- Most recent contest King of the Corn
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest King of the Corn
- First call King of the Corn
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.5028 King of the Corn
- Career-best overall score694.2056 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1539) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) | Oct 31, 2025 |
| +9.1 | King of the Corn | May 16, 2025 |
| +8.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 13, 2025 |
| +8.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +0.8 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) | Nov 1, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | King of the Corn | Oct 16, 2026 |
| -5.5 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 3, 2026 |
| -5.4 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | Sep 25, 2026 |
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 | 0% | top 78% | 93.8% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29% | top 40% | 96.4% | 95.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 26 / 31 (675.3600) | 16 (173.1200) | 24 (168.5372) | 17 (170.8344) | 27 (162.8684) |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 55 / 71 (673.0516) | 64 (164.5372) | 42 (170.2744) | 63 (163.9772) | 24 (174.2628) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 30 / 42 (673.6344) | 13 (174.2744) | 26 (166.8572) | 17 (171.4172) | 36 (161.0856) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 124 / 401 (686.2172) | 204 (170.2744) | 57 (175.4172) | 173 (170.8456) | 155 (169.6800) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 33 / 50 (681.0856) | 35 (169.6800) | 21 (173.1200) | 26 (172.5600) | 38 (165.7256) |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 16 / 53 (694.2056) | 24 (173.1200) | 17 (174.2628) | 21 (174.2744) | 25 (172.5484) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 22 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 14 / 36 (340.5372) | 20 (169.1200) | 9 (171.4172) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 12 / 33 (684.5028) | 20 (170.8688) | 17 (170.8112) | 14 (170.8228) | 6 (172) |