BRAND BBQ
BRAND BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 28th of 44 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2026). They finished #366 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 4, 2022
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.22 · weakest Pork (147.97)
Road miles
3
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
311.87 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
302.80 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 153.6572 | 154.25 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2172 | 158.2172 | 158.22 | top 66% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9656 | 147.9656 | 147.97 | top 48% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 59% | Mar 6, 2026 |
More numbers
Opponents faced
164
finished ahead 56 times, behind 130
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Mar 4, 2022 → Mar 6, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score311.8744 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.2172 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 28 / 44 (311.8744) | 30 (153.6572) | 29 (158.2172) | — | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 39 / 73 (302.8000) | 32 (154.8344) | — | 35 (147.9656) | — |