HOLT BROTHERS BBQ NC

Power ranking

#2960

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1385

peak 1385

Contests

in the data

First seen

latest 2026-02-27

Best ToY finish

#406

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 49 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

688.4684

Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.04 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 647.77 (+22.27)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

Consistency

±75.72

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.37 · weakest Brisket (163.44)

Road miles

8039

mi across 47 mapped stops · furthest 814 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ has finished one call ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BIG DOG BBQ VA has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 38 of their 38 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Cherrywood BBQ Smoke Team in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	44	7	2	3	179.4400	146.2628	167.37	top 62%
Pork Ribs	45	8	0	0	177.1544	143.3144	164.86	top 65%
Pork	42	4	0	0	173.1428	155.3716	163.80	top 74%
Brisket	43	6	1	2	178.8572	142.1716	163.44	top 66%

“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	Avg finish
NC	21	top 77%
SC	11	top 74%
VA	5	top 86%
WV	2	top 70%
KS	1	top 59%
AL	1	top 75%
GA	1	top 67%
MO	1	top 21%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	29	top 80%
Large (40+)	13	top 63%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2025 (9 contests)
Cooks mostly in NC (21 of 49 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (45 entries)
All-time average overall score: 647.77

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
—	2	0	—	—
2026	1	0	680.4688	680.47
2025	9	0	677.0172	665.57
2024	7	1	671.8628	654.66
2023	9	2	688.4684	665.78
2022	7	0	682.7660	671.58
2021	5	0	674.7884	662.13
2020	4	0	651.8740	525.43
2019	5	0	653.6228	632.76

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-02-27	Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	19 / 33 (680.4688)	20 (170.8228)	20 (168.5372)	16 (170.8228)	20 (170.2860)
2025-09-19	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	28 / 36 (665.5660)	7 (173.1200)	13 (169.6916)	32 (162.2516)	31 (160.5028)
2025-08-09	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) Doswell, VA	24 / 25 (667.3260)	18 (169.6916)	20 (165.0972)	20 (166.2744)	16 (166.2628)
2025-08-08	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) Doswell, VA	22 / 25 (659.8172)	24 (163.9428)	24 (159.3600)	24 (162.2400)	6 (174.2744)
2025-08-08	Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Doswell, VA	—	3 (175.4288)	—	—	—
2025-08-08	Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Doswell, VA	—	—	13 (158.2284)	—	—
2025-07-10	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	37 / 66 (677.0172)	13 (174.2744)	45 (166.2400)	43 (166.2400)	32 (170.2628)
2025-06-13	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	25 / 30 (652.4116)	19 (167.4056)	25 (159.9544)	17 (169.6800)	25 (155.3716)
2025-03-28	Smokin' in the Pines Carthage, NC	17 / 22 (670.6852)	14 (167.9656)	12 (171.9656)	13 (170.2628)	20 (160.4912)
2025-02-28	Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	25 / 26 (666.1368)	18 (169.6684)	13 (169.1428)	25 (162.2284)	21 (165.0972)
2024-09-20	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	30 / 33 (651.2576)	31 (161.0856)	30 (160.5260)	30 (159.3716)	22 (170.2744)
2024-09-13	Clayton BBQ Challenge Clayton, NC	25 / 27 (650.0680)	23 (165.1084)	24 (157.6456)	26 (161.0856)	23 (166.2284)
2024-08-30	Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC	24 / 28 (629.4284)	27 (159.3484)	27 (143.3144)	23 (162.8228)	23 (163.9428)
2024-07-26	Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA	22 / 32 (664.4000)	29 (160.5028)	28 (161.6572)	26 (164.5256)	1 (177.7144)
2024-07-19	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	28 / 31 (649.4740)	16 (174.2628)	20 (168.5256)	30 (156.4912)	30 (150.1944)
2024-07-11	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	54 / 76 (671.8628)	4 (177.7144)	34 (171.4056)	59 (165.6916)	69 (157.0512)
2024-02-23	Mission Farms King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	22 / 26 (666.1144)	23 (165.0972)	10 (171.9772)	24 (162.8000)	23 (166.2400)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	288 / 487 (666.7888)	227 (169.1200)	28 (177.1544)	435 (155.9200)	290 (164.5944)
2023-09-22	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	28 / 33 (655.8052)	23 (170.8228)	24 (165.1200)	28 (158.1940)	29 (161.6684)
2023-09-01	Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC	18 / 21 (659.3032)	19 (158.8116)	15 (165.6800)	7 (170.8228)	16 (163.9888)
2023-07-14	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	31 / 36 (667.2800)	35 (159.3600)	18 (169.1200)	23 (167.9772)	17 (170.8228)
2023-06-16	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	16 / 28 (672.4456)	1 (179.4400)	22 (162.8000)	8 (173.1428)	23 (157.0628)
2023-05-05	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC	19 / 35 (688.4684)	13 (174.2628)	8 (174.8572)	23 (167.3828)	17 (171.9656)
2023-04-28	Smokin' in the Pines Pinehurst, NC	22 / 24 (650.0680)	18 (164.5140)	18 (164.5256)	19 (166.8228)	23 (154.2056)
2023-02-24	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	26 / 33 (666.0912)	1 (177.7028)	25 (166.2284)	32 (155.9200)	24 (166.2400)
2022-11-11	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL	68 / 91 (667.2800)	53 (170.8228)	87 (157.6456)	37 (170.8344)	50 (167.9772)
2022-09-23	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Connelly Springs, NC	14 / 32 (682.7660)	14 (172.5600)	9 (171.9888)	24 (163.9428)	7 (174.2744)
2022-08-05	Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA	33 / 49 (675.2912)	41 (166.2284)	44 (163.9656)	38 (166.2400)	2 (178.8572)
2022-08-05	Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) Savannah, GA	—	—	4 (174.8572)	—	—
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	50 / 92 (666.1140)	70 (160.4912)	43 (169.6916)	59 (165.1200)	32 (170.8112)
2022-05-13	Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC	19 / 46 (676.4688)	13 (174.8572)	6 (175.4056)	31 (165.0972)	33 (161.1088)
2022-03-18	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	28 / 33 (661.5776)	6 (174.8572)	14 (171.9772)	27 (164.5372)	32 (150.2060)
2021-08-20	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC	22 / 26 (662.1372)	24 (164.5256)	22 (163.9544)	23 (163.3944)	9 (170.2628)
2021-07-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland Asheboro, NC	17 / 19 (652.9140)	13 (169.6684)	9 (169.6800)	16 (162.2400)	17 (151.3256)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	55 / 81 (650.0800)	8 (176.5600)	61 (158.8000)	57 (162.2400)	67 (152.4800)
2021-06-11	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	19 / 28 (670.7316)	28 (162.2400)	5 (173.1200)	18 (166.8344)	18 (168.5372)
2021-04-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge Roebuck, SC	19 / 27 (674.7884)	25 (163.9884)	16 (170.2628)	7 (171.4172)	16 (169.1200)
2020-10-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club Summerville, SC	22 / 24 (651.8740)	13 (165.7028)	17 (165.7028)	24 (158.7884)	19 (161.6800)
2020-08-28	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	33 / 34 (644.3428)	30 (162.8000)	27 (163.9428)	32 (155.3716)	25 (162.2284)
2020-06-26	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge Roebuck, SC	22 / 25 (636.3544)	22 (162.8228)	23 (155.3600)	24 (155.9200)	20 (162.2516)
2020-04-06	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO	23 / 109 (169.1656)	—	—	—	23 (169.1656)
2019-11-08	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC	45 / 47 (592.8916)	47 (146.2628)	47 (147.3372)	45 (157.1200)	45 (142.1716)
2019-10-11	Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC	18 / 27 (640.4116)	15 (165.1084)	20 (153.6460)	10 (167.4400)	23 (154.2172)
2019-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	50 / 56 (631.2688)	32 (165.6800)	48 (157.1200)	44 (157.1316)	51 (151.3372)
2019-07-12	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	55 / 83 (645.5996)	22 (170.8456)	35 (165.7144)	65 (157.1200)	68 (151.9196)
2019-05-03	Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC	33 / 60 (653.6228)	47 (159.3828)	54 (151.3828)	12 (169.7028)	7 (173.1544)
	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Chicken Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	14 (159.3828)	—	—	—
	BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland - One Meat Ribs Challenge Myrtle Beach, SC	—	—	10 (168.5372)	—	—

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#726 (88 pts)	#818 (83 pts)	#848 (83 pts)	#719 (103 pts)	#760 (83 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#701 (193 pts)	#657 (273 pts)	#670 (278 pts)	#658 (253 pts)	#732 (198 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#461 (422 pts)	#385 (602 pts)	#481 (492 pts)	#501 (402 pts)	#346 (657 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#406 (488 pts)	#224 (953 pts)	#447 (548 pts)	#404 (533 pts)	#434 (463 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#728 (232 pts)	#772 (232 pts)	#744 (262 pts)	#850 (182 pts)	#475 (482 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#516 (188 pts)	#489 (233 pts)	#540 (208 pts)	#596 (168 pts)	#518 (213 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1162 (220 pts)	#1200 (225 pts)	#1229 (225 pts)	#1238 (210 pts)	#1241 (215 pts)