High-water mark
687.3944
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3944 at Best Dam BBQ — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 23, 2025
Bowling Bro's BBQ
Bowling Bro's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 29 at the Best Dam BBQ (2025). They are ranked #4227 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bowling Bros BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1511 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 23, 2025
latest May 23, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.22 · weakest Pork (160.53)
Road miles
285
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.70 / 720
5 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 | #711 (176 pts) | #748 (191 pts) | #808 (186 pts) | #716 (191 pts) | #741 (181 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bowling Bro's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
133 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,235 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Bowling Bro's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,240 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Bowling Bro's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,211 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Bowling Bro's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Bowling Bro's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Bowling Bro's 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SLINGIN MEATS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 158.7884 | 163.62 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 142.6972 | 165.22 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 143.3944 | 160.53 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 153.6800 | 164.32 | top 64% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 58% | May 23, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NV
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
115
finished ahead 37 times, behind 172
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ
20257 milestones
- First tracked contest Best Dam BBQ
- First call Best Dam BBQ
- First overall top-10 Best Dam BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.3944 Best Dam BBQ
- Career-best overall score687.3944 Best Dam BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Best Dam BBQ
- Peak power rating (1511) Best Dam BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Best Dam BBQ | May 23, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | BBQ Jackpot | Nov 21, 2025 |
| -8.3 | Best Dam BBQ | May 23, 2026 |
| -7.8 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -5.5 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition | Mar 27, 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 89% | 91.1% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 95.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 29 / 33 (635.7256) | 29 (161.6456) | 33 (142.6972) | 22 (167.9656) | 24 (163.4172) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 27 / 29 (645.6228) | 24 (163.4172) | 13 (171.4400) | 27 (157.0856) | 27 (153.6800) |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition 🏅 Lake Havasu City, AZ | 28 / 33 (655.8400) | 22 (169.7028) | 23 (165.6800) | 32 (157.6456) | 25 (162.8116) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 85 / 90 (643.8972) | 87 (158.7884) | 39 (171.4172) | 90 (143.3944) | 43 (170.2972) |
| May 23, 2025 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 8 / 29 (687.3944) | 22 (164.5600) | 5 (174.8572) | 6 (176.5600) | 9 (171.4172) |