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
- 2025-05-23
Bowling Bro's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1511 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-05-23
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#635
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.70
last 5 Master vs avg 653.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.22 · weakest Pork (160.53)
Road miles
285
mi 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 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.70 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Meat Candy Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.7
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.69 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Pork avg 160.53
- Pork Ribs avg 165.22
- 1 calls in 5 entries
They cook the hard rooms
1603
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated contests
Going the wrong way
-33
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 33 points across 5 contests since 2025-05-23 — from 1511 down to 1479.
- 5 contests since 2025-05-23
- now 1479
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Bowling Bro's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Bowling Bro's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bowling Bro's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NV | 4 | 0 | top 76% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 58% | 2026-05-23 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-05-23 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.22 · weakest Pork (160.53)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
653.70
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
37–172 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
285
5 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1603
average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,550
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1479
peak 1511 · #4205 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- 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
- 2026
- Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Best Dam BBQ | 2025-05-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | BBQ Jackpot | 2025-11-21 |
| -8.3 | Best Dam BBQ | 2026-05-23 |
| -7.8 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown | 2026-04-17 |
| -5.5 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition | 2026-03-27 |
Category scores over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 29 / 33 (635.7256) | 29 (161.6456) | 33 (142.6972) | 22 (167.9656) | 24 (163.4172) |
| 2026-04-17 | 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) |
| 2026-03-27 | 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) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 85 / 90 (643.8972) | 87 (158.7884) | 39 (171.4172) | 90 (143.3944) | 43 (170.2972) |
| 2025-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 8 / 29 (687.3944) | 22 (164.5600) | 5 (174.8572) | 6 (176.5600) | 9 (171.4172) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 | #635 (176 pts) | #675 (191 pts) | #725 (186 pts) | #638 (191 pts) | #656 (181 pts) |