BREWS BEFORE Q'S KS
Rating
1539
peak 1550 · rated over 23 contests
Contests
24
in the data
First seen
2021-10-01
latest 2026-08-07
Best ToY finish
#213
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 24 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
686.43 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 671.24 (+15.19)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±45.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.53)
Road miles
3278
mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 217 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Purse competed for
$186K
listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 19 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.24 / 720
17 Master contests · 1 GC
Backyard avg
386.40 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ has finished one call ahead of BREWS BEFORE Q'S 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MUNNY'S STOVE has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Split Borders BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
😤 Brisket nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, MUNNY'S STOVE has out-cooked them in 8 of 13 shared brisket entries.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 43% across 5 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild (2025-10-03) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 8-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL IN THE RING | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| Cities Edge BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bocephus BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kermit's Ex | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Who's Cookin' | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLLOW Q | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Dr. Squealgood BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Squealin N Dealin BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8000 | 169.89 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 142.8344 | 168.53 | top 53% |
| Pork | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 146.7656 | 169.02 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.3600 | 170.96 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 10 | 0 | top 50% |
| OK | 6 | 0 | top 56% |
| MO | 5 | 1 | top 45% |
| AR | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 1 | top 12% |
| Medium (20–39) | 15 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 46% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the River (Day 2) | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 56% | 2025-08-30 |
| Smoke on the Bricks | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 45% | 2026-08-07 |
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 73% | 2026-07-18 |
| Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 54% | 2025-06-13 |
| Que' For a Cause | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 38% | 2023-08-04 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (10 of 24 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (24 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild (2025-10-03)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 671.24 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 386.40 / 360
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2021-10-01 — First tracked contest · Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)
- 📣 2023-08-04 — First call · Que' For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 🔥 2023-08-04 — First perfect 180 (Chicken) · Que' For a Cause
- 🏆 2025-10-03 — First Grand Championship · Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild
- ⭐ 2025-10-03 — Career-best overall score (711.9888) · Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild
- 📈 2026-06-12 — Peak power rating (1550) · Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.6 | Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild | 2025-10-03 |
| +14.2 | Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival | 2024-09-13 |
| +14 | Que' For a Cause | 2023-08-04 |
| +12.2 | Old Town Smokeout | 2025-06-27 |
| +8.4 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2026-03-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest | 2025-03-14 |
| -12.5 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) | 2026-07-17 |
| -11.6 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | 2022-10-07 |
| -10.4 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open | 2021-11-11 |
| -10.2 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2025-06-13 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | top 50% | 96.2% | 95.3% |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 89% | top 52% | 98.9% | 93.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 25% | 95.9% | 92.6% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 50% | 97.1% | 94.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 133.8% | 133.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 135.4% | 109.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 20 / 52 (690.7888) | 2 (180.0000) | 32 (169.1200) | 29 (169.6916) | 21 (171.9772) |
| 2026-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 19 / 32 (692.4684) | 20 (171.9656) | 22 (170.8228) | 14 (173.1200) | 5 (176.5600) |
| 2026-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 28 / 32 (672.9940) | 30 (166.2284) | 27 (167.9772) | 25 (166.2400) | 13 (172.5484) |
| 2026-06-12 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 14 / 36 (687.9084) | 16 (173.7028) | 19 (171.9772) | 5 (176.0000) | 27 (166.2284) |
| 2026-03-20 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 19 / 68 (687.9656) | 7 (175.4744) | 42 (166.8228) | 7 (176.5600) | 34 (169.1084) |
| 2025-10-03 | Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Branson, MO | 1 / 11 (711.9888) | 2 (177.7144) | 3 (175.4172) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-09-19 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 13 / 25 (689.0628) | 20 (165.0856) | 10 (173.7028) | 15 (171.4172) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2025-08-30 | Smoke on the River (Day 2) 🏅 Burlington, KS | 15 / 24 (693.0512) | 18 (170.8228) | 9 (175.4172) | 18 (171.4056) | 9 (175.4056) |
| 2025-08-29 | Smoke on the River (Day 1) 🏅 Burlington, KS | 11 / 25 (695.3484) | 18 (169.6800) | 6 (177.7028) | 11 (174.2628) | 7 (173.7028) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 27 / 53 (682.7544) | 42 (163.3828) | 23 (171.9888) | 9 (175.4172) | 22 (171.9656) |
| 2025-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 12 / 32 (691.9312) | 2 (177.7144) | 16 (171.4056) | 25 (169.1084) | 9 (173.7028) |
| 2025-06-27 | Old Town Smokeout 🏅 Van Buren, AR | 8 / 27 (692.5028) | 20 (169.6800) | 6 (175.4172) | 4 (177.7372) | 14 (169.6684) |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 29 / 36 (662.1028) | 22 (167.3828) | 24 (166.8344) | 30 (162.8000) | 29 (165.0856) |
| 2025-03-14 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest 🏅 Fayetteville, AR | 28 / 28 (513.0856) | 10 (173.7144) | 18 (169.7028) | — | 17 (169.6684) |
| 2024-10-25 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 16 / 53 (323.9200) | 16 (150.8000) | 4 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Moore, OK | 3 / 19 (345.1200) | 1 (173.7028) | 4 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 12 / 43 (330.7656) | 13 (159.9428) | 8 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Smoke on the River 🏅 Burlington, KS | 12 / 20 (675.9432) | 4 (176.5716) | 12 (167.9772) | 19 (159.9772) | 7 (171.4172) |
| 2023-08-04 | Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK | 6 / 36 (349.6800) | 1 (180.0000) | 14 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2023-08-04 | Que' For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS) Tahlequah, OK | — | — | 10 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-06-30 | Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS | 24 / 33 (665.0744) | 21 (170.8572) | 33 (156.5484) | 15 (172.5600) | 26 (165.1088) |
| 2022-10-07 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK | 29 / 32 (481.5884) | 17 (166.2628) | 31 (157.1084) | 27 (158.2172) | — |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open Shawnee, OK | 110 / 111 (606.0572) | 100 (161.0972) | 110 (142.8344) | 109 (146.7656) | 105 (155.3600) |
| 2021-10-01 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Tahlequah, OK | 12 / 20 (487.3484) | 13 (165.6800) | 14 (159.4400) | 13 (162.2284) | — |
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 | #353 (434 pts) | #249 (669 pts) | #492 (339 pts) | #280 (579 pts) | #320 (499 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #213 (1032 pts) | #209 (1077 pts) | #210 (1127 pts) | #221 (1004 pts) | #149 (1277 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #317 (105 pts) | #336 (100 pts) | #239 (191 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #176 (271 pts) | #193 (224 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #798 (173 pts) | #654 (273 pts) | #686 (291 pts) | #796 (183 pts) | #768 (208 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #285 (97 pts) | #353 (57 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #214 (105 pts) | #224 (100 pts) | — | — |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1865 (76 pts) | #1921 (76 pts) | #1948 (71 pts) | #1922 (81 pts) | #1772 (106 pts) |