A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dogpatch Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 38 at the 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam (2025). They finished #2726 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 11, 2014
latest Jan 9, 2026 · 11.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.41
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.44 · weakest Pork (155.97)
Road miles
1,394
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 731 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.79 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
333.15 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2726 (59 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) | #2569 (69 pts) | #2738 (59 pts) | #2729 (59 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Band of Brothers, each with one reason worth a look.
Band of Brothers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 101 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,859 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Band of Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,858 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with Band of Brothers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Band of Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Band of Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Band of Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.2628 | 163.85 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 163.4172 | 166.44 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 147.3940 | 155.97 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 150.8000 | 158.84 | top 45% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
161
finished ahead 119 times, behind 97
Longest layoff
6.4 yrs
Aug 11, 2017 → Jan 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Peak power rating (1509) 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20252 milestones
- First call 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- First overall top-10 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.7372 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score626.7884 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.2 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2026 |
| +8.1 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2025 |
| +6.1 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest | Apr 11, 2014 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 93% | 93% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2026 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 12 / 38 (334.8344) | 16 (163.4172) | 12 (171.4172) | 24 (156.5028) | 14 (165.1428) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 10 / 38 (334.8800) | 13 (167.9656) | 10 (166.9144) | 18 (156.5256) | 9 (161.7028) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 13 / 43 (329.7372) | 12 (165.7372) | 16 (164) | 12 (163.4400) | 19 (150.8000) |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | 34 / 34 (626.7884) | 33 (158.2628) | 23 (163.4172) | 34 (147.3940) | 25 (157.7144) |