Brewski's BBQ Competition Team

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#455

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1687

peak 1696 · rated over 40 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-07-12

latest 2026-05-16

Best ToY finish

#29

Backyard 2024

Grand champs

5 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 42 contests

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

603.9084 / 720

Master · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

320.52 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 341.93 (-21.41)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±39.73

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.09 · weakest Brisket (146.24)

Road miles

1,716

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$232K

listed at 38 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

GCs in 35 state-championship entries

Master avg

603.91 / 720

1 Master contest · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

341.93 / 360

41 Backyard contests · 2 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.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (18 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5716 points from the title

Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) (2024-05-18).

Among the elite

#455 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1687 puts them #455 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

rating 1687
peak 1696
40 rated contests

Giant slayer

38 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at New Holland Summer Fest.

2024-08-23

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 12%

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 34 of 42 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 42 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 35 entries at contests carrying the title.

35 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ has finished one call ahead of Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 1 Grand Championship

2022 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.

8 contests
7 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 20%

A tough matchup

15–6 behind in the head-to-head

The Fat is Where It's At ahead in 71% of their meetings

The Fat is Where It's At has come out ahead in 15 of their 21 shared contests.

The drought

11 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at New Holland Summer Fest on 2024-08-23 — 11 contests and 2 years ago.

last GC 2024-08-23
2 years ago

A strong matchup

25–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 25 of their 27 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (2021-05-14).

last seen 2019-07-12
back 2021-05-14

Always the bridesmaid

5 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 5 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

2 Grand Championships
42 contests

Built for the big stage

Top 31% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 31% finish in large fields against top 45% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 31% (9)
Small (<20 teams): top 45% (9)

Looking over their shoulder

6× one call behind them

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 6 times.

Boom or bust

±11.03% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±11.03% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 94.7% of a perfect score
best 140.9%

An April team

Top 13% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 13% across 5 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.

5 April contests
top 31% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) every year from 2021 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 2nd

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.

Hogline BBQ

#452 of the rated field

1687 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1700

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 38 contests to 42, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

WOODY'S Q SHACK

#457 of the rated field

1687 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1701

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Brewski's BBQ Competition Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 35 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

PORKRASTINATORS

#456 of the rated field

1687 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1714

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 58 contests, alongside a 48% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2026-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Fine As* Swine BBQ

#453 of the rated field

1687 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1689

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 31 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2025-09-12
on a 5-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Fluffy Butt BBQ

#454 of the rated field

1687 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 69%
Peak: 1687

No shared contest yet.

Level with Brewski's BBQ Competition Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

MACHETE BOYS BBQ

#458 of the rated field

1687 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 118
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1739

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1739 at their best, 53 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 109 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Capt. Blue BBQ	34	17	17	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	30	15	15	50%	⚔ compare
All About the Wood	28	21	7	75%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	27	25	1	93%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	27	24	3	89%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	25	23	1	92%	⚔ compare
Weber's Backyard BBQ	23	8	14	35%	⚔ compare
MRC_Barbecue	22	14	8	64%	⚔ compare
Leaning Jowler BBQ	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
Second Helping BBQ -PA	21	20	1	95%	⚔ compare
Zoni-Q	21	12	9	57%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	21	11	9	52%	⚔ compare
The Fat is Where It's At	21	5	15	24%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	20	10	8	50%	⚔ compare
UP IN SMOKERS	18	16	2	89%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	42	29	5	11	178.8572	149.7144	169.09	top 29%
Pork Ribs	42	26	1	8	175.4172	123.9772	164.26	top 36%
Pork	3	0	0	0	165.0856	148.5828	158.65	top 56%
Brisket	1	0	0	0	146.2400	146.2400	146.24	top 86%

“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
PA	27	1	top 33%
NJ	11	1	top 29%
DE	4	0	top 24%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	9	0	top 45%
Medium (20–39)	24	2	top 26%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 31%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	8	2	top 30%	2026-05-16
York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	7	2	top 39%	2025-06-28
K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	2	top 31%	2025-07-12
First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY)	2	4	top 32%	2025-09-28
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2	9	top 40%	2025-07-26
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	3	top 14%	2023-10-21
Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	2	18	top 44%	2023-07-29
Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	2	top 16%	2023-05-06
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	3	top 12%	2023-04-22
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)	2	8	top 19%	2022-07-30

The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.8 yrs 2019-07-12 → 2026-05-16

Busiest season 2023 11 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 27 of 42 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 20 10 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 42 entries · 5 wins · 29 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.09 · weakest Brisket (146.24)

Walk rate 81% a top-10 call in 34 of 42 contests

Overall top-10 rate 69% 29 of 42 contests

Wins it all 5% 2 Grand Championships · 5 reserve

First title 2022-10-21 Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

Best top-10 run 9 straight contests

Master average 603.91 out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Backyard average 341.93 out of 360 · 41 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 433 1,354–582 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,716 40 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Purse competed for $232,220 listed at 38 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 2 from 35 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs 2019-07-12 → 2021-05-14

Power rating 1687 peak 1696 · #455 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

First tracked contest Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival(BACKYARDONLY)
First call Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival(BACKYARDONLY)
2019
Jul 12 Career-best overall score603.9084 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
2021
Jun 18 First category win (Chicken) York County BBQ Festival
Jun 18 First overall top-10 York County BBQ Festival
Jun 18 First overall podium York County BBQ Festival
Jun 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.5716 York County BBQ Festival
2022
Jun 17 10th tracked contest York County BBQ Festival
Oct 21 First Grand Championship Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 21 First state championship Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
2023
May 5 First Reserve Championship Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Jun 30 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 21 25th tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
2024
Aug 23 Biggest field won (38 teams) New Holland Summer Fest
2026
May 15 Peak power rating (1696) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)
May 16 Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	York County BBQ Festival	2021-06-18
+15.5	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2022-10-21
+11.8	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2022-04-23
+11.5	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	2023-05-05
+11.4	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)	2022-07-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	2024-06-28
-9.5	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	2019-07-12
-9.4	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	2026-05-16
-7.1	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	2023-07-29
-6.2	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2025-06-28

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)
—	2	0	0	0	50%	top 83%	84.2%	80.1%
2026	2	0	1	0	100%	top 41%	96.5%	94.8%
2025	9	0	7	1	89%	top 36%	95.4%	94.3%
2024	6	1	5	1	83%	top 28%	96.5%	94.5%
2023	11	0	8	2	82%	top 23%	97%	93%
2022	8	1	7	1	88%	top 20%	140.9%	104.5%
2021	3	0	1	1	67%	top 24%	94.6%	89.4%
2019	1	0	0	0	0%	top 83%	83.9%	83.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-16	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	12 / 17 (335.3940)	7 (173.1084)	16 (162.2856)	—	—
2026-05-15	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	3 / 25 (347.4060)	6 (174.2860)	3 (173.1200)	—	—
2025-09-28	First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY) Milford, DE	4 / 14 (342.8344)	1 (177.1544)	10 (165.6800)	—	—
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	9 / 25 (337.0744)	5 (173.1200)	12 (163.9544)	—	—
2025-07-26	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	9 / 27 (342.8344)	16 (167.9772)	2 (174.8572)	—	—
2025-07-25	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	14 / 30 (340.5260)	12 (171.9888)	15 (168.5372)	—	—
2025-07-12	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA	4 / 12 (337.6456)	5 (167.3828)	3 (170.2628)	—	—
2025-06-28	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	9 / 10 (340.5028)	11 (169.6800)	5 (170.8228)	—	—
2025-06-27	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	2 / 26 (343.3944)	3 (175.4172)	6 (167.9772)	—	—
2025-05-16	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	12 / 28 (330.7772)	9 (169.6800)	15 (161.0972)	—	—
2025-04-04	Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA	2 / 23 (341.1316)	4 (173.1428)	4 (167.9888)	—	—
2024-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	1 / 38 (345.1200)	1 (175.4056)	2 (169.7144)	—	—
2024-07-06	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA	6 / 14 (337.0860)	2 (175.4172)	7 (161.6688)	—	—
2024-06-29	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	6 / 19 (339.9312)	16 (168.5140)	5 (171.4172)	—	—
2024-06-28	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	21 / 29 (326.7660)	19 (166.2400)	22 (160.5260)	—	—
2024-05-18	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	2 / 26 (347.4172)	3 (175.4400)	5 (171.9772)	—	—
2024-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	3 / 37 (345.6800)	4 (174.2628)	9 (171.4172)	—	—
2023-10-21	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	3 / 29 (339.3828)	10 (169.6800)	3 (169.7028)	—	—
2023-10-20	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	6 / 34 (333.6228)	6 (167.3828)	10 (166.2400)	—	—
2023-07-29	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	21 / 40 (322.2056)	16 (166.8228)	22 (155.3828)	—	—
2023-07-28	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	18 / 51 (331.9544)	12 (170.2628)	23 (161.6916)	—	—
2023-06-30	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA	2 / 12 (349.1316)	1 (178.8572)	5 (170.2744)	—	—
2023-06-16	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	10 / 29 (337.0972)	3 (173.7028)	16 (163.3944)	—	—
2023-05-19	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	12 / 37 (330.2404)	10 (167.9772)	14 (162.2632)	—	—
2023-05-06	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Lincoln, DE	4 / 19 (338.8344)	6 (168.5256)	2 (170.3088)	—	—
2023-05-05	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Lincoln, DE	2 / 20 (333.6572)	3 (169.6800)	3 (163.9772)	—	—
2023-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	3 / 30 (339.3944)	1 (173.7028)	4 (165.6916)	—	—
2023-04-21	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	5 / 36 (328.5144)	3 (169.6800)	8 (158.8344)	—	—
2022-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	5 / 27 (338.8460)	4 (172.5600)	9 (166.2860)	—	—
2022-10-21	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	1 / 29 (345.6800)	8 (170.2628)	1 (175.4172)	—	—
2022-07-30	Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	10 / 42 (506.1828)	15 (170.8228)	5 (170.2744)	18 (165.0856)	—
2022-07-29	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	8 / 54 (507.4176)	7 (174.2972)	7 (170.8460)	20 (162.2744)	—
2022-06-17	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	9 / 34 (330.8000)	5 (168.5256)	15 (162.2744)	—	—
2022-05-13	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	14 / 39 (324.4916)	12 (164.5372)	15 (159.9544)	—	—
2022-04-23	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	6 / 41 (333.0628)	7 (167.3828)	7 (165.6800)	—	—
2022-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	9 / 48 (323.9200)	11 (162.2400)	9 (161.6800)	—	—
2021-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ	11 / 31 (308.4228)	8 (157.0972)	11 (151.3256)	—	—
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	3 / 41 (340.5716)	1 (175.4172)	7 (165.1544)	—	—
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	13 / 46 (317.0396)	14 (154.7996)	11 (162.2400)	—	—
2019-07-12	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	53 / 64 (603.9084)	47 (155.9884)	50 (153.0972)	56 (148.5828)	55 (146.2400)
	Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ	22 / 23 (273.6916)	12 (149.7144)	22 (123.9772)	—	—
	Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival(BACKYARDONLY) Landenberg, PA	12 / 17 (303.2568)	9 (153.6456)	14 (149.6112)	—	—

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 ↗	Backyard	#90 (501 pts)	#74 (636 pts)	#110 (461 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#43 (995 pts)	#45 (1000 pts)	#43 (981 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#29 (1046 pts)	#32 (1011 pts)	#58 (856 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#18 (1179 pts)	#45 (1017 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#52 (824 pts)	#40 (891 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#73 (511 pts)	#89 (381 pts)	—	—
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)