Brewski's BBQ Competition Team PA
Rating
1674
peak 1684
Contests
42
in the data
First seen
latest 2026-05-16
Best ToY finish
#29
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
2
5 reserve
Category wins
6
19 podiums
Overall top-10s
29
of 42 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
320.52 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 348.16 (-27.65)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
9
best run (overall)
Consistency
±56.00
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.09 · weakest Brisket (146.24)
Road miles
1716
mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ has finished one call ahead of Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has landed one call behind them 6 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
The Fat is Where It's At has come out ahead in 15 of their 21 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ in 24 of their 27 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) (2024-05-18).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at New Holland Summer Fest.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 13% across 5 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)
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% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2023 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in PA (27 of 42 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (42 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2022-10-21)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 348.16
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 303.2568 | 288.47 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 347.4060 | 341.40 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 343.3944 | 339.64 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 347.4172 | 340.33 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 349.1316 | 334.91 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 507.4176 | 376.30 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 340.5716 | 322.01 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 603.9084 | 603.91 |
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) | — | — |
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 | #103 (331 pts) | #113 (311 pts) | #115 (311 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 | #1957 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2028 (60 pts) | #2032 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) |