Briskey Business BBQ MN
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SPITFIRE has finished one call ahead of Briskey Business BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
DAWGS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of SMOKEY GQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 20% across 4 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-04-25) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 14-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-04-25).
Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 164.5488 | 171.20 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 163.4172 | 167.41 | top 48% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 4 | 0 | top 20% |
| WI | 2 | 1 | top 17% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 1 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 14% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MN (6 of 11 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (11 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-04-25)
- Wins it all in 9% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 339.40
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 346.8228 | 339.39 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 348.5372 | 339.40 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN | 3 / 25 (346.8228) | 2 (178.8572) | 10 (167.9656) | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 16 / 77 (331.3372) | 15 (166.2400) | 18 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 31 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 7 / 24 (340.0000) | 4 (175.4172) | 16 (164.5828) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) Spencer, IA | 13 / 17 (327.9660) | 14 (164.5488) | 10 (163.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) Spencer, IA | 5 / 15 (337.0972) | 9 (168.5372) | 6 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA | — | — | 11 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 11 / 28 (337.7028) | 11 (168.5600) | 12 (169.1428) | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 4 / 58 (345.7028) | 13 (173.1544) | 6 (172.5484) | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 33 (163.9884) | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 1 / 24 (348.5372) | 4 (174.2628) | 2 (174.2744) | — | — |
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 | #65 (484 pts) | #59 (559 pts) | #103 (374 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | — | #903 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #58 (869 pts) | #86 (659 pts) | #69 (809 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #886 (167 pts) | — | — |