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Briskey Business BBQ

Briskey Business BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They are ranked #1238 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,238
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1583
peak 1583 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

12
in the data

First seen

Apr 25, 2025
latest Aug 15, 2026 · 1.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#58
Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

0
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
50% of 12 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 29%
overall standings

Best overall

348.5372 / 360
Backyard · Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

338.37 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 340.10 (-1.73)

Walk rate

58%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Chicken · Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±6.81
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.17)

Road miles

825
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi

Schedule strength

76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)

Purse competed for

$44K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

340.10 / 360
9 Backyard contests · 1 GC

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

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (Apr 25, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 13-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ.

On the rise

+28 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 28 points across 4 contests since Apr 24, 2026 — from 1555 up to 1583.

  • 4 contests since Apr 24, 2026
  • now 1583

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 17%

High-water mark

348.5372 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 348.5372 at Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.8% of a perfect 360.

  • Backyard
  • Apr 25, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SPITFIRE has finished one call ahead of Briskey Business BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

SASSY SMOKE BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

SASSY SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKEY GQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

DAWGS BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DAWGS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (Apr 25, 2025).

  • Apr 25, 2025
  • 24-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 20% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 20% across 4 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

  • 4 May contests
  • top 29% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.5% of a perfect score
  • 12 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #81 (632 pts) #79 (657 pts) #93 (592 pts) — —
2026 ↗ Master — — #1203 (60 pts) — —
2025 ↗ Backyard #58 (869 pts) #86 (659 pts) #69 (809 pts) — —
2025 ↗ Master — — #886 (167 pts) — —

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Briskey Business BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

The Yardpigs
#1,240 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
3
Top-10s
73%
Peak
1589

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

  • rated over 9 contests
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Armstrong Smoke & Co.
#1,244 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1583

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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Beefy Bros BBQ
#1,239 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
2
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1583

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Apr 18, 2026
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MUDHOLE BBQ
#1,243 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
0
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1588

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Oct 29, 2016
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THE BARKTENDERS
#1,245 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
63%
Peak
1584

They were already cooking in 2016, 9 years before Briskey Business BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Mar 23, 2019
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BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS
#1,242 of the rated field
1583 power rating
Contests
26
GCs
0
Top-10s
12%
Peak
1596

Level with Briskey Business BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 26 contests
  • last seen Oct 22, 2021
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Big Bear BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
Sensuous BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
DAWGS BBQ 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
FENDER BENDER BBQ 8 4 4 50% ⚔ compare
SASSY SMOKE BBQ 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY GQ 7 6 1 86% ⚔ compare
Big Ten Bones 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
Big Mike's Smokehouse 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Natural Born Grillers 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Unknown Smokers 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
BBQ Pit Bros 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Porket About It 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Bramble BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 4 0 1 178.8572 164.5488 170.97 top 38%
Pork Ribs 12 6 0 2 176.5828 163.4172 168.17 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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 50%
Medium (20–39)41top 21%
Large (40+)20top 14%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MN50top 24%
WI21top 17%
IA20top 55%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 1 1 top 17% Apr 24, 2026
Minnesota in May 2 4 0 top 14% May 8, 2026
Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 2 5 0 top 55% Jun 27, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 7 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 6 across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MN 7 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 12 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls
First title Apr 25, 2025 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 306 times, behind 93

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

20264 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Minnesota in May
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. Peak power rating (1583) Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. Most recent contest Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
20257 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. First call Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. First overall top-10 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. First overall podium Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  5. First Grand Championship Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  6. First overall past 90% of a perfect score348.5372 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
  7. Career-best overall score348.5372 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+19.8Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)Apr 25, 2025
+15Minnesota in MayMay 9, 2025
+13Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)May 29, 2026
+10.5Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)Apr 24, 2026
+10.1Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1)Jun 27, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-4.7Art of the Que (Backyard 2)Jun 27, 2025

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20265030 60% top 25% 96.3% 94.7%
20257130 57% top 32% 96.8% 94.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 15, 2026 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 7 / 18 (345.7028) 14 (169.1200) 3 (176.5828) — —
May 29, 2026 Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Owatonna, MN 3 / 25 (346.8228) 2 (178.8572) 10 (167.9656) — —
May 8, 2026 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 16 / 77 (331.3372) 15 (166.2400) 18 (165.0972) — —
May 8, 2026 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN — — 31 (165.6800) — —
Apr 24, 2026 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 7 / 24 (340) 4 (175.4172) 16 (164.5828) — —
Jun 27, 2025 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 5 / 15 (337.0972) 9 (168.5372) 6 (168.5600) — —
Jun 27, 2025 Art of the Que (Backyard 2) Spencer, IA 13 / 17 (327.9660) 14 (164.5488) 10 (163.4172) — —
Jun 27, 2025 Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA — — 11 (166.2516) — —
May 30, 2025 Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 11 / 28 (337.7028) 11 (168.5600) 12 (169.1428) — —
May 9, 2025 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 4 / 58 (345.7028) 13 (173.1544) 6 (172.5484) — —
May 9, 2025 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN — — 33 (163.9884) — —
Apr 25, 2025 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 1 / 24 (348.5372) 4 (174.2628) 2 (174.2744) — —

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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