High-water mark
670.2056
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2056 at *Kelley Wilson BBQ — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-02
The Gannon Brothers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2018-06-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.57
last 3 Master vs avg 658.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.25 · weakest Brisket (153.48)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
658.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of END OF THE ROAD BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at *Kelley Wilson BBQ (2017-06-02).
- last seen 2015-05-29
- back 2017-06-02
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.
The Gannon Brothers has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 87 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Gannon Brothers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before The Gannon Brothers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after The Gannon Brothers did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#2554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2530 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 167.4172 | 171.25 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 158.7884 | 168.35 | top 30% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 158.2512 | 165.49 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 145.6572 | 153.48 | top 65% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 36% | 2018-06-01 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2018-06-01
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.25 · weakest Brisket (153.48)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
658.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
100–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2017-06-02
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition
- First call Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3368 Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition
- 2017
- First overall top-10 *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Career-best overall score670.2056 *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2744 *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Peak power rating (1518) *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Kelley Wilson BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2017-06-02 |
| +6.2 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition | 2015-05-29 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 27 / 48 (650.1716) | 15 (167.4172) | 6 (173.1428) | 29 (163.9544) | 44 (145.6572) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 10 / 61 (670.2056) | 6 (173.7028) | 7 (173.1200) | 4 (174.2744) | 43 (149.1084) |
| 2015-05-29 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition Kansas City, MO | 15 / 43 (655.3368) | 3 (172.6172) | 29 (158.7884) | 29 (158.2512) | 14 (165.6800) |