A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Mar 14, 2014).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
Brotherhood BBQ
Brotherhood BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They finished #1602 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2013
latest May 8, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.99 · weakest Brisket (158.54)
Road miles
826
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 821 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.86 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.65 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1602 (139 pts) | #2596 (59 pts) | #1847 (114 pts) | #1522 (159 pts) | #1136 (254 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4400 | 149.6456 | 160.41 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8800 | 149.6568 | 161.99 | top 35% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 152.0228 | 159.15 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.1428 | 151.9428 | 158.54 | top 38% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 50% | May 8, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
197
finished ahead 130 times, behind 146
Longest layoff
11.2 yrs
Mar 14, 2014 → May 9, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20146 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score654.2856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1519) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 14, 2014 |
| +7.5 | Minnesota in May | May 8, 2026 |
| +6.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 8, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | Minnesota in May | May 9, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 17% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 22 / 77 (327.9888) | 20 (163.9772) | 20 (164.0116) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 41 / 58 (299.3024) | 41 (149.6456) | 39 (149.6568) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 5 / 29 (654.2856) | 1 (175.4400) | 1 (174.8800) | 21 (152.0228) | 20 (151.9428) |
| Mar 8, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX | 9 / 29 (643.4284) | 24 (152.5712) | 13 (159.4288) | 7 (166.2856) | 2 (165.1428) |