Sons of a Brisket MO
Rating
1647
peak 1670
Contests
68
in the data
First seen
2019-03-15
latest 2025-11-05
Best ToY finish
#62
Master 2018
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
5
19 podiums
Overall top-10s
21
of 68 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
682.80 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 675.37 (+7.43)
Walk rate
59%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±67.59
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.15 · weakest Brisket (168.93)
Road miles
3454
mi across 68 mapped stops · furthest 167 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SLAPS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Sons of a Brisket 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SLAPS BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of KC Meat Sweats in 18 of their 19 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Qlathe BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 19% across 5 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff (2022-05-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SLAPS BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 61 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 179.4400 | 165.0856 | 173.15 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 63 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 158.8000 | 169.95 | top 44% |
| Pork | 61 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6684 | 171.70 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 62 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.0000 | 168.93 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 35 | 1 | top 35% |
| KS | 27 | 0 | top 36% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 17 | 1 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 45 | 0 | top 36% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MO (36 of 68 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (63 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff (2022-05-06)
- Wins it all in 1% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 675.37
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 688.5944 | 682.21 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 698.8576 | 685.39 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 698.8344 | 682.93 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 703.4172 | 688.63 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 699.4288 | 683.72 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 693.6456 | 622.98 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 700.5716 | 682.53 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 105 / 401 (688.5944) | 109 (173.7256) | 113 (172.5716) | 39 (177.1428) | 249 (165.1544) |
| 2025-10-31 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) Oak Grove, MO | 36 / 53 (683.3028) | 47 (168.5256) | 13 (175.4172) | 30 (170.8344) | 37 (168.5256) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 62 / 92 (671.8628) | 77 (165.0856) | 55 (169.1200) | 37 (171.9772) | 63 (165.6800) |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 28 / 70 (685.0628) | 39 (170.8228) | 47 (167.4172) | 34 (171.9656) | 8 (174.8572) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 127 / 444 (685.1656) | 95 (174.8800) | 187 (170.2856) | 51 (175.4628) | 282 (164.5372) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 36 / 56 (678.1944) | 16 (174.8572) | 40 (167.9772) | 52 (163.9428) | 15 (171.4172) |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) Edgerton, KS | — | — | 6 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 11 / 32 (685.0856) | 10 (173.7144) | 21 (162.8228) | 13 (171.9656) | 4 (176.5828) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 27 / 172 (677.1312) | 61 (166.8228) | 27 (170.9028) | 48 (168.5600) | 25 (170.8456) |
| 2024-04-26 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO | 4 / 44 (698.8576) | 8 (176.0000) | 8 (175.4516) | 23 (168.5488) | 2 (178.8572) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 34 / 97 (687.9088) | 54 (169.6800) | 75 (165.1088) | 26 (173.1200) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2023-10-27 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 24 / 47 (687.9200) | 15 (175.4056) | 12 (174.2744) | 6 (176.0000) | 40 (162.2400) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 265 / 487 (670.2284) | 42 (176.5828) | 257 (167.9772) | 254 (167.9656) | 395 (157.7028) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 120 / 211 (681.6572) | 116 (170.2628) | 76 (172.5600) | 81 (172.5716) | 147 (166.2628) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS | 28 / 62 (695.3716) | 5 (178.8572) | 56 (169.6800) | 36 (171.4172) | 20 (175.4172) |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS | 7 / 90 (698.8344) | 36 (173.1200) | 26 (174.8572) | 16 (176.0116) | 17 (174.8456) |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 21 / 44 (677.6572) | 11 (173.1200) | 29 (168.5372) | 39 (163.4056) | 6 (172.5944) |
| 2023-04-21 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ Sugar Creek, MO | 28 / 51 (667.8396) | 16 (172.5600) | 40 (161.0856) | 22 (169.6684) | 32 (164.5256) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 40 / 103 (683.9316) | 47 (171.4172) | 42 (170.8344) | 2 (180.0000) | 79 (161.6800) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Oak Grove, MO | 21 / 40 (678.8116) | 7 (176.5716) | 31 (165.7144) | 20 (170.2628) | 30 (166.2628) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO | — | — | 18 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 179 / 249 (673.6112) | 206 (166.2400) | 200 (165.6684) | 68 (173.7028) | 145 (168.0000) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 6 / 505 (700.0456) | 135 (171.9656) | 17 (177.1772) | 47 (176.0228) | 48 (174.8800) |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 10 / 54 (690.2056) | 1 (179.4400) | 24 (170.2628) | 13 (174.2628) | 37 (166.2400) |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO | 11 / 36 (687.3372) | 10 (174.2744) | 20 (170.2628) | 13 (171.9772) | 22 (170.8228) |
| 2022-06-03 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition Kansas City, MO | 7 / 41 (692.5028) | 4 (174.8572) | 24 (164.5372) | 5 (175.4056) | 4 (177.7028) |
| 2022-05-06 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO | 1 / 25 (703.4172) | 4 (177.7144) | 5 (177.7028) | 7 (171.4056) | 2 (176.5944) |
| 2022-04-22 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) Sugar Creek, MO | 13 / 35 (681.6000) | 7 (175.4172) | 30 (158.8000) | 3 (177.7028) | 15 (169.6800) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 20 / 94 (686.2400) | 11 (176.0000) | 4 (177.7144) | 67 (165.6800) | 50 (166.8456) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 6 / 71 (692.4912) | 3 (176.5600) | 23 (170.2628) | 3 (177.1428) | 28 (168.5256) |
| 2021-10-29 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 Unity Village, MO | 7 / 41 (695.4284) | 4 (177.7028) | 27 (169.1544) | 3 (176.5828) | 18 (171.9884) |
| 2021-10-15 | Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO | 6 / 27 (686.2284) | 13 (166.8228) | 3 (174.2628) | 8 (172.5944) | 7 (172.5484) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 123 / 185 (675.3940) | 135 (167.9656) | 29 (176.0116) | 121 (167.9884) | 148 (163.4284) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 135 / 467 (673.0968) | 211 (167.4056) | 288 (163.4400) | 41 (174.2628) | 159 (167.9884) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 Excelsior Springs, MO | 24 / 40 (678.7772) | 9 (175.4172) | 13 (173.1544) | 25 (166.8228) | 26 (163.3828) |
| 2021-07-16 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Cameron, MO | 15 / 33 (679.9312) | 26 (166.8456) | 10 (172.5944) | 2 (177.7028) | 22 (162.7884) |
| 2021-06-04 | Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO | 3 / 55 (699.4288) | 13 (173.1772) | 1 (177.7144) | 6 (175.4172) | 7 (173.1200) |
| 2021-05-01 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO | 23 / 39 (675.3256) | 9 (174.8572) | 30 (163.3828) | 21 (171.4056) | 27 (165.6800) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 43 / 105 (679.9312) | 7 (177.7028) | 67 (166.2400) | 29 (172.5828) | 79 (163.4056) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 7 / 70 (693.7032) | 6 (174.8572) | 27 (169.7032) | 34 (169.1428) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 64 / 93 (666.1484) | 37 (170.8228) | 53 (166.8344) | 82 (157.6684) | 34 (170.8228) |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest Cameron, MO | 6 / 36 (693.6456) | 6 (177.7144) | 4 (176.0000) | 15 (171.9656) | 19 (167.9656) |
| 2020-08-14 | BBQ & Fly in on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 23 / 55 (683.3256) | 18 (172.5600) | 37 (166.2400) | 20 (173.1200) | 17 (171.4056) |
| 2020-08-07 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash Winston, MO | 10 / 30 (689.1200) | 5 (175.4172) | 11 (172.0000) | 6 (174.8456) | 21 (166.8572) |
| 2020-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Cameron, MO | 8 / 42 (690.7768) | 3 (177.7028) | 28 (167.9656) | 8 (176.0000) | 20 (169.1084) |
| 2020-06-26 | Grillin and Chillin Chillicothe, MO | 23 / 34 (670.7428) | 9 (173.7144) | 19 (167.9656) | 32 (162.8228) | 22 (166.2400) |
| 2020-06-19 | Black Silo Winery Trenton, MO | 14 / 31 (677.6572) | 14 (170.2628) | 16 (169.1200) | 15 (169.7372) | 17 (168.5372) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO | 105 / 109 (152.0000) | — | — | — | 105 (152.0000) |
| 2020-03-13 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 14 / 68 (683.3940) | 11 (174.2628) | 47 (164.5484) | 16 (173.7028) | 15 (170.8800) |
| 2019-10-04 | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown Lebanon, MO | 10 / 27 (681.0400) | 14 (168.5256) | 18 (165.0972) | 2 (176.5944) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2019-09-28 | West Bottoms BBQ Contest Kansas City, MO | 5 / 29 (700.5716) | 5 (174.8572) | 8 (174.3088) | 11 (176.0000) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2019-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 9 / 31 (682.7772) | 4 (171.9656) | 3 (174.2744) | 9 (172.0000) | 21 (164.5372) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 119 / 135 (666.6964) | 73 (171.4056) | 84 (169.1084) | 123 (163.3712) | 123 (162.8112) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 100 / 468 (677.7256) | 172 (168.0344) | 25 (175.4400) | 263 (164.5256) | 120 (169.7256) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 13 / 68 (685.6568) | 13 (173.1200) | 23 (170.8456) | 17 (171.4056) | 19 (170.2856) |
| 2019-08-09 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash Winston, MO | 13 / 30 (672.5140) | 17 (165.1428) | 13 (166.8456) | 16 (166.2628) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit Unity Village, MO | 13 / 35 (681.0972) | 13 (169.7028) | 18 (167.4056) | 9 (173.7144) | 9 (170.2744) |
| 2019-07-12 | 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO | 8 / 35 (686.2172) | 2 (177.1428) | 7 (173.1544) | 18 (170.8344) | 24 (165.0856) |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS | 10 / 46 (683.3484) | 1 (178.8572) | 20 (170.8228) | 19 (167.9656) | 21 (165.7028) |
| 2019-05-31 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO | 3 / 56 (695.3940) | 11 (172.5484) | 5 (172.5828) | 4 (176.5600) | 9 (173.7028) |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 DeSoto, KS | 24 / 53 (676.5140) | 9 (177.1428) | 28 (168.5484) | 3 (177.7028) | 47 (153.1200) |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO | 5 / 42 (687.9080) | 6 (174.8456) | 13 (168.5484) | 6 (172.5484) | 6 (171.9656) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS | 28 / 104 (677.6456) | 25 (172.5600) | 46 (166.8456) | 42 (167.9772) | 33 (170.2628) |
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 11 / 64 (682.7768) | 4 (176.5600) | 19 (168.0000) | 26 (167.9656) | 19 (170.2512) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #419 (470 pts) | #391 (580 pts) | #531 (425 pts) | #400 (535 pts) | #470 (425 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #195 (1065 pts) | #166 (1215 pts) | #370 (690 pts) | #260 (900 pts) | #309 (760 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #153 (1155 pts) | #132 (1250 pts) | #170 (1125 pts) | #141 (1195 pts) | #163 (1075 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #118 (885 pts) | #74 (1130 pts) | #142 (765 pts) | #130 (850 pts) | #167 (690 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #169 (1457 pts) | #103 (1712 pts) | #205 (1272 pts) | #193 (1317 pts) | #247 (1172 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #62 (2128 pts) | #58 (1978 pts) | #89 (1788 pts) | #135 (1553 pts) | #111 (1728 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #191 (1528 pts) | #167 (1533 pts) | #108 (1792 pts) | #289 (1193 pts) | #178 (1507 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #228 (1406 pts) | #294 (1176 pts) | #247 (1331 pts) | #141 (1616 pts) | #151 (1666 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #410 (920 pts) | #286 (1195 pts) | #546 (715 pts) | #413 (905 pts) | #329 (1070 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #338 (1074 pts) | #409 (924 pts) | #466 (854 pts) | #275 (1209 pts) | #380 (984 pts) |