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BRAVA - Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5184
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1458
peak 1458 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

2016-08-06
latest 2017-08-25

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 78%
overall standings

Best overall

646.8344 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

598.96 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 606.94 (-7.97)

Walk rate

25%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8800

Consistency

±54.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 161.04 · weakest Brisket (151.39)

Road miles

590
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi

Schedule strength

48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Master avg

606.94 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.65 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

  • Brisket avg 151.39
  • Chicken avg 161.04
  • 0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOOSE'S BARBECUE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

BIG "E" BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG "E" BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

Going the wrong way

-25 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 25 points across 7 contests since 2016-09-17 — from 1483 down to 1458.

  • 7 contests since 2016-09-17
  • now 1458

Boom or bust

±7.53% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.53% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 84.3% of a perfect score
  • best 89.8%

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.

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

TRAINWRECK SMOKING COMPANY
#5174 of the rated field
1458 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1458
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BRAVA - Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BRAVA - Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen 2020-10-16
⚔ Head-to-head
Foundry BBQ
#5190 of the rated field
1458 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1458
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-28
⚔ Head-to-head
Keep on Porkin On
#5162 of the rated field
1458 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1458
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-14
⚔ Head-to-head
BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE
#5191 of the rated field
1458 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1458
No shared contest yet.

Level with BRAVA - Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen 2018-04-27
⚔ Head-to-head
One Love BBQ
#5199 of the rated field
1457 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1457
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BRAVA - Q did, first appearing in 2022.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen 2026-04-10
⚔ Head-to-head
RUDE NOT 2 BBQ
#5173 of the rated field
1458 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1458
No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen 2018-06-01
⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
5 FINGER BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
TOPPGATOR BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
Second Hand Smoke SLV 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
Littles BBQ Co 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 2 0 0 166.2628 151.3484 161.04 top 61%
Pork Ribs 7 0 0 0 159.9544 148.4800 153.91 top 76%
Pork 8 1 0 1 170.8800 144.4912 159.83 top 53%
Brisket 8 0 0 0 162.8572 143.9656 151.39 top 79%

“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.

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2016-08-06 → 2017-08-25
Busiest season 2017 6 contests
Contests a season 4 across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in WI 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.04 · weakest Brisket (151.39)
Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests
Master average 606.94 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 137 52–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 590 8 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Power rating 1458 peak 1458 · #5184 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2016
  2. First tracked contest Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2)
  3. Peak power rating (1490) Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2)
  4. Career-best overall score646.8344 *Mazomanie BBQ Fest
  5. 2017
  6. First call *8th Annual Poor Que
  7. Career-best single call (Pork)170.8800 *8th Annual Poor Que
  8. Most recent contest Grill Games

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+6.9*8th Annual Poor Que2017-06-09
+2.3Badger Brews & Que2017-08-04

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.7*Rotary Rockn Ribs2017-06-23
-10.5Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2)2016-08-06
-9.7*The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Competition2017-04-28
-6.9*Mazomanie BBQ Fest2016-09-17
-6.7Grillin' in Grafton2017-06-30

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20176000 33% top 75% 89.5% 83.3%
20162000 0% top 88% 89.8% 87.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017-08-25 Grill Games Kenosha, WI 29 / 39 (627.9768) 16 (162.8684) 26 (157.7028) 11 (163.4400) 35 (143.9656)
2017-08-04 Badger Brews & Que Port Washington, WI 17 / 30 (640.9600) 12 (165.6800) 18 (155.3828) 14 (161.0972) 13 (158.8000)
2017-06-30 Grillin' in Grafton Graffton, WI 23 / 27 (611.7136) 6 (166.2512) 24 (148.4800) 22 (144.4912) 20 (152.4912)
2017-06-23 *Rotary Rockn Ribs LaCrosse, WI 37 / 37 (469.6456) 31 (159.9772) 22 (161.6800) 33 (147.9884)
2017-06-09 *8th Annual Poor Que Montello, WI 12 / 31 (644.5144) 9 (166.2628) 14 (159.9544) 2 (170.8800) 25 (147.4172)
2017-04-28 *The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Competition Manawa, WI 22 / 23 (603.1196) 19 (151.3484) 21 (150.2056) 12 (157.0856) 22 (144.4800)
2016-09-17 *Mazomanie BBQ Fest Mazomanie, WI 17 / 21 (646.8344) 20 (162.2628) 18 (157.1200) 12 (164.5944) 16 (162.8572)
2016-08-06 Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2) Manitowoc, WI 21 / 22 (610.7312) 21 (153.6684) 21 (148.5484) 21 (155.4056) 19 (153.1088)

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

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