A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Three Brothers Different Mothers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Three Brothers Different Mothers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Grinders
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.25
last 3 Master vs avg 625.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.56 · weakest Pork (148.72)
Road miles
166
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
625.25 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge (2016-07-08).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2016-07-08
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.
Grinders 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 125 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.
#4051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Grinders)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grinders has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Grinders did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Grinders on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 149.7142 | 160.56 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 153.1200 | 160.56 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8112 | 136.0000 | 148.72 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 145.1426 | 155.41 | top 66% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.56 · weakest Pork (148.72)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
625.25
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
616
188–473 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
166
3 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-07-08
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1486) Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
- 2016
- First call Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1596 Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score650.1596 Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2013-06-07 |
| -2.4 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | 2016-07-08 |
| -2.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 90.3% | 89.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 383 / 557 (639.3028) | 248 (165.6800) | 464 (153.1200) | 507 (151.3600) | 131 (169.1428) |
| 2016-07-08 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 29 / 40 (650.1596) | 19 (166.2972) | 6 (173.1200) | 34 (158.8112) | 32 (151.9312) |
| 2013-06-07 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 66 / 69 (586.2852) | 63 (149.7142) | 55 (155.4284) | 68 (136.0000) | 65 (145.1426) |