A tough matchup
19–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.
Brewski and Barbeque
Brewski and Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 136th of 183 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2015). They are ranked #6446 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1375
peak 1375 · rated over 19 contests
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 12.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.98 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 601.52 (+10.47)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.72 · weakest Brisket (145.94)
Road miles
179
across 20 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$353K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
601.52 / 720
19 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Brewski and Barbeque, each with one reason worth a look.
#6,447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1375
2–10 in 12 shared contests (17% to Brewski and Barbeque)
These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — HI-TECH SMOKERS ahead 10–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1375
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 46
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1374
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Brewski and Barbeque)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 46 contests to 20.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,449 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1374
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Brewski and Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1378
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1377
Rated 2 points above Brewski and Barbeque.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawg Wild | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARK AVENUE PORK | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Me Tender BBQ | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT FINGER BBQ | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 145.6684 | 154.72 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 109.5660 | 147.91 | top 87% |
| Pork | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 141.1200 | 152.95 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 126.2858 | 145.94 | top 84% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 136 | 0 | top 81% | Jun 24, 2016 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 174 | 0 | top 73% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 386 | 0 | top 96% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
17 of 20 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
13
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
2,535
finished ahead 1,094 times, behind 6,064
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score634.8116 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
20171 milestone
- 10th tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1485) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
| +3.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2013 |
| -11.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| -10.4 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| -9.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -9.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85% | 85% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84% | 84% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 29.7% | 29.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 82.8% | 56.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 81.9% | 80.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.8% | 81.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.9% | 85.9% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 85% | 84.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84.2% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 386 / 401 (611.7944) | 358 (158.8000) | 379 (153.0628) | 397 (143.3944) | 357 (156.5372) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 426 / 444 (605.0516) | 434 (146.8228) | 400 (156.5372) | 374 (158.8572) | 427 (142.8344) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 465 / 487 (614.1024) | 458 (151.9428) | 439 (155.4172) | 411 (157.6912) | 457 (149.0512) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 432 / 505 (634.8116) | 218 (168.5600) | 440 (156.5600) | 442 (156) | 432 (153.6916) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 174 / 467 (160.5484) | 442 (146.2516) | 424 (151.4288) | 429 (148.5368) | 423 (147.9428) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 148 / 468 (160.5828) | 446 (147.9884) | 458 (141.0856) | 366 (156.5484) | 461 (128.5144) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 172 / 183 (596.4460) | 164 (149.7028) | 125 (154.8572) | 171 (147.3716) | 165 (144.5144) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 457 / 467 (574.7544) | 455 (145.6684) | 383 (156.5828) | 456 (141.1200) | 456 (131.3832) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 168 / 185 (589.5884) | 27 (166.8684) | 182 (129.6572) | 144 (150.8456) | 165 (142.2172) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 361 / 407 (617.6684) | 350 (155.4056) | 393 (144) | 352 (154.8456) | 216 (163.4172) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 178 / 184 (560.9032) | 160 (147.9888) | 184 (109.5660) | 102 (158.8456) | 155 (144.5028) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 446 / 557 (625.5656) | 170 (168.5372) | 442 (155.3944) | 495 (152.5484) | 485 (149.0856) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 148 / 183 (610.8112) | 163 (147.4056) | 133 (153.7028) | 77 (161.7256) | 143 (147.9772) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 509 / 606 (616.4452) | 511 (153.6912) | 455 (156.5140) | 336 (162.8456) | 554 (143.3944) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 136 / 183 (617.2116) | 95 (159.4400) | 166 (146.3088) | 107 (158.2856) | 116 (153.1772) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 511 / 552 (602.6392) | 424 (158.2284) | 438 (155.3484) | 523 (145.6796) | 516 (143.3828) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 137 / 184 (611.8968) | 71 (163.4400) | 155 (146.8228) | 155 (146.8456) | 91 (154.7884) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 437 / 535 (606.2288) | 463 (149.1772) | 399 (152.5372) | 393 (154.2628) | 397 (150.2516) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 176 / 183 (564.5712) | 126 (153.7142) | 175 (134.8570) | 143 (149.7142) | 180 (126.2858) |