BBQBrewCrew

BBQBrewCrew is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 66 at the 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 (2017). They are ranked #6467 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BBQ BREW CREW” and “BBQ & Brew Crew”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,467

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1358

peak 1503 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Oct 25, 2025 · 12.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#261

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

665.1312 / 720

Master · 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

Perfect 180s

Current form

593.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 603.84 (-10.22)

Walk rate

13%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1428

Brisket · 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

Consistency

±29.13

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 154.09 · weakest Brisket (147.95)

Road miles

20,343

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 3,915 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Purse competed for

$68K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

603.84 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

296.49 / 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.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

665.1312 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.1312 at 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 22, 2017

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 63%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 63%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.13 points below their pork, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 147.95
Pork avg 154.09
1 call in 22 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Bros in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at EUregio Barbeque Festival (Aug 19, 2017).

last seen Jul 25, 2014
back Aug 19, 2017

Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Angry Cock BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

20,343 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 20,343 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,915 miles to 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival.

32 mapped stops
furthest 3,915 mi

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
2025 ↗	Backyard	#261 (152 pts)	#264 (152 pts)	#270 (157 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	#966 (113 pts)	#618 (303 pts)	#1115 (113 pts)	#1007 (113 pts)	#1002 (113 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#635 (249 pts)	#488 (438 pts)	#667 (311 pts)	#669 (249 pts)	#681 (249 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1083 (114 pts)	#1136 (114 pts)	#829 (220 pts)	#1125 (114 pts)	#1117 (114 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1236 (60 pts)	#1286 (60 pts)	#1309 (60 pts)	#1262 (60 pts)	#1245 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1574 (119 pts)	#1714 (114 pts)	#1408 (154 pts)	#1404 (159 pts)	#1678 (114 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#1742 (115 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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MOSSY ROCK BBQ

#6,468 of the rated field

1358 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1358

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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BBQ Bandits

#6,466 of the rated field

1359 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1514

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BBQBrewCrew)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQBrewCrew has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

Wiggle Butts BBQ

#6,469 of the rated field

1356 ▼ 2 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1356

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 50 contests to 32.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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Junk Yard Hog

#6,465 of the rated field

1362 ▲ 3 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1362

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before BBQBrewCrew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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CARNIVORES

#6,470 of the rated field

1354 ▼ 4 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1354

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

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BIG BAD WOLVES

#6,463 of the rated field

1363 ▲ 5 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1363

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SmoKEN Meatz	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	8	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BONSAIS WILD BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
STICKS & STONES BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	3	1	172	20	148.17	top 80%
Pork Ribs	26	0	0	165.7256	128.4340	148.71	top 82%
Pork	21	0	0	169.1772	138.2284	154.09	top 78%
Brisket	22	1	1	173.1428	123.3372	147.95	top 80%

“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)	14	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 82%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	6	top 85%
CT	2	top 98%
NH	2	top 99%
IL	2	top 81%
DE	1	top 100%
MD	1	top 98%
PA	1	top 100%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	3	17	top 70%	Oct 25, 2025
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	37	top 98%	Apr 13, 2024
BBQ an der Burg 2019	2	15	top 72%	Jul 6, 2019
Morton BBQ Throwdown	2	37	top 81%	Jul 25, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 7 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 10 of 32 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 19 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 525 finished ahead 183 times, behind 921

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Jul 25, 2014 → Aug 19, 2017

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

20251 milestone

Oct 25 Most recent contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

20231 milestone

Oct 20 25th tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

20191 milestone

Apr 26 10th tracked contest KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019

20181 milestone

Jun 30 Peak power rating (1503) BBQ an der Burg 2018

20174 milestones

Aug 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5600 EUregio Barbeque Festival
Sep 22 First call 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
Sep 22 Career-best overall score665.1312 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
Sep 22 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

20131 milestone

Jul 26 First tracked contest Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.5	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	Sep 22, 2017
+4.5	EUregio Barbeque Festival	Aug 19, 2017
+2.7	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	Oct 24, 2025
+1.8	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018	Apr 28, 2018
+1.1	BBQ an der Burg 2018	Jun 30, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 26, 2020
-11.3	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019	Apr 26, 2019
-11.2	BBQ an der Burg 2019	Jul 6, 2019
-11.1	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 2019
-10.8	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1	Apr 16, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0%	top 59%	83.2%	82.4%
2024	5	0%	top 100%	82.8%	82.5%
2023	7	14%	top 97%	84.2%	82.9%
2022	3	0%	top 100%	83.5%	81.2%
2021	2	0%	top 99%	78.1%	77.7%
2020	1	0%	top 100%	78.5%	78.5%
2019	3	0%	top 95%	82.8%	82.5%
2018	5	40%	top 63%	89.4%	87.3%
2017	2	50%	top 32%	92.4%	92.1%
2014	1	0%	top 77%	86.5%	86.5%
2013	1	0%	top 84%	84.9%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 25, 2025	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	20 / 32 (293.5884)	20 (146.2400)	20 (147.3484)	—	—
Oct 24, 2025	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	17 / 31 (299.3944)	17 (142.8228)	16 (156.5716)	—	—
Oct 19, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 18, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ	28 / 28 (591.1660)	28 (140.5144)	28 (150.7772)	28 (144.4800)	25 (155.3944)
Oct 18, 2024	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Columbia, NJ	—	17 (20)	—	—	—
Apr 13, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	37 / 37 (596.3312)	35 (159.9656)	37 (133.6456)	34 (155.3828)	37 (147.3372)
Apr 12, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT	—	11 (158.2400)	—	—	—
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ	32 / 34 (580.3772)	33 (147.9772)	33 (147.4172)	34 (142.2056)	32 (142.7772)
Oct 20, 2023	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Jackson, NJ	—	20 (141.6000)	—	—	—
Jun 3, 2023	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	38 / 39 (603.7596)	38 (151.9428)	35 (155.9540)	38 (146.7772)	36 (149.0856)
May 5, 2023	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Lincoln, DE	20 / 20 (596.4688)	20 (160.6288)	20 (152.5600)	20 (147.9200)	20 (135.3600)
May 5, 2023	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lincoln, DE	—	9 (150.2628)	—	—	—
Apr 15, 2023	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Bristol, CT	41 / 43 (606.2856)	40 (150.8800)	37 (151.9884)	40 (154.2972)	40 (149.1200)
Apr 15, 2023	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	22 (151.9656)	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	29 / 29 (600.9488)	28 (153.1432)	26 (157.6684)	28 (157.6916)	29 (132.4456)
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Friday Night Jackson, NJ	—	—	11 (151.3596)	—	—
Apr 22, 2022	New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	48 / 48 (568.4228)	47 (141.7028)	48 (129.6228)	45 (154.2516)	46 (142.8456)
Jun 12, 2021	Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH	32 / 32 (562.6740)	31 (150.8456)	32 (133.6912)	31 (154.8000)	32 (123.3372)
Apr 16, 2021	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	46 / 47 (556.1940)	46 (143.3600)	47 (128.4340)	40 (151.3600)	46 (133.0400)
Jun 26, 2020	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	53 / 53 (565.5080)	53 (139.9428)	53 (135.9312)	53 (138.2284)	47 (151.4056)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	42 / 44 (591.8288)	42 (148.5144)	42 (141.7144)	—	30 (154.8000)
Jul 6, 2019	BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland	34 / 36 (593.5316)	35 (148.5144)	20 (155.9428)	27 (149.6800)	34 (139.3944)
Apr 26, 2019	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate	23 / 24 (595.9084)	24 (141.1084)	16 (156.5716)	15 (158.8572)	24 (139.3712)
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	63 / 73 (603.3716)	14 (166.9028)	73 (132.4916)	59 (148.5600)	44 (155.4172)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	32 / 48 (631.3832)	3 (172)	46 (140.5600)	26 (162.2744)	28 (156.5488)
Jun 30, 2018	BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland	15 / 30 (636.5488)	12 (165.1428)	26 (153.1316)	18 (156.5600)	12 (161.7144)
Jun 16, 2018	Stills and Grills Fest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) North Wilkesboro, NC	—	8 (150.2628)	—	—	—
Apr 28, 2018	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof	16 / 32 (643.9656)	17 (162.8800)	20 (157.6800)	13 (161.7028)	16 (161.7028)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	12 / 66 (665.1312)	41 (160.5484)	29 (162.2628)	14 (169.1772)	3 (173.1428)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	14 / 31 (660.5600)	11 (170.8684)	16 (164.5944)	19 (162.2400)	15 (162.8572)
Jul 25, 2014	Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL	37 / 48 (622.7544)	26 (162.8572)	39 (150.8344)	35 (156.5484)	40 (152.5144)
Jul 26, 2013	Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL	38 / 45 (611.3260)	39 (147.3828)	13 (165.7256)	27 (162.8460)	43 (135.3716)

BBQBrewCrew

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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