High-water mark
673.5656
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.5656 at Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 21, 2025
B-rads bbq
B-rads bbq is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 26 at the Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) (2025). They are ranked #5491 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BRADS BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 10, 2015
latest Oct 3, 2025 · 10.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.95 · weakest Brisket (153.55)
Road miles
895
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 721 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to B-rads bbq, each with one reason worth a look.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,476 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
They turned up 5 years after B-rads bbq did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#5,485 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
Level with B-rads bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before B-rads bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,499 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before B-rads bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1452
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before B-rads bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 137.0628 | 158.00 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 151.9428 | 159.95 | top 85% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 146.8344 | 159.15 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 135.3944 | 153.55 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 89% | Oct 3, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
106
finished ahead 12 times, behind 138
Longest layoff
8.2 yrs
Jul 10, 2015 → Sep 15, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.5656 Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown)
- Career-best overall score673.5656 Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown)
- Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1488) 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Smoketember Fest | Sep 15, 2023 |
| -12.3 | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -9.7 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 6, 2023 |
| -8.7 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 3, 2025 |
| -5.7 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) | Mar 21, 2025 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 93.6% | 92.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.8% | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 28 / 32 (654.1372) | 21 (170.8228) | 28 (162.2744) | 21 (168.5372) | 30 (152.5028) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) 🏅 Waycross, GA | 22 / 26 (673.5656) | 16 (171.9772) | 18 (169.1200) | 21 (167.3712) | 21 (165.0972) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 26 / 29 (632.3088) | 26 (157.0744) | 21 (163.9544) | 28 (151.3372) | 23 (159.9428) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA | 24 / 25 (621.9884) | 25 (153.0628) | 25 (152.4800) | 23 (161.6456) | 24 (154.8000) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 31 / 31 (571.2344) | 31 (137.0628) | 30 (151.9428) | 31 (146.8344) | 31 (135.3944) |