High-water mark
662.9032
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.9032 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-19
Big Brads BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2013-08-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.56
last 4 Master vs avg 650.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.30 · weakest Brisket (159.42)
Road miles
852
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 802 mi
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
650.56 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Big Brads BBQ has 4 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 120 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.
#2733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Big Brads BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Brads BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2756 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Big Brads BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2759 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Brads BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 161.7144 | 166.30 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 152.5714 | 162.71 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 146.8456 | 162.14 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 155.3484 | 159.42 | top 54% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.3 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2013-08-31
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Cooks most in
MN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.30 · weakest Brisket (159.42)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
650.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
178
115–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
852
4 mapped stops · furthest 802 mi
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Power rating
1512
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' in Steele
- First call Smokin' in Steele
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4286 Smokin' in Steele
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4284 Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score662.9032 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1512) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Smokin' in Steele | 2013-05-31 |
| +7.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-07-19 |
| +2.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off | 2013-06-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 43% | 92.1% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 38 / 89 (636.4912) | 13 (168.0344) | 12 (166.2628) | 74 (146.8456) | 48 (155.3484) |
| 2013-07-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 9 / 28 (662.9032) | 19 (164.0116) | 16 (163.4172) | 8 (170.2972) | 11 (165.1772) |
| 2013-06-28 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off Mankato, MN | 21 / 30 (643.4282) | 6 (171.4284) | 26 (152.5714) | 19 (162.8572) | 23 (156.5712) |
| 2013-05-31 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 14 / 51 (659.4286) | 31 (161.7144) | 9 (168.5716) | 12 (168.5714) | 24 (160.5712) |