High-water mark
662.8112
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.8112 at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 23, 2025
Broken Antler BBQ
Broken Antler BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 43 at the Oinktoberfest (2019). They are ranked #4810 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 22, 2018
latest Aug 23, 2025 · 6.9 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 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.07)
Road miles
887
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 371 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.77 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Broken Antler BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Broken Antler BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Broken Antler BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,794 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with Broken Antler BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Broken Antler 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 | 164 | 150.2400 | 158.95 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 134.8000 | 147.07 | top 91% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 144.0228 | 155.41 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 134.7772 | 149.35 | top 88% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oinktoberfest | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 59% | Sep 21, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
2 of 5 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
131
finished ahead 42 times, behind 129
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Sep 21, 2019 → Aug 23, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8112 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
- Career-best overall score662.8112 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
- Most recent contest Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
20192 milestones
- First call Ayr Charity BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7144 Ayr Charity BBQ
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest Oinktoberfest
- Peak power rating (1488) Oinktoberfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Oinktoberfest | Sep 21, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Oinktoberfest | Sep 22, 2018 |
| -11.4 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | Jul 19, 2019 |
| -9.2 | Ayr Charity BBQ | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -7.3 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | Aug 23, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 71% | 89% | 86.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 79.2% | 79.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2025 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 18 / 22 (662.8112) | 20 (163.9772) | 15 (164.5600) | 14 (168.5484) | 20 (165.7256) |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Oinktoberfest 🏅 Clarence, NY | 11 / 43 (641.0972) | 18 (164) | 42 (142.2404) | 42 (149.1200) | 41 (134.7772) |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI | 28 / 28 (611.3372) | 26 (156.5372) | 28 (147.4400) | 28 (145.6456) | 20 (161.7144) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Ayr Charity BBQ Ayr Ontario | 20 / 23 (619.3720) | 18 (159.9772) | 21 (146.2860) | 4 (169.7144) | 22 (143.3944) |
| Sep 22, 2018 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 47 / 51 (570.2056) | 38 (150.2400) | 49 (134.8000) | 41 (144.0228) | 43 (141.1428) |