A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
BBQ Bros
BBQ Bros is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at The War of Barbeque (2023). They are ranked #6398 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BBQ Bro's” and “BBQ BROS.”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1390
peak 1390 · rated over 14 contests
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
Sep 24, 2016
latest May 25, 2024 · 7.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.36 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 596.19 (+52.17)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±85.36
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.98 · weakest Pork (151.92)
Road miles
35,790
across 20 mapped stops · furthest 5,693 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
596.19 / 720
14 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 ↗ | Master | — | — | #979 (131 pts) | #754 (190 pts) | #867 (142 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1067 (110 pts) | #879 (165 pts) | #762 (252 pts) | #903 (145 pts) | #1128 (105 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BBQ Bros, each with one reason worth a look.
#6,397 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They've been 1502 at their best, 112 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#6,399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1390
Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1390
19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 3%
- Peak
- 1523
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BBQ Bros's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1391
Level with BBQ Bros on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#6,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1391
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ WIESEL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DRAGON BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE, SMOKE & FLAVOR | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7600 | 143.9544 | 159.98 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5944 | 134.8116 | 155.31 | top 79% |
| Pork | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 133.6800 | 151.92 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 119.3828 | 155.13 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 80% | May 25, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
4 of 20 contests · 6 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
12
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
17 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Opponents faced
331
finished ahead 53 times, behind 451
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Jul 5, 2019 → Aug 21, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score656.5256 The War of Barbeque
20223 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- 10th tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
20211 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3484 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
20181 milestone
- First call BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- Peak power rating (1486) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | Sep 24, 2016 |
| -13.7 | EUregio Barbeque Festival | Aug 19, 2017 |
| -13 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | Apr 28, 2018 |
| -11 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew | Jul 5, 2019 |
| -9.9 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 | Sep 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60% | top 81% | 91.2% | 90.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 84% | 90.6% | 90.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 92% | 88.1% | 72.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.5% | 83.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2025 | Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) Innsbruck | — | — | 8 (165.1316) | — | — |
| May 17, 2025 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt | — | — | — | — | 7 (164.5372) |
| May 17, 2025 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt | — | — | — | 4 (173.1544) | — |
| May 25, 2024 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 22 / 27 (634.1488) | 21 (162.8000) | 26 (151.9428) | 23 (154.2744) | 18 (165.1316) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK | 23 / 26 (648.5376) | 4 (173.7600) | 17 (166.8344) | 23 (157.1088) | 25 (150.8344) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas | — | — | 12 (152.0344) | — | — |
| Jul 1, 2023 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR) | 11 / 15 (656.5256) | 5 (173.1428) | 13 (158.2628) | 7 (170.8572) | 12 (154.2628) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR) | — | — | 7 (165.1428) | — | — |
| May 20, 2023 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN | — | — | 11 (163.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 26 / 29 (650.1372) | 26 (165.1200) | 29 (154.8116) | 25 (163.9428) | 18 (166.2628) |
| May 28, 2022 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 21 / 27 (652.4340) | 25 (157.0856) | 1 (176.5944) | 25 (154.2284) | 13 (164.5256) |
| Aug 21, 2021 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 20 / 27 (651.3484) | 13 (168.5484) | 23 (160) | 21 (161.6456) | 18 (161.1544) |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew 🏅 Dallas, OR | 16 / 16 (587.2000) | 16 (143.9544) | 15 (154.7888) | 16 (143.3828) | 16 (145.0740) |
| Sep 22, 2018 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop | 69 / 73 (581.1088) | 58 (152.0344) | 72 (134.8116) | 72 (137.7028) | 41 (156.5600) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 44 / 48 (311.4628) | — | — | — | — |
| May 26, 2018 | BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 28 / 35 (634.1716) | 33 (154.8000) | 31 (153.1088) | 28 (154.2400) | 7 (172.0228) |
| Apr 28, 2018 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof | 32 / 32 (551.7820) | 26 (155.3712) | 32 (138.8112) | 31 (138.2168) | 32 (119.3828) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany | 57 / 66 (608.4912) | 52 (155.9312) | 42 (158.8572) | 53 (150.2628) | 60 (143.4400) |
| Aug 19, 2017 | EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW | 31 / 31 (594.1372) | 24 (162.3200) | 31 (135.3716) | 31 (134.2056) | 16 (162.2400) |
| Sep 24, 2016 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 66 / 67 (585.1772) | 53 (154.8684) | 56 (150.2972) | 66 (133.6800) | 60 (146.3316) |