A tough matchup
11–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
Overland Trail BBQ
Overland Trail BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 69th of 185 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (2018). They are ranked #4558 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 27, 2025 · 12 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.55 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 629.61 (+3.93)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.18
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.85 · weakest Chicken (155.27)
Road miles
15
across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Purse competed for
$90K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.61 / 720
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Overland Trail BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
6–4 in 10 shared contests (60% to Overland Trail BBQ)
These two have cooked 10 of the same contests — Overland Trail BBQ ahead 6–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to Overland Trail BBQ)
They've been 1510 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1518
7–4 in 11 shared contests (64% to Overland Trail BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to Overland Trail BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Overland Trail BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Overland Trail BBQ)
They turned up 8 years after Overland Trail BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with Overland Trail BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Clue BBQ | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Happy Beetle BBQ | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Beware of the Hog BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7600 | 131.4282 | 155.27 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 146.8340 | 162.85 | top 43% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.9428 | 156.03 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 125.1312 | 155.46 | top 55% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 5 | 84 | 0 | top 63% | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 96 | 0 | top 63% | Jun 26, 2015 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 11 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
547
finished ahead 734 times, behind 1,164
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score653.1312 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20241 milestone
- 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.3544 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20183 milestones
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Peak power rating (1497) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
| +3.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| +2.7 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
| +2.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
| +0.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2022 |
| -10.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -6.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 25, 2021 |
| -6.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2014 |
| -4.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2013 |
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 55% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 88 / 159 (653.1312) | 140 (154.8112) | 84 (165.1772) | 99 (161.7144) | 33 (171.4284) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 84 / 172 (647.3140) | 127 (156.5828) | 55 (167.9772) | 97 (162.8228) | 94 (159.9312) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 84 / 167 (650.3544) | 110 (160) | 11 (174.9144) | 150 (151.4056) | 65 (164.0344) |
| Jun 24, 2022 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 155 / 164 (595.2456) | 159 (143.3600) | 148 (149.6800) | 149 (147.9428) | 135 (154.2628) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 110 / 145 (621.6800) | 89 (160.0228) | 60 (164) | 112 (154.8228) | 130 (142.8344) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 158 / 183 (609.1540) | 23 (169.7600) | 59 (165.7144) | 168 (148.5484) | 182 (125.1312) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 69 / 185 (643.9772) | 80 (161.1200) | 3 (175.4400) | 137 (152.5828) | 118 (154.8344) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 79 / 184 (639.3252) | 55 (163.4172) | 156 (146.8340) | 20 (169.7028) | 80 (159.3712) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 96 / 183 (632.4912) | 98 (159.4172) | 112 (156.5600) | 155 (151.9312) | 41 (164.5828) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 132 / 184 (613.0396) | 165 (148) | 62 (162.2284) | 141 (149.7256) | 107 (153.0856) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 120 / 183 (619.9996) | 179 (131.4282) | 57 (162.8572) | 42 (165.1430) | 61 (160.5712) |