High-water mark
683.3028
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3028 at Southaven Springfest — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 25, 2025
Breaking Bread BBQ
Breaking Bread BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 20th of 34 at the Southaven Springfest (2025). They finished #806 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2024
latest Apr 25, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.54 · weakest Brisket (165.87)
Road miles
446
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.98 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 165.6800 | 167.02 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 165.1084 | 170.54 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 154.2284 | 166.26 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 158.2516 | 165.87 | top 62% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Springfest | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 60% | Apr 25, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
192
finished ahead 37 times, behind 186
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score683.3028 Southaven Springfest
- Most recent contest Southaven Springfest
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Southaven Springfest
- First call Southaven Springfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6800 Southaven Springfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Southaven Springfest
- Peak power rating (1501) Southaven Springfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | Southaven Springfest | Apr 25, 2025 |
| +1 | Southaven Springfest | Apr 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 94.9% | 92.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2025 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 20 / 34 (683.3028) | 28 (166.2400) | 26 (169.6800) | 13 (171.9772) | 6 (175.4056) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 94 / 100 (648.9596) | 84 (165.6800) | 84 (165.1084) | 95 (154.2284) | 75 (163.9428) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 37 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 27 / 44 (677.6800) | 23 (169.1428) | 3 (177.7028) | 19 (172.5828) | 41 (158.2516) |