High-water mark
665.5656
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5656 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 20, 2024
Beverage Brothers BBQ
Beverage Brothers BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 46 at the Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 20, 2013
latest Apr 12, 2025 · 11.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
170.8572
Consistency
±6.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.61 · weakest Brisket (163.27)
Road miles
108
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.07 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Beverage Brothers BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Beverage Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They turned up 6 years after Beverage Brothers BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,578 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Level with Beverage Brothers BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Beverage Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 161.1200 | 166.61 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 156.5144 | 164.10 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 162.2856 | 166.40 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.2972 | 163.27 | top 56% |
“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 82% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 15% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 79% | Sep 21, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MA
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 54 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
11.2 yrs
Jul 20, 2013 → Sep 20, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score665.5656 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
- First call Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
- First overall top-10 Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4512 Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1512) Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships | Jul 20, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) | Apr 12, 2025 |
| -6.6 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Sep 21, 2024 |
| -4.5 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Sep 20, 2024 |
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 89% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 92.4% | 92.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2025 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT | 31 / 35 (646.7200) | 33 (161.1200) | 32 (156.5144) | 19 (169.1084) | 26 (159.9772) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 22 / 27 (660.5488) | 18 (167.9772) | 21 (164.5944) | 15 (169.6800) | 20 (158.2972) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Southwick, MA | — | 9 (170.8572) | — | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA | — | — | 7 (169.1084) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 19 / 25 (665.5656) | 19 (166.2400) | 13 (167.9772) | 24 (164.5256) | 15 (166.8228) |
| Jul 20, 2013 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI | 7 / 46 (659.4512) | 12 (166.8800) | 16 (162.3200) | 20 (162.2856) | 7 (167.9656) |