A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
3 Brothers BBQ
3 Brothers BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 21 at the Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival (2023). They are ranked #4302 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 8 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jun 6, 2014
latest Aug 30, 2024 · 10.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
22%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±30.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.33 · weakest Brisket (136.96)
Road miles
5,689
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 2,314 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
586.99 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.81 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 3 Brothers BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1477
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to 3 Brothers BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 3 Brothers BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before 3 Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,278 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1477
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#4,311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1507
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 137.7140 | 154.08 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 131.4056 | 151.22 | top 69% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 151.4400 | 156.33 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6572 | 108.4916 | 136.96 | top 93% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 92% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 36% | Aug 30, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 9 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
8
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
346
finished ahead 103 times, behind 368
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Jun 24, 2016 → Aug 7, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
20231 milestone
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
20222 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3256 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2400 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
20201 milestone
- First call BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1
20151 milestone
- Career-best overall score615.9084 Que for the Troops
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Que for the Troops
- Peak power rating (1491) Que for the Troops
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | Sep 1, 2023 |
| +6.3 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 8, 2022 |
| +5 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Que for the Troops | Jun 5, 2015 |
| -11 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Jun 26, 2015 |
| -9.5 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships | Jun 24, 2016 |
| -9.4 | Que for the Troops | Jun 6, 2014 |
| -2.4 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 | Aug 7, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 87% | 87% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92% | 88.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 87% | 87% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 80.1% | 80.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.5% | 79.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2024 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC | 11 / 28 (313.0396) | 11 (157.0624) | 12 (155.9772) | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC | 7 / 21 (321.6688) | 9 (158.2516) | 4 (163.4172) | — | — |
| Nov 11, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL | 91 / 91 (611.7716) | 91 (145.6456) | 90 (150.8004) | 66 (165.6684) | 90 (149.6572) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 13 / 36 (331.3256) | 13 (165.0856) | 11 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2020 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 🏅 Wythe, VA | 13 / 19 (313.2000) | 10 (163.4400) | 13 (149.7600) | — | — |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | 49 / 54 (576.5256) | 52 (137.7140) | 49 (144.5828) | 42 (153.7144) | 49 (140.5144) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 45 / 49 (532.5716) | 40 (141.2344) | 46 (131.4056) | 35 (151.4400) | 47 (108.4916) |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 51 / 54 (615.9084) | 22 (165.7372) | 53 (150.2400) | 42 (154.2856) | 52 (145.6456) |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 54 / 65 (598.1944) | 46 (152.5828) | 51 (148.5716) | 33 (156.5372) | 55 (140.5028) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.