High-water mark
688.0344
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 688.0344 at Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash — 95.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 1, 2026
Iron Brothers BBQ
Iron Brothers BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 11th of 19 at the Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash (2026). They are ranked #3251 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1504 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2025
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.91 · weakest Brisket (166.50)
Road miles
821
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 206 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Purse competed for
$69K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
680.89 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #596 (240 pts) | #509 (380 pts) | #528 (385 pts) | #496 (365 pts) | #652 (220 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Iron Brothers BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Iron Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Iron Brothers BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
Level with Iron Brothers BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Iron Brothers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy's BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SLINGIN MEATS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 162.2284 | 171.18 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 167.4056 | 171.91 | top 48% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 167.4172 | 171.31 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 160.5372 | 166.50 | top 68% |
“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 58% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ID
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 58 times, behind 110
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score688.0344 Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Smoke-N-Wings
- Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke-N-Wings
- First call Smoke-N-Wings
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9428 Smoke-N-Wings
- Peak power rating (1504) Smoke-N-Wings
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.4 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 27, 2025 |
| +1.9 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash | May 1, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest | Aug 29, 2025 |
| -2.8 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 26, 2026 |
| -0.1 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest | Sep 4, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 95.6% | 94.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 95% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID | 35 / 52 (679.4172) | 23 (175.4056) | 29 (170.2972) | 31 (170.2744) | 47 (163.4400) |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID | — | — | 15 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 23 / 31 (681.6572) | 3 (178.2972) | 27 (167.4056) | 19 (173.1200) | 26 (162.8344) |
| May 1, 2026 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 11 / 19 (688.0344) | 18 (166.8456) | 6 (174.3088) | 3 (177.7372) | 13 (169.1428) |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID | 31 / 39 (671.4172) | 14 (173.1428) | 25 (169.7144) | 27 (168.0228) | 31 (160.5372) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 15 / 32 (683.9428) | 27 (162.2284) | 3 (177.7372) | 22 (167.4172) | 5 (176.5600) |