High-water mark
689.0744
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.0744 at Southaven Springfest — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 26, 2024
Battle Brothers Que
Battle Brothers Que is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 10th of 36 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They finished #1014 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 28, 2023
latest Apr 26, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 178.86 · weakest Chicken (167.68)
Road miles
152
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
689.07 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
515.34 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 163.3944 | 167.68 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 175.22 | top 17% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 169.1084 | 170.54 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 178.8572 | 178.86 | top 5% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 53 times, behind 25
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score689.0744 Southaven Springfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Southaven Springfest
- Most recent contest Southaven Springfest
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score515.3368 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2024 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 17 / 44 (689.0744) | 36 (163.3944) | 14 (174.8456) | 21 (171.9772) | 2 (178.8572) |
| May 20, 2023 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN | — | — | 1 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 10 / 36 (515.3368) | 10 (171.9656) | 5 (174.2628) | 18 (169.1084) | — |