BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ

BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 19 at the Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) (2023). They are ranked #2276 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,276

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1528

peak 1533 · rated over 27 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 3, 2016

latest Mar 15, 2024 · 7.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#410

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

10% of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4572 / 720

Master · Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

678.05 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.87 (+11.19)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

Consistency

±9.91

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.19 · weakest Brisket (164.87)

Road miles

7,738

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 787 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$92K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.87 / 720

26 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

487.36 / 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.

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.4572 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4572 at Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 27, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BURNING PIG BBQ has finished one call ahead of BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 37%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 37%

A tough matchup

10–1 behind in the head-to-head

TIRE SMOKE BBQ ahead in 91% of their meetings

TIRE SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of D'Vine Swine in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 13 shared pork entries lost

HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WE WILL ROCK QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

7,738 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,738 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 787 miles to Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam.

31 mapped stops
furthest 787 mi

The metronome

±1.40% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.40% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
31 contests

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
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#895 (135 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	—	#267 (128 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	#498 (379 pts)	#493 (429 pts)	#480 (502 pts)	#307 (694 pts)	#549 (339 pts)
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#255 (124 pts)	#251 (124 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#1100 (112 pts)	#1303 (72 pts)	#953 (172 pts)	#1213 (97 pts)	#1014 (122 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#410 (452 pts)	#420 (477 pts)	#289 (724 pts)	#308 (662 pts)	#299 (687 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#760 (100 pts)	#680 (125 pts)	#831 (90 pts)	#773 (110 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#816 (356 pts)	#985 (286 pts)	#743 (446 pts)	#1053 (261 pts)	#612 (551 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#707 (473 pts)	#645 (578 pts)	#655 (558 pts)	#468 (793 pts)	#791 (433 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#901 (393 pts)	#936 (413 pts)	#696 (578 pts)	#926 (408 pts)	#1112 (298 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#1508 (185 pts)	#1330 (235 pts)	#1564 (180 pts)	#1484 (185 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Great White Smoke

#2,284 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1528

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

BANKIN BABY BBQ

#2,285 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1530

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Mar 22, 2019

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SMOKIN EGGHEADS

#2,283 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1532

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Monarchbbq

#2,280 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1530

Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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Smokin in the Ozarks

#2,282 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1536

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2019

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SKY BLUE THIGHS

#2,269 of the rated field

1528 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

Level with BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	11	1	9	9%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ALE YEAH BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BURNING PIG BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	8	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
VICTORY SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
D'Vine Swine	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
DUB TOWN SMOKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	5	0	0	176.5716	156.5028	167.13	top 52%
Pork Ribs	29	9	1	3	177.1544	157.0972	166.75	top 47%
Pork	27	11	1	3	177.7144	157.6800	168.19	top 44%
Brisket	26	5	1	2	173.7028	153.6572	164.87	top 53%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 68%
Medium (20–39)	18	top 53%
Large (40+)	8	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OH	10	top 49%
IN	4	top 59%
TN	3	top 58%
KY	3	top 54%
VA	2	top 68%
GA	2	top 38%
FL	2	top 51%
MO	1	top 29%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	3	8	top 43%	Aug 2, 2019
Bands & BBQ at the Point	2	14	top 55%	Sep 8, 2023
Smokin' in the Hills	2	10	top 47%	Sep 24, 2021
Smokin in The Hills	2	12	top 41%	Sep 20, 2019
Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2	17	top 46%	Jul 13, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 7 contests

Contests a season 3.4 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OH 10 of 31 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 22 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 29 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Opponents faced 771 finished ahead 612 times, behind 676

Longest layoff 1 yrs Apr 6, 2020 → Apr 23, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20241 milestone

Mar 15 Most recent contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship

20232 milestones

Oct 27 Career-best overall score684.4572 Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1)
Oct 27 Peak power rating (1533) Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1)

20222 milestones

Nov 17 25th tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs)
Nov 18 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

20192 milestones

Aug 2 First category win (Brisket) Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition
Aug 2 First overall top-10 Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

20181 milestone

Aug 3 10th tracked contest Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition

20171 milestone

Jul 7 First call Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

20162 milestones

Jun 3 First tracked contest Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.4968 Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.7	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	Aug 2, 2019
+8.7	Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1)	Oct 27, 2023
+5.7	Smokin' in the Hills	Sep 24, 2021
+5	Smokin in The Hills	Sep 21, 2018
+5	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	Jul 7, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Zom-B-Q (Day 2)	Oct 28, 2023
-6.9	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Sep 8, 2023
-6.9	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Oct 14, 2016
-6.6	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ	Jun 3, 2016
-5.1	Marietta River City BBQ	Apr 23, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	0	0	50%	top 39%	95%	95%
2023	3	1	0	100%	top 68%	95.1%	94%
2022	3	0	1	67%	top 40%	94.2%	94.1%
2021	7	1	1	86%	top 52%	93.9%	92.3%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 29%	92.7%	92.7%
2019	3	1	1	67%	top 37%	94.3%	93.1%
2018	5	0	0	80%	top 50%	93.1%	92.4%
2017	4	0	0	75%	top 52%	92.5%	91.6%
2016	3	0	0	0%	top 73%	91.5%	90.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	36 / 93 (683.8972)	55 (170.8228)	57 (167.3944)	10 (176.5600)	46 (169.1200)
Mar 15, 2024	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 28, 2023	Zom-B-Q (Day 2) 🏅 Galax, VA	16 / 17 (676.4572)	8 (176.5716)	16 (163.9656)	16 (167.3944)	14 (168.5256)
Oct 27, 2023	Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) 🏅 Galax, VA	8 / 19 (684.4572)	14 (166.2400)	5 (174.2744)	3 (175.4172)	12 (168.5256)
Sep 8, 2023	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	22 / 33 (668.4684)	10 (172.5600)	28 (161.6456)	16 (170.8456)	24 (163.4172)
Nov 18, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	21 / 57 (676.9940)	25 (169.6684)	45 (160.5028)	1 (177.7144)	23 (169.1084)
Nov 17, 2022	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA	—	—	11 (172.5600)	—	—
Sep 9, 2022	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	14 / 32 (678.1596)	22 (166.2284)	6 (174.8572)	17 (167.9540)	12 (169.1200)
Nov 19, 2021	GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA	11 / 28 (487.3600)	10 (165.7372)	10 (163.9428)	18 (157.6800)	—
Sep 24, 2021	Smokin' in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	10 / 26 (667.3140)	8 (170.2628)	14 (157.0972)	8 (169.1084)	3 (170.8456)
Jun 25, 2021	Blount County BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN	17 / 32 (675.8512)	11 (170.8228)	24 (159.3484)	10 (171.9772)	5 (173.7028)
May 15, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	27 / 39 (662.1828)	31 (163.3828)	20 (166.2628)	26 (166.8572)	20 (165.6800)
May 14, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	21 / 41 (673.5540)	36 (158.7884)	10 (170.8228)	9 (173.1316)	15 (170.8112)
May 14, 2021	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	1 (177.1544)	—	—
Apr 23, 2021	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	18 / 29 (658.2284)	19 (162.8572)	26 (158.8344)	5 (171.4284)	19 (165.1084)
Apr 6, 2020	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO	32 / 109 (166.8572)	—	—	—	—
Nov 22, 2019	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	17 / 39 (661.0396)	12 (170.2972)	19 (166.2284)	15 (169.1428)	28 (155.3712)
Sep 20, 2019	Smokin in The Hills 🏅	16 / 38 (671.2684)	29 (162.8116)	17 (167.3944)	18 (167.9540)	4 (173.1084)
Aug 2, 2019	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition 🏅 Cincinnati, OH	8 / 31 (678.8120)	16 (169.1432)	2 (175.4288)	26 (161.0972)	1 (173.1428)
Nov 16, 2018	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	26 / 44 (658.7884)	13 (172)	33 (157.1200)	16 (167.4056)	26 (162.2628)
Sep 21, 2018	Smokin in The Hills Hillsboro, OH	12 / 30 (670.2744)	15 (162.2856)	2 (174.8916)	7 (170.2744)	17 (162.8228)
Aug 3, 2018	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH	15 / 35 (669.5656)	12 (166.8228)	24 (158.2288)	2 (174.8456)	9 (169.6684)
Jul 13, 2018	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	20 / 40 (661.0288)	28 (161.6688)	17 (166.2400)	9 (172.5600)	29 (160.5600)
May 5, 2018	Smoke on the Water Liberty, IN	16 / 28 (665.0628)	6 (174.2628)	20 (162.2516)	11 (169.1428)	21 (159.4056)
Sep 22, 2017	Smokin in The Hills (Limited to the first 25 teams) Hillsboro, OH	14 / 25 (652.4340)	12 (165.0740)	11 (165.6800)	10 (168.0228)	20 (153.6572)
Aug 4, 2017	Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH	19 / 32 (652.9944)	22 (162.2628)	5 (174.2744)	21 (161.6572)	23 (154.8000)
Jul 7, 2017	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	17 / 41 (666.1484)	16 (167.9656)	8 (170.8228)	19 (163.3828)	18 (163.9772)
Jun 16, 2017	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	16 / 31 (665.5656)	12 (170.2628)	12 (169.1200)	13 (167.9656)	24 (158.2172)
Oct 14, 2016	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	29 / 37 (643.7944)	24 (167.3712)	28 (158.8116)	32 (158.2400)	25 (159.3716)
Aug 19, 2016	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN	36 / 63 (658.7312)	25 (169.7028)	24 (168.5256)	40 (161.6684)	45 (158.8344)
Jun 3, 2016	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN	32 / 39 (657.4968)	38 (156.5028)	15 (171.9656)	33 (161.6456)	24 (167.3828)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)