They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS
THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 10 at the TORO in Dante's Hell Competition (2022). They are ranked #4061 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1509 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Oct 14, 2017
latest Feb 24, 2024 · 6.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.16 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 646.86 (-2.70)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.36 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Road miles
2,453
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 785 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master (1-meat) avg
162.26 / 180
1 Master (1-meat) contest · 0 GCs
Master avg
646.86 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master (1-meat) out of 180, Master out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 | #830 (126 pts) | #1014 (106 pts) | #904 (146 pts) | #777 (156 pts) | #944 (116 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1106 (76 pts) | #828 (176 pts) | #1291 (66 pts) | #1168 (76 pts) | #1179 (66 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #654 (272 pts) | #858 (185 pts) | #617 (357 pts) | #987 (140 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1750 (91 pts) | #1759 (106 pts) | #1758 (106 pts) | #1781 (101 pts) | #1967 (66 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1382 (155 pts) | #1418 (165 pts) | #1261 (210 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1521 (135 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #1785 (125 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS, each with one reason worth a look.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1482
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,076 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Level with THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1482
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,060 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1482
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 153.6684 | 164.99 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 156.5372 | 166.36 | top 46% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 148.5256 | 159.72 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 147.9428 | 155.21 | top 74% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| BZ | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| LT | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
BZ
2 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
8
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
133
finished ahead 76 times, behind 105
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
Apr 27, 2019 → Oct 7, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3200 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
- Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
20185 milestones
- First call Tallya BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Tallya BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0628 Tallya BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score673.0628 Tallya BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1509) Tallya BBQ Festival
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Tallya BBQ Fesztival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Tallya BBQ Festival | Oct 13, 2018 |
| +0.5 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition | Oct 8, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Twin Smoke | May 20, 2023 |
| -5.8 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Feb 24, 2024 |
| -5.7 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -3.3 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 | Apr 27, 2019 |
| -2.7 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Feb 25, 2023 |
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 | 100% | top 77% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.3% | 87.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 90.9% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2024 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 20 / 26 (649.6228) | 5 (174.3200) | 22 (156.5372) | 20 (163.9544) | 22 (154.8112) |
| May 20, 2023 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 12 / 14 (613.0284) | 13 (153.6684) | 7 (162.8916) | 11 (148.5256) | 11 (147.9428) |
| Feb 25, 2023 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 16 / 23 (650.2516) | 11 (165.7256) | 10 (169.1660) | 16 (164.5372) | 21 (150.8228) |
| Oct 8, 2022 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition Pratovecchio Stia | 6 / 10 (654.7656) | 4 (168.0228) | 2 (173.1544) | 7 (160.5256) | 9 (153.0628) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs Pratovecchio Stia | 9 / 12 (162.2628) | — | 9 (162.2628) | — | — |
| Apr 27, 2019 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg | 17 / 26 (653.1088) | 14 (165.7256) | 14 (165.1544) | 15 (165.7144) | 22 (156.5144) |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Tallya BBQ Festival Tallya | 8 / 38 (673.0628) | 7 (170.2856) | 4 (173.7144) | 26 (160.5256) | 10 (168.5372) |
| Oct 14, 2017 | Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya | 25 / 40 (634.1596) | 27 (157.1772) | 12 (167.9656) | 31 (154.2284) | 25 (154.7884) |