High-water mark
670.2172
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.2172 at Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 28, 2016
LittleBrothersBBQ
LittleBrothersBBQ is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019). They are ranked #3931 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “LITTLE BROTHER'S BBQ” and “Little Brothers BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2013
latest Oct 13, 2023 · 10.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
7% of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.53 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 624.94 (-6.41)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±45.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.38 · weakest Brisket (139.74)
Road miles
4,213
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,031 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.94 / 720
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1200 (73 pts) | #1079 (118 pts) | #969 (163 pts) | #1557 (58 pts) | #1237 (73 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1247 (75 pts) | #1286 (75 pts) | #1174 (115 pts) | #1288 (75 pts) | #1654 (55 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1134 (85 pts) | #1130 (100 pts) | #1297 (65 pts) | #1131 (95 pts) | #1170 (80 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #846 (419 pts) | #744 (539 pts) | #492 (829 pts) | #889 (439 pts) | #905 (394 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to LittleBrothersBBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to LittleBrothersBBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — LittleBrothersBBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,904 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1510
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to LittleBrothersBBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before LittleBrothersBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1484
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to LittleBrothersBBQ)
Fewer contests behind them than LittleBrothersBBQ has cooked, 6 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,912 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1485
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#3,913 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
They turned up 8 years after LittleBrothersBBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 153.6800 | 164.38 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 142.8228 | 163.87 | top 45% |
| Pork | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 129.5884 | 156.94 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 20 | 139.74 | top 77% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 62% | Oct 13, 2023 |
| Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 59% | May 28, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
7 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
7 of 14 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
384
finished ahead 247 times, behind 333
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
Aug 23, 2013 → Mar 4, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
20191 milestone
- First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
20181 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
20165 milestones
- First call Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2628 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score670.2172 Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1489) Red, White & BBQ (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7488 KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Up In Smoke on the Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Aug 9, 2019 |
| +10.5 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | May 28, 2016 |
| +4.8 | Minnesota in May | May 13, 2016 |
| +0.5 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Up In Smoke on the Square | Aug 23, 2013 |
| -13 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jul 22, 2016 |
| -8 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) | May 27, 2016 |
| -4 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | Mar 4, 2016 |
| -3.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 90% | 90% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57% | top 66% | 93.1% | 86.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 20 / 23 (647.8056) | 11 (170.8344) | 6 (173.1200) | 23 (146.2056) | 20 (157.6456) |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 21 / 30 (645.5660) | 21 (163.3944) | 13 (165.7144) | 21 (161.0972) | 25 (155.3600) |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 18 / 25 (637.0056) | 15 (165.6568) | 22 (154.8116) | 16 (161.1200) | 19 (155.4172) |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 6 / 30 (312.0228) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2016 | KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN | 20 / 29 (653.7488) | 6 (173.7488) | 19 (162.2744) | 26 (154.2856) | 16 (163.4400) |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN | 30 / 30 (508.5484) | 20 (163.9772) | 6 (168.5484) | 28 (156.0228) | 30 (20) |
| May 28, 2016 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) Westmont, IL | 16 / 55 (670.2172) | 28 (167.3828) | 8 (171.4400) | 19 (169.1200) | 28 (162.2744) |
| May 27, 2016 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) Westmont, IL | 37 / 42 (608.9372) | 15 (169.1544) | 35 (158.2172) | 41 (129.5884) | 33 (151.9772) |
| May 13, 2016 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 29 / 71 (658.2628) | 58 (158.2744) | 12 (169.7600) | 30 (165.1200) | 30 (165.1084) |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN | 41 / 59 (636.5256) | 49 (153.6800) | 3 (172.0116) | 13 (170.2856) | 57 (140.5484) |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL | 45 / 46 (582.7888) | 37 (157.7028) | 42 (142.8228) | 38 (156.5944) | 45 (125.6688) |