The comeback
4.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2023-10-13).
- last seen 2019-08-09
- back 2023-10-13
Bros & BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-08-09
latest 2025-10-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 107%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.24)
Road miles
960
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 960 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
309.91 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Bros & BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bros & BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Bros & BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Bros & BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Bros & BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Bros & BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 146.2856 | 152.54 | top 102% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 130.2284 | 146.24 | top 95% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 115% | 2023-10-13 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2025-10-03
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 152.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.24)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
309.91
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
133
17–132 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
960
3 mapped stops · furthest 960 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,700
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2023-10-13
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1488) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2025
- Career-best overall score311.8860 Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9544 Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
| -9.3 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-10-03 |
| -9.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2023-10-13 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 117% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 113% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 21 / 23 (311.8860) | 18 (163.9544) | 22 (147.9316) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 27 / 23 (307.9428) | 34 (147.3828) | 16 (160.5600) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 34 / 30 (276.5140) | 24 (146.2856) | 36 (130.2284) | — | — |