High-water mark
677.6804
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6804 at Minnesota in May (Masters) — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 13, 2022
Brothers Barbecue
Brothers Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 4th of 28 at the Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2022). They finished #703 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BROTHER'S BARBECUE”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2022
latest Sep 23, 2023 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.64
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.07 · weakest Brisket (163.69)
Road miles
3,359
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,350 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.21 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #703 (243 pts) | #687 (273 pts) | #395 (647 pts) | #833 (188 pts) | #796 (203 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Brothers Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
Brothers Barbecue has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Brothers Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Brothers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Brothers Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Brothers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before Brothers Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 157.6800 | 164.85 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 160.5144 | 170.07 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 165.1428 | 166.27 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 158.2284 | 163.69 | top 67% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
142
finished ahead 97 times, behind 75
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Sep 23, 2023 → Jun 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs)
20227 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May (Masters)
- First call Minnesota in May (Masters)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6804 Minnesota in May (Masters)
- Career-best overall score677.6804 Minnesota in May (Masters)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Minnesota in May (Masters)
- First overall top-10 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1528) Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest | Aug 26, 2022 |
| +11.3 | Minnesota in May (Masters) | May 13, 2022 |
| +3.7 | Original SD BBQ Championship | Jun 3, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Sep 23, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 28% | 94.1% | 93.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 9 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 36 / 42 (647.3832) | 39 (158.8572) | 33 (160.5144) | 33 (165.1428) | 28 (162.8688) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 4 / 28 (165.1200) | 26 (157.6800) | 11 (172) | 22 (166.2744) | 27 (158.2284) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD | 21 / 46 (677.6116) | 12 (173.1200) | 20 (169.6800) | 25 (165.6916) | 19 (169.1200) |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 5 (172) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 15 / 59 (677.6804) | 18 (169.7488) | 2 (175.4172) | 30 (167.9772) | 38 (164.5372) |