BRANDYWINE SMOKERS

BRANDYWINE SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 12 at the K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #5957 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,957

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1437

peak 1437 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 9, 2017

latest Jun 30, 2023 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1086

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 88%

overall standings

Best overall

631.8284 / 720

Master · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

572.26 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 583.99 (-11.73)

Walk rate

11%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.2856

Chicken · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Consistency

±56.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 155.97 · weakest Brisket (148.93)

Road miles

322

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$590

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

583.99 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

316.48 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings

DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Brisket avg 148.93
Chicken avg 155.97
0 calls in 7 entries

The comeback

4.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 30, 2023).

last seen Aug 24, 2018
back Jun 30, 2023

Boom or bust

±7.64% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.64% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 82.0% of a perfect score
best 87.9%

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 ↗	Backyard	—	#278 (112 pts)	#262 (132 pts)	—	—
2018 ↗	Master	#1086 (240 pts)	#1319 (180 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#1159 (240 pts)	#1154 (240 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BRANDYWINE SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

50 Shades of Pork

#5,959 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1437

0–5 in 5 shared contests (0% to BRANDYWINE SMOKERS)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — 50 Shades of Pork ahead 5–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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PORK-U-UP

#5,960 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 31, 2018

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PIGS IN PERIL

#5,944 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before BRANDYWINE SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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Smokin Fat Racks

#5,955 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

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BACK FROM THE DEAD

#5,950 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Level with BRANDYWINE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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Brewskies BBQ

#5,948 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1506

They turned up 5 years after BRANDYWINE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
DRILLING & GRILLING	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	7	7	0%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
Many Moons BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
50 Shades of Pork	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	166.2856	140.5028	155.97	top 77%
Pork Ribs	8	1	161.0972	141.0972	151.10	top 83%
Pork	7	0	161.1084	143.3828	151.62	top 85%
Brisket	7	0	157.0972	137.6344	148.93	top 79%

“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)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 89%
Large (40+)	6	top 92%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	5	top 88%
DE	2	top 98%
MD	1	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)	2	64	0	top 96%	Aug 24, 2018
Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2	41	0	top 98%	Jun 8, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 33 times, behind 326

Longest layoff 4.9 yrs Aug 24, 2018 → Jun 30, 2023

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

20233 milestones

Jun 30 First call K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 30 First overall top-10 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 30 Most recent contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)

20173 milestones

Jun 9 Peak power rating (1487) Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Aug 11 Career-best overall score631.8284 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2856 Maryland State BBQ Bash

20161 milestone

Jun 10 First tracked contest The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.4	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 30, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 9, 2017
-11.2	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)	Aug 24, 2018
-11.1	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 25, 2017
-9.7	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 8, 2018
-9.5	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	May 18, 2018

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	1	100%	top 67%	87.9%	87.9%
2018	4	0	0%	top 95%	85.8%	78.6%
2017	3	0	0%	top 86%	87.8%	84.5%
2016	1	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 30, 2023	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA	8 / 12 (316.4800)	10 (155.3828)	8 (161.0972)	—	—
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	71 / 71 (450.1260)	—	31 (159.9772)	63 (147.3600)	59 (142.7888)
Jun 8, 2018	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	41 / 42 (590.6744)	33 (156.5828)	40 (145.6572)	39 (150.8000)	41 (137.6344)
May 25, 2018	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	31 / 35 (618.0228)	26 (160.5256)	32 (151.9200)	34 (148.4800)	25 (157.0972)
May 18, 2018	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	44 / 47 (603.7940)	46 (140.5028)	43 (150.8116)	28 (161.1084)	38 (151.3712)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	64 / 69 (598.6628)	46 (157.6456)	68 (141.0972)	68 (143.3828)	40 (156.5372)
Aug 11, 2017	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	32 / 47 (631.8284)	25 (166.2856)	36 (155.9660)	34 (157.6340)	34 (151.9428)
Jun 9, 2017	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	45 / 46 (594.8116)	38 (154.8572)	45 (142.2400)	40 (152.5712)	42 (145.1432)
Jun 10, 2016	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—

BRANDYWINE SMOKERS

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

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Boom or bust

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 — 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)