BRUTUS AND COMPANY

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1484

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1565

peak 1592 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-17

latest 2019-07-12

Best ToY finish

#1095

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

697.7028 / 720

Master · Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

651.67 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 666.32 (-14.65)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±15.79

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.24)

Road miles

5,503

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 624 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$6K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.32 / 720

29 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (17 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.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Brisket ×1

Giant slayer

35 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Ohio Smoke Meat Festival.

2013-10-18

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 4th
average top 20%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival (2016-10-14).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 20 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.7028 career-best overall

96.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.7028 at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — 96.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-10-16

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of BRUTUS AND COMPANY 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 1 Grand Championship

2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 30%

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.56 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 48%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.24
Chicken avg 169.80
5 calls in 29 entries

The drought

24 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Ohio Smoke Meat Festival on 2013-10-18 — 24 contests and 12.9 years ago.

last GC 2013-10-18
12.9 years ago

A strong matchup

8–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FOOMANCHOO BBQ in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

Going the wrong way

-26 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 26 points across 3 contests since 2018-07-13 — from 1591 down to 1565.

3 contests since 2018-07-13
now 1565

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 28% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 28% across 9 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

9 October contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,503 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,503 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 624 miles to 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open.

29 mapped stops
furthest 624 mi

The metronome

±2.19% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.19% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
29 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Marietta River City BBQ every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 5th

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

DADDY O'S SMOKIN' BBQ

#1479 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1574

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2022-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Pittie Q

#1478 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1575

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 35 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

New Pigs on the Block

#1486 of the rated field

1565 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

E.O.D. WRECKINQ

#1480 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1575

No shared contest yet.

Level with BRUTUS AND COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-06-09

⚔ Head-to-head

STRESS RELIEF BBQ

#1483 of the rated field

1565 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1566

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

AGAINST THE GRAIN BBQ

#1481 of the rated field

1565 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2023-01-27

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
HISTORIC BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
Smitty's Real Pit BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
FOOMANCHOO BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
BARK BROTHERS BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
GREY STREET BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM RINE-O	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Backwoods Grillin'	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
BURNING PIG BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
DUB TOWN SMOKERS	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	14	2	5	180.0000 🔥	153.1426	169.80	top 37%
Pork Ribs	29	5	2	3	176.5944	149.0972	163.24	top 57%
Pork	29	9	0	1	176.5600	142.8112	164.43	top 53%
Brisket	29	14	3	6	180.0000 🔥	158.2972	168.86	top 35%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OH	19	1	top 41%
IN	3	0	top 56%
KY	2	0	top 40%
MO	2	0	top 24%
WV	1	0	top 56%
TN	1	0	top 64%
VA	1	0	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	0	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	18	1	top 43%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 44%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Marietta River City BBQ	5	5	top 47%	2019-04-26
*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	4	4	top 20%	2017-10-20
Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2	16	top 69%	2019-07-12
*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2	17	top 48%	2018-07-13

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.2 yrs 2013-05-17 → 2019-07-12

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 4.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 19 of 29 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 20 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 29 entries · 2 wins · 14 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.24)

Walk rate 69% a top-10 call in 20 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 31% 9 of 29 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2013-10-18 Ohio Smoke Meat Festival

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 666.32 out of 720 · 29 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 2 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 959 1,043–587 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,503 29 mapped stops · furthest 624 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Purse competed for $6,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1565 peak 1592 · #1484 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 17 First tracked contest Buckeye State BBQ Championship
May 17 First call Buckeye State BBQ Championship
Jun 14 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8570 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 18 First overall podium Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
Oct 18 First Grand Championship Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
Oct 18 Biggest field won (35 teams) Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
2014
Oct 24 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
2015
Jul 10 First perfect 180 (Chicken) 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Oct 16 Career-best overall score697.7028 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2016
Oct 14 First multi-meat day Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2017
Oct 20 Peak power rating (1592) *Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2018
May 18 25th tracked contest PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
2019
Jul 12 Most recent contest Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.4	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival	2013-10-18
+12.6	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2015-10-16
+11.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-06-14
+11	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2016-10-14
+8.9	*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2017-10-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.2	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2019-07-12
-13.2	Marietta River City BBQ	2019-04-26
-5.5	Smokin on the Water 2	2016-04-30
-4	Thunder in the Park BBQ	2014-08-30
-3.3	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2017-07-07

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)
2019	2	0	0	0	50%	top 88%	88.8%	88.2%
2018	3	0	1	0	67%	top 50%	92.4%	92.1%
2017	4	0	2	2	50%	top 40%	94.8%	92.6%
2016	5	0	2	3	60%	top 39%	95.6%	94.1%
2015	5	0	2	1	80%	top 39%	96.9%	94%
2014	5	0	0	0	60%	top 43%	94.9%	92.5%
2013	5	1	2	1	100%	top 30%	95.7%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Kettering, OH	30 / 33 (639.3028)	23 (163.9656)	30 (154.2628)	27 (161.6572)	26 (159.4172)
2019-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	22 / 26 (630.1940)	13 (165.1772)	21 (155.3712)	26 (142.8112)	6 (166.8344)
2018-07-13	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	17 / 40 (665.0400)	17 (167.3828)	19 (165.0972)	24 (162.2628)	13 (170.2972)
2018-06-08	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	6 / 11 (659.3600)	5 (170.2856)	4 (166.8572)	7 (159.9428)	8 (162.2744)
2018-05-18	PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lima, OH	17 / 32 (664.4688)	9 (168.5372)	22 (163.9888)	18 (165.1200)	16 (166.8228)
2017-10-20	*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	7 / 39 (682.7884)	4 (175.4056)	33 (155.9428)	5 (173.1428)	1 (178.2972)
2017-07-07	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	22 / 41 (654.1484)	17 (167.4400)	18 (167.4172)	27 (159.9428)	29 (159.3484)
2017-06-16	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV	32 / 57 (654.7312)	27 (167.3828)	49 (149.0972)	11 (173.1428)	23 (165.1084)
2017-06-09	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	5 / 16 (675.9200)	7 (167.9656)	1 (176.5600)	7 (163.9772)	10 (167.4172)
2016-10-14	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	5 / 37 (688.5944)	1 (177.7028)	24 (161.7372)	10 (169.1544)	1 (180.0000)
2016-07-08	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	16 / 34 (671.8860)	19 (166.2400)	21 (166.8344)	12 (171.4172)	18 (167.3944)
2016-06-10	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	7 / 20 (681.1428)	8 (170.2628)	14 (164.0000)	6 (172.5600)	3 (174.3200)
2016-04-30	Smokin on the Water 2 Liberty, IN	24 / 35 (668.5032)	26 (168.0116)	15 (168.5488)	23 (165.6800)	22 (166.2628)
2016-04-29	Smokin on the Water Liberty, IN	11 / 33 (677.0744)	6 (176.0000)	24 (160.5716)	26 (162.7884)	1 (177.7144)
2015-10-16	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	4 / 36 (697.7028)	21 (166.8456)	2 (176.5944)	3 (176.5600)	3 (177.7028)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	28 / 45 (662.2516)	9 (173.1428)	41 (155.4288)	36 (163.4056)	13 (170.2744)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	11 / 39 (678.2284)	1 (180.0000)	24 (163.9884)	30 (158.8000)	4 (175.4400)
2015-06-12	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	5 / 17 (682.2400)	2 (179.4400)	15 (157.6800)	8 (170.2744)	5 (174.8456)
2015-05-29	PigMania Lima Lima, OH	17 / 27 (663.9316)	11 (171.9656)	22 (161.1316)	15 (168.0000)	19 (162.8344)
2014-10-24	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	59 / 92 (659.9312)	63 (163.9656)	42 (168.5600)	76 (156.5256)	28 (170.8800)
2014-10-17	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	13 / 36 (664.4460)	15 (167.4172)	21 (161.6688)	11 (167.9772)	8 (167.3828)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	154 / 552 (667.4512)	155 (169.1428)	102 (170.8572)	415 (157.7140)	111 (169.7372)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	34 / 165 (683.3828)	68 (170.2628)	91 (166.8228)	78 (168.0000)	9 (178.2972)
2014-08-30	Thunder in the Park BBQ Connersville, IN	19 / 29 (653.5772)	2 (175.4172)	22 (158.2744)	26 (159.3484)	17 (160.5372)
2013-10-18	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH	1 / 35 (689.1084)	8 (171.9656)	11 (169.1772)	7 (171.4056)	3 (176.5600)
2013-09-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Chesapeake, VA	13 / 30 (654.1944)	10 (169.1428)	10 (165.7144)	23 (154.8000)	12 (164.5372)
2013-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH	11 / 41 (659.3716)	3 (176.0000)	26 (158.8000)	15 (166.2744)	26 (158.2972)
2013-06-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	5 / 27 (658.8570)	11 (164.5714)	1 (169.1428)	11 (162.2856)	6 (162.8572)
2013-05-17	Buckeye State BBQ Championship West Chester, OH	21 / 35 (635.4282)	32 (153.1426)	27 (153.7142)	9 (163.4286)	12 (165.1428)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#1095 (257 pts)	#1406 (182 pts)	#931 (337 pts)	#1123 (267 pts)	#1027 (292 pts)