BR.BQ

BR.BQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship (2015). They are ranked #2222 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BRBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,222

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1530

peak 1541 · rated over 14 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2014

latest Jul 2, 2016 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1476

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 16 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

677.6684 / 720

Master · Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.28

last 5 Master vs avg 648.95 (+0.33)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.3200

Chicken · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Consistency

±16.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.28 · weakest Brisket (156.25)

Road miles

2,590

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 497 mi

Schedule strength

11%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)

Master avg

648.95 / 720

16 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.6684 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.6684 at Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 4, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROKENDE REGAHS has finished one call ahead of BR.BQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–1 behind in the head-to-head

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead in 93% of their meetings

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 19% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 156.25
Chicken avg 165.28
3 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM ANONIEM in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has out-cooked them in 9 of 15 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 29% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.1% of a perfect score
16 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1576 (162 pts)	#1502 (187 pts)	#1285 (247 pts)	#1298 (247 pts)	#1704 (147 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1476 (165 pts)	#1275 (235 pts)	#1362 (210 pts)	#2086 (85 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BR.BQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

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#2,239 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1530

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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EADS DOWNHOME

#2,228 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1536

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2018

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GO BIG OR GO BBQ

#2,217 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1530

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Boots Style BBQ

#2,214 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1534

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jul 29, 2016

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TWO BUTTS AND A HAM

#2,216 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1530

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

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COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING

#2,237 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1532

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2016

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PUREBBQ	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
TEAM ANONIEM	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
The Smokey Bandits	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
Serial Grillaz	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	6	1	3	178.3200	149.7028	165.28	top 45%
Pork Ribs	16	10	1	4	174.3200	143.3832	164.22	top 38%
Pork	16	6	0	2	174.2856	151.9656	163.20	top 45%
Brisket	16	3	0	0	168.5600	142.1600	156.25	top 61%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	3	1	top 40%
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NL	3	top 59%
EU	3	top 38%
IT	1	top 72%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	1	1	top 39%	Jul 2, 2016
EUregio BBQ Festival	2	5	0	top 33%	Aug 15, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 3 of 16 contests · 3 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them more than once

First title Jul 4, 2015 Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship

Opponents faced 187 finished ahead 285 times, behind 206

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

20161 milestone

Jul 2 Most recent contest Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

20156 milestones

May 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.3200 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Jul 4 First overall podium Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship
Jul 4 First Grand Championship Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship
Jul 4 Career-best overall score677.6684 Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship
Aug 15 10th tracked contest EUregio BBQ Festival
Aug 15 Peak power rating (1541) EUregio BBQ Festival

20145 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
May 10 First call Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
May 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
Sep 20 First overall top-10 EUregio BBQ Festival
Oct 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3712 BBQ Society Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	Oct 10, 2015
+9.9	EUregio BBQ Festival	Aug 15, 2015
+8.7	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 23, 2015
+6.6	BBQ Society Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2014
+4.3	Ruhrpott BBQ	Oct 10, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Meat the East	Mar 19, 2016
-6.5	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	Sep 25, 2015
-4.5	Regahfest	Aug 29, 2015
-2.3	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)	Jun 4, 2016
-1.2	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest	Jun 27, 2015

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)
2016	3	0	0	0	100%	top 69%	93%	90.9%
2015	8	1	4	1	75%	top 37%	94.1%	90.7%
2014	5	0	2	1	100%	top 40%	91.6%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 2, 2016	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy	13 / 18 (669.6572)	8 (171.4172)	14 (165.1544)	7 (170.2628)	16 (162.8228)
Jun 4, 2016	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	14 / 24 (659.8396)	17 (165.6684)	6 (172)	16 (165.6684)	17 (156.5028)
Mar 19, 2016	Meat the East Enschede, NL	25 / 33 (633.0172)	17 (164.5828)	20 (158.8688)	8 (167.4056)	32 (142.1600)
Oct 10, 2015	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands	7 / 42 (663.4172)	3 (169.7372)	4 (167.4516)	20 (161.1084)	13 (165.1200)
Sep 25, 2015	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW	45 / 67 (620.4460)	26 (165.7028)	60 (143.3832)	26 (162.2628)	53 (149.0972)
Aug 29, 2015	Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland	19 / 30 (641.6800)	14 (165.7256)	11 (163.4516)	17 (161.1428)	27 (151.3600)
Aug 15, 2015	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein	5 / 22 (647.3256)	10 (163.4056)	2 (167.9772)	13 (157.7028)	8 (158.2400)
Jul 4, 2015	Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship unrated Gaiarine Italy	1 / 15 (677.6684)	5 (173.1428)	8 (162.8572)	2 (173.1084)	5 (168.5600)
Jun 27, 2015	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest Delft, The Netherlands	11 / 20 (653.0400)	11 (164)	11 (164.5600)	7 (167.3828)	13 (157.0972)
Jun 6, 2015	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	5 / 12 (666.3088)	2 (172.5828)	5 (169.1660)	11 (158.8684)	5 (165.6916)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	15 / 68 (652.0228)	1 (178.3200)	59 (150.8228)	40 (159.4400)	14 (163.4400)
Oct 18, 2014	BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	7 / 22 (659.3712)	15 (161.1084)	4 (168.0116)	2 (174.2856)	13 (155.9656)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	22 / 58 (640.0228)	20 (164.0344)	9 (165.7028)	25 (157.7144)	35 (152.5712)
Sep 20, 2014	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU	9 / 21 (645.7372)	16 (154.8456)	3 (167.4744)	8 (164)	12 (159.4172)
Sep 13, 2014	Lowlands BBQ Championship Diksmuide, Belgium	12 / 26 (629.6576)	14 (160.5600)	3 (166.2744)	12 (158.8572)	22 (143.9660)
May 10, 2014	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	12 / 29 (623.9312)	24 (149.7028)	1 (174.3200)	15 (151.9656)	17 (147.9428)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BR.BQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The metronome

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)