BROS HOG

BROS HOG is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at The War of Barbeque (2018), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #571 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#571

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1663

peak 1680 · rated over 28 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 14, 2017

latest Oct 12, 2019 · 2.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#125

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve · wins it all 10% of the time

Category wins

28 podiums

Overall top-10s

74% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

701.1772 / 720

Master · Cook-in Camargue

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

661.40 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.45 (-9.05)

Walk rate

97%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · The War of Barbeque

Consistency

±13.47

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.94 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.51)

Road miles

16,327

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 5,225 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Master avg

670.45 / 720

31 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.8796 points from the title

Came within 2.8796 points of the Grand Championship at Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 (Mar 22, 2019).

Among the elite

#571 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1663 puts them #571 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1663
peak 1680
28 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Brew N Q (OPEN) (May 27, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUNCH OF SWINES.

Giant slayer

34 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 34-team field at Brew N Q (OPEN).

May 27, 2017

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 20%

A multi-meat day

1 contest 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 The War of Barbeque (Mar 24, 2018).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

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They almost always walk

97% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 30 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 97% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.1772 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.1772 at Cook-in Camargue — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 24, 2017

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM has finished one call ahead of BROS HOG 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 2 Grand Championships

2017 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.

11 contests
8 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 25%

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 82% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.43 points below their pork, and turns into a call 48% of the time against 77%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.51
Pork avg 170.94
15 calls in 31 entries

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The War of Barbeque on Mar 24, 2018 — 17 contests and 8.5 years ago.

last GC Mar 24, 2018
8.5 years ago

Built for the big stage

Top 24% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 24% finish in large fields against top 36% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 24% (6)
Small (<20 teams): top 36% (9)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

GOOD OLD BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A March team

Top 17% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 17% across 3 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 29% the rest of the year

The long haul

16,327 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,327 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,225 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

31 mapped stops
furthest 5,225 mi

The metronome

±1.87% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.87% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
31 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
2019 ↗	Master	#276 (1,075 pts)	#321 (965 pts)	#305 (990 pts)	#196 (1,310 pts)	#296 (1,040 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#125 (1,786 pts)	#243 (1,226 pts)	#231 (1,241 pts)	#54 (2,054 pts)	#83 (1,876 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#273 (1,272 pts)	#460 (847 pts)	#377 (992 pts)	#403 (952 pts)	#363 (1,042 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Peak: 1663

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1664 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1667

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#574 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1663

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 36 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

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#569 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1670

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#573 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1663

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rated over 37 contests
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THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS

#570 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1663

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DRAGON BBQ	22	14	8	64%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	22	10	12	45%	⚔ compare
GOOD OLD BBQ	17	12	5	71%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
BURROS BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM	10	10	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	15	1	4	178.2972	158.7884	167.19	top 50%
Pork Ribs	31	15	0	3	177.1772	152.5372	164.51	top 49%
Pork	30	23	4	10	180 🔥	161.0856	170.94	top 27%
Brisket	31	21	4	11	179.4400	153.6228	168.51	top 31%

“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)	9	2	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	16	1	top 28%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 24%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Brew N Q	4	1	1	top 42%	May 26, 2018
W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	3	6	0	top 29%	Jan 19, 2019
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	2	3	0	top 20%	Jun 9, 2018
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2	10	0	top 24%	May 12, 2018
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	2	0	top 27%	Apr 21, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 13 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 10.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in BZ 3 of 31 contests

Contests visited 23 5 of them more than once

First title May 27, 2017 Brew N Q (OPEN)

Opponents faced 282 finished ahead 626 times, behind 200

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

20193 milestones

Jan 19 25th tracked contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
May 11 Peak power rating (1680) BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia
Oct 12 Most recent contest Caput Mundi BBQ Competition

20182 milestones

Mar 24 First multi-meat day The War of Barbeque
Mar 24 First perfect 180 (Pork) The War of Barbeque

201711 milestones

Jan 14 First tracked contest W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 14 First call W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 14 First overall top-10 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.8512 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Apr 22 First overall podium Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
Apr 22 First Reserve Championship Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
May 27 First Grand Championship Brew N Q (OPEN)
May 27 Biggest field won (34 teams) Brew N Q (OPEN)
Jun 24 First category win (Brisket) Cook-in Camargue
Jun 24 Career-best overall score701.1772 Cook-in Camargue
Sep 22 10th tracked contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.9	Brew N Q (OPEN)	May 27, 2017
+15.1	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2017
+15	Cook-in Camargue	Jun 24, 2017
+13.5	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	Sep 22, 2017
+11.7	The War of Barbeque	Mar 24, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.9	The War of Barbeque	Jun 22, 2019
-4.2	Caput Mundi BBQ Competition	Oct 12, 2019
-4.2	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 2019
-2	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 21, 2018
-1.9	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 22, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2019	7	0	4	2	100%	top 38%	94.8%	92.3%
2018	13	1	11	4	100%	top 28%	96.7%	93.2%
2017	11	2	8	3	91%	top 25%	97.4%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 12, 2019	Caput Mundi BBQ Competition Rome	5 / 8 (649.0284)	4 (167.3712)	5 (157.7144)	2 (163.4172)	6 (160.5256)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	21 / 44 (648.3996)	4 (171.9656)	7 (169.6916)	—	24 (157.6568)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	11 / 19 (661.6456)	18 (159.3828)	12 (162.8800)	10 (168.5256)	2 (170.8572)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	3 / 23 (674.2628)	19 (163.4056)	14 (161.1428)	1 (178.2972)	3 (171.4172)
Mar 23, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia	9 / 25 (673.6688)	18 (166.2516)	2 (173.1888)	3 (171.4056)	18 (162.8228)
Mar 22, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia	2 / 20 (682.3204)	3 (172.5716)	10 (168.0344)	1 (176.0344)	7 (165.6800)
Jan 19, 2019	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	12 / 30 (665.0056)	14 (165.1084)	19 (162.2516)	10 (171.9656)	11 (165.6800)
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz	5 / 20 (673.0856)	5 (171.9772)	9 (161.6912)	7 (168)	1 (171.4172)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	5 / 48 (670.2740)	4 (171.4284)	11 (165.1428)	4 (171.4172)	18 (162.2856)
Jun 30, 2018	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	10 / 18 (665.0172)	17 (159.3944)	11 (166.8344)	5 (168.5372)	6 (170.2512)
Jun 9, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano	3 / 20 (679.9544)	6 (171.4172)	17 (162.8228)	4 (177.1772)	7 (168.5372)
Jun 8, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1) Milano	3 / 12 (675.3488)	9 (167.3828)	9 (159.9888)	1 (178.2972)	4 (169.6800)
May 26, 2018	Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent	9 / 34 (669.7260)	28 (162.2744)	19 (164.6288)	2 (176)	12 (166.8228)
May 25, 2018	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	11 / 24 (669.7144)	16 (165.1428)	8 (166.3088)	5 (174.2972)	19 (163.9656)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	11 / 51 (663.3488)	38 (159.3944)	10 (167.4288)	6 (173.1200)	19 (163.4056)
May 11, 2018	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt	10 / 37 (657.5656)	28 (159.3944)	10 (166.2744)	14 (163.9312)	9 (167.9656)
Apr 21, 2018	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	7 / 15 (665.6460)	13 (162.2744)	8 (163.9772)	5 (169.1200)	3 (170.2744)
Mar 24, 2018	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave	1 / 18 (696.5484)	4 (172.0228)	6 (167.9656)	1 (180)	1 (176.5600)
Feb 17, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee	6 / 17 (670.1484)	15 (164.5372)	12 (161.0856)	12 (166.8228)	2 (177.7028)
Jan 13, 2018	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	8 / 30 (662.8916)	25 (160.0228)	16 (161.1544)	2 (169.1428)	5 (172.5716)
Oct 14, 2017	Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya	3 / 40 (682.2624)	4 (174.2856)	33 (158.2740)	2 (176)	2 (173.7028)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	2 / 66 (682.3200)	1 (176.5600)	14 (166.3316)	11 (170.2972)	7 (169.1312)
Sep 16, 2017	Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode	11 / 25 (662.7656)	3 (171.4056)	21 (152.5372)	13 (163.9656)	2 (174.8572)
Sep 9, 2017	Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 Perugia	4 / 15 (671.3944)	4 (170.8456)	12 (154.8460)	5 (170.8456)	1 (174.8572)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	22 / 40 (661.6912)	18 (168.5600)	36 (156.5600)	31 (161.1084)	5 (175.4628)
Jul 1, 2017	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland	3 / 25 (661.0856)	18 (159.9772)	14 (160.5256)	4 (171.4056)	2 (169.1772)
Jun 24, 2017	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries	1 / 15 (701.1772)	5 (173.1772)	7 (171.9772)	2 (176.5828)	1 (179.4400)
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	1 / 34 (684.5488)	15 (168.5372)	2 (177.1772)	6 (171.4172)	10 (167.4172)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	24 / 26 (637.4512)	26 (158.7884)	13 (163.9544)	21 (161.0856)	25 (153.6228)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	2 / 28 (693.7144)	2 (178.2972)	6 (173.1200)	7 (173.7600)	12 (168.5372)
Jan 14, 2017	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	6 / 30 (671.8512)	9 (169.7028)	2 (174.2744)	12 (166.2284)	18 (161.6456)

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

BROS HOG

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 (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

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

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)