RACHEL SCHUETZ

A KCBS contest rep working 4 states/provinces, most often around Westland, MI. By events worked they sit #89 of the 152 reps in the data. First on the record in 2019, latest contest 2025-09-12.

At a glance (their career as a contest rep, in numbers)

Contests run

1 more on the calendar · 2 cancelled

Among all reps

#89

of 152 reps by events worked · #80 by states covered

On the trail

2019–2025

8 seasons in the data · 7 in a row

This season

contests dated 2026 · 3.3 a season career-long

States / provinces

7 towns · MI most of all

State championships

contests carrying a state title

Teams officiated

433

834 entries total · 3,690 meat boxes

Avg field

2150

teams per contest · median 32

Biggest event

All American BBQ Throwdown

Field strength

1582

avg power rating of their fields · above 65% of rated contests

GCs crowned

22 different teams · 22 reserve champions

First-ever titles

teams whose first GC anywhere came at one of theirs

Teams that started here

124

first contest in the data at one of theirs

Upsets seen

longest shot 14-in-100 — All American BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s seen

18 🔥

out of 3,690 meat entries

Highest score seen

711.9656

top overall · Smokin' for Garrett

Avg winning score (Master)

697.39

685.20711.97

22 Master contests · 692.85 across all contests

Avg winning score (Backyard)

551.97

346.24695.38

11 Backyard contests · 380.41 across all contests

Contests they return to

longest run 4 straight years at Bands & BBQ at the Point

Road between contests

5,086 mi

~636 miles a season · 358 mi corner to corner

Busiest month

May

7 of their 26 contests

Co-reps worked with

most often KENT SCHUETZ (28)

Prize money

$163.3K

across their events · biggest purse $10,000.00

Results on file

100%

25 of their contests have scores in the data

Storylines (11 found in this rep's record)

Read out of the contests they have run — reps don’t judge, so nothing here is a comment on anyone’s scores.

A familiar champion

3× titles at this rep’s contests

THE BBQ BUS has taken the Grand Championship at 3 of the contests this rep has run.

25 champions crowned in all
22 different teams

A long time on the trail

6.4 yrs between first and latest contest

They've been repping KCBS contests since 2019-04-26 — 26 contests across 8 seasons in the data.

26 contests
8 seasons
since 2019-04-26

Front row for greatness

18 perfect 180s handed in

18 perfect 180s have been scored at contests they've run — the first at Jim Beam BBQ Classic on 2019-10-04.

first at Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2019-10-04

The longest shot

14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100

At All American BBQ Throwdown, KEVLAR BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, iBQ'n, and took the Grand Championship anyway.

16 upsets at their contests
2020-08-07

Title contests

21 state championships run

81% of their contests carried a state title

21 of their 26 contests carried a state championship on the line.

A first Grand Championship

5 teams won their first title here

5 teams took the first Grand Championship of their careers at one of this rep's contests — most recently Full Belly BBQ at Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS).

Full Belly BBQ · 2025-05-09
Matty B · 2023-08-04
Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe · 2021-10-22

The big room

50 teams at their biggest contest

Their average field is 33 teams

All American BBQ Throwdown drew 50 teams — more than double the 33-team field they average.

The double act

28 contests run together

100% of this rep's events

KENT SCHUETZ and RACHEL SCHUETZ have run 28 contests together since 2019.

3 co-reps in all

The annual

6× editions of one contest

They have repped 6 editions of Bands & BBQ at the Point, 4 of them back to back.

2019 → 2026
4 straight years

Where teams start

124 teams cooked their first contest here

124 teams turned in their first box at a contest this rep was running — for that many teams, this is where the record starts.

Simplistic's BBQ Team · 2025-09-12
Kue 2 · 2025-09-12
Pappy D's · 2025-09-12

Every single season

7 seasons in a row, and counting

They have worked at least one contest in 7 consecutive seasons — an unbroken run through to the current one.

26 contests in all
since 2019-04-26

The story so far (28 numbers that describe this rep)

On the trail 6.4 yrs 2019-04-26 → 2025-09-12

Among all reps #89 of 152 reps by events worked · top 59%

Busiest season 2019 5 events · 169 team entries

Contests a season 3.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Seasons in a row 7 still running — 7 and counting

Their busiest month May 7 of their 26 contests fall in May

Works mostly in MI 10 of 26 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Towns worked 7 most often Westland, MI (10)

Corner to corner 358 mi Boonville to Westland — the two ends of their map

Road between contests 5,086 mi about 636 miles a season, contest to contest

Average field 33 834 team entries across their contests · median 32

Biggest event 50 teams All American BBQ Throwdown (2022-08-05)

Field strength 1582 average power rating of the fields they have run · above 65% of rated contests

Grand Champions crowned 25 22 different teams

First-ever titles 5 teams whose first Grand Championship anywhere came at one of their contests

Teams that started here 124 cooked their first contest in the data at one of theirs

Upsets on the books 16 longest shot 14-in-100 — KEVLAR BBQ

Average winning score 697.39 Master series, 22 contests · 692.85 across all contests

Highest score seen 711.9656 Smokin' for Garrett (2023-10-06)

Perfect 180s seen 18 first at Jim Beam BBQ Classic (2019-10-04)

Meat entries turned in 3,690 boxes on the boards across every contest they have run

State championships 21 contests carrying a state title

Teams officiated 433 834 entries in all

Contests they return to 5 longest run 4 straight years at Bands & BBQ at the Point

Co-reps worked with 3 most often KENT SCHUETZ (28 events)

Prize money on the line $163,280 summed from the purses listed at their events

Results on file 100% 25 of 25 contests they have run have scored results

Still to come 1 events on the calendar ahead

Milestones (the firsts and the round numbers of a rep's career)

2019
Apr 26 First contest repped Smokin For Garrett
Apr 26 First state championship Smokin For Garrett
Apr 26 First Grand Champion crowned Smokin For Garrett
May 3 First contest outside IN Route 66 Smoke Out
May 3 Carrol Lou's Smokehouse won their first-ever Grand Championship Route 66 Smoke Out
Aug 2 First 40-team field Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown
Oct 4 First perfect 180 at their tables Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2020
Aug 7 Biggest upset seen (14-in-100 shot) All American BBQ Throwdown
2021
Sep 10 10th contest repped Bands & BBQ at the Point
2022
Aug 5 Biggest field worked (50 teams) All American BBQ Throwdown
2023
Aug 4 Back on the trail after 11 months All American BBQ Throwdown
Oct 6 Highest overall score seen (711.9656) Smokin' for Garrett
2024
May 10 Deepest field worked (1642 avg rating) Derby Park Que Off
2025
Sep 12 25th contest repped Bands and BBQ at the Point
Sep 12 Most recent contest Bands and BBQ at the Point
2026
Sep 11 Next on the calendar Bands & BBQ at the Point

Season by season (how many contests a season, and how many carried a state title)

The climb (every contest they have run, added up)

Their year (contests by month)

Where they work

Field size by season (average and biggest)

Field strength by season (avg power rating going in)

What it took to win (Master winning scores)

How the meats scored (board average vs the winning call)

Who keeps winning (titles at their contests)

Career map (gold = state championship · bigger pin = more visits — tap one)

Every season (click a column to sort)

Season	Contests	States	Entries	Teams	Avg field	Biggest	State champ.	180s	Purse
2026	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	$9,000
2025	3	2	76	73	25	29	2	5	$15,700
2024	3	2	78	82	26	31	2	4	$20,000
2023	4	3	140	128	35	44	3	4	$24,800
2022	4	3	157	126	39	50	3	2	$25,000
2021	4	4	131	150	33	44	4	1	$24,500
2020	2	2	83	105	42	42	1	1	$13,780
2019	5	4	169	173	34	42	5	1	$30,500

Champions crowned (titles at their contests)

Team	Titles	Latest
THE BBQ BUS	3	2024-05-03
QUE U	2	2022-05-06
BrewsCue	1	2025-09-12
iBQ'n	1	2025-05-09
Full Belly BBQ	1	2025-05-09
WeQ4U	1	2024-09-13
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	1	2024-05-10
Local Yokels	1	2023-10-06
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	1	2023-09-08
Piggin' Whiskey	1	2023-08-04
Matty B	1	2023-08-04
SMOKE-N-PEPPERS	1	2022-09-09

First-ever Grand Championships (a team's first title anywhere, won here)

Team	Contest	Date
Full Belly BBQ	Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)	2025-05-09
Matty B	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)	2023-08-04
Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe	Smokin' For Garrett	2021-10-22
KEVLAR BBQ	All American BBQ Throwdown	2020-08-07
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	Route 66 Smoke Out	2019-05-03

Contests they keep coming back to

Contest	Editions	Run	Years
Bands & BBQ at the Point	6	4 straight	2019–2026
All American BBQ Throwdown	5	4 straight	2020–2023
Route 66 Smoke Out	3	2 straight	2019–2022
Smokin' For Garrett	3	3 straight	2019–2021
Smoke in the Mitten	2	—	2025–2025

Where they work (contests by state/province)

State / province	Contests	Share
MI reps here	10	38%
KY reps here	9	35%
IL reps here	4	15%
IN reps here	3	12%

Towns on their map

Town	Contests	Latest
Westland, MI	10	2025-05-09
Carrollton, KY	7	2026-09-11
Dwight, IL	3	2022-05-06
Boonville, IN	3	2021-10-22
Louisville, KY	1	2024-05-10
Mt. Carmel, IL	1	2023-10-06
Springfield, KY	1	2019-10-04

Upsets at their contests (champion rated below the field's top seed)

Contest	Champion	Top seed	Odds
All American BBQ Throwdown	KEVLAR BBQ 1609	iBQ'n 1929	14-in-100
Route 66 Smoke Out	Carrol Lou's Smokehouse 1671	One2BBQ 1916	20-in-100
Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown	BAD HABIT BBQ 1661	iBQ'n 1895	21-in-100
Smokin For Garrett	QUE U 1717	One2BBQ 1944	21-in-100
Bands & BBQ at the Point	HIGH ON THE HAWG 1703	One2BBQ 1919	22-in-100
Bands & BBQ at the Point	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 1724	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 1934	23-in-100
Bands and BBQ at the Point	BrewsCue 1651	BLUE CHIP BBQ 1843	25-in-100
Bands & BBQ at the Point	SMOKE-N-PEPPERS 1731	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 1922	25-in-100

The boards at their contests (every meat entry they have run)

Meat	Entries	Board avg	Winning avg	180s
Chicken	914	165.10	176.28	5
Pork Ribs	1,023	163.69	176.42	2
Pork	913	164.44	176.94	8
Brisket	840	162.72	175.98	3

Frequent co-reps

Rep	Events together	Share
KENT SCHUETZ	28	100%
DAVE DRUETZLER	1	4%
CAROLYN WELLS	1	4%

Teams that cook under them most

Team	Contests	Wins	Since
WeQ4U	13	1	2019
iBQ'n	11	1	2019
Shiggin aint easy	11	—	2020
THE BBQ BUS	10	3	2019
BLUE CHIP BBQ	10	1	2019
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	10	—	2019
BooyaQ	9	—	2019
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	9	—	2019
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY	9	—	2019
B&R SMOKE	8	—	2019
SmokinGhost BBQ	8	—	2019
THUNDER HOG BBQ	8	—	2019

Teams whose first contest was one of theirs

Team	Debut contest	Date
Simplistic's BBQ Team	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
Kue 2	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
Pappy D's	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
Jack'd Up BBQ	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
Kentucky Kyle BBQ	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
In Da' Pig House BBQ	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
The Priceless Pitmasters	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
Pitmaster's Privilege	Bands and BBQ at the Point	2025-09-12
On The Brink Barbecue	Smoke in the Mitten	2025-05-09
River Rat Smokers	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2024-09-13
Uncle Coot's BBQ	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2024-09-13
Easy E and the Clubhouse Smokers	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2024-09-13

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

Date	Event	Where	Teams	Top score	Prize $	Grand Champion
2026-09-11	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ. upcoming	Carrollton, KY	—	—	$9,000.00	—
2025-09-12	Bands and BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	29	697.0628	$9,000.00	BrewsCue
2025-05-09	Smoke in the Mitten state champ.	Westland, MI	26	700.5256	$6,100.00	iBQ'n
2025-05-09	Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Westland, MI	21	180.0000	$600.00	Full Belly BBQ
2024-09-13	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	31	699.3828	$9,000.00	WeQ4U
2024-05-10	Derby Park Que Off	Louisville, KY	21	701.6456	$5,000.00	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ
2024-05-03	Route 66 Smokeout state champ. cancelled	Dwight, IL	—	—	—	—
2024-05-03	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition state champ.	Westland, MI	26	694.8000	$6,000.00	The BBQ Bus
2023-10-06	Smokin' for Garrett state champ.	Mt. Carmel, IL	26	711.9656	$7,500.00	Local Yokels
2023-09-08	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	33	700.6060	$8,800.00	Hold Your Horses BBQ
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown state champ.	Westland, MI	44	698.8460	$8,500.00	Piggin' Whiskey
2023-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Westland, MI	37	178.8572	—	Matty B
2022-09-09	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	32	698.8460	$9,000.00	Smoke-N-Peppers
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown state champ.	Westland, MI	50	697.6572	$8,500.00	The Bbq Bus
2022-08-05	All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs	Westland, MI	42	178.8800	$1,500.00	SmokinGhostBBQ
2022-05-06	Route 66 Smoke Out state champ.	Dwight, IL	33	702.8000	$6,000.00	Que U
2021-10-22	Smokin' For Garrett state champ.	Boonville, IN	27	692.5028	$8,500.00	Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe
2021-10-01	Jim Beam BBQ Classic state champ. cancelled	Springfield, KY	—	—	$5,000.00	—
2021-09-10	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	28	694.8228	$9,000.00	High on the Hawg - TN
2021-08-06	All American BBQ Throwdown state champ.	Westland, MI	32	690.2400	$7,000.00	Aww Hell
2021-05-01	Route 66 Smoke Out state champ.	Dwight, IL	44	703.4172	—	The BBQ Bus
2020-10-23	Smokin For Garrett	Boonville, IN	41	692.5256	$7,280.00	Que U
2020-08-07	All American BBQ Throwdown state champ.	Westland, MI	42	685.2000	$6,500.00	Kevlar BBQ
2019-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic state champ.	Springfield, KY	42	701.6572	$10,000.00	One2BBQ
2019-09-13	Bands & BBQ at the Point state champ.	Carrollton, KY	28	697.0744	$9,000.00	Blue Chip BBQ
2019-08-02	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown state champ.	Westland, MI	40	687.3944	$6,500.00	Bad Habit BBQ
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out state champ.	Dwight, IL	33	693.6916	—	Carrol Lou's Smokehouse
2019-04-26	Smokin For Garrett state champ.	Boonville, IN	26	699.9428	$5,000.00	Scuffletown Smokers