THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT

THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 65 at the VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) (2014). They are ranked #1478 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,478

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1566

peak 1596 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013

latest Sep 29, 2022 · 9.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#820

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

687.4628 / 720

Master · VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.08 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 663.59 (-5.51)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Pork Ribs · VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)

Consistency

±11.41

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.36 · weakest Brisket (163.87)

Road miles

1,465

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 194 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$137K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.59 / 720

29 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

687.4628 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.4628 at VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 25, 2014

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 27%

A tough matchup

15–3 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.49 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 34%.

Brisket avg 163.87
Pork Ribs avg 168.36
4 calls in 29 entries

A strong matchup

12–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (Sep 16, 2021).

last seen Sep 12, 2019
back Sep 16, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

14 of 18 shared pork ribs entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 18 shared pork ribs entries.

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An October team

Top 20% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 20% across 4 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 41% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
29 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	#851 (417 pts)	#1004 (352 pts)	#564 (742 pts)	#907 (427 pts)	#730 (537 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#820 (415 pts)	#1255 (250 pts)	#637 (600 pts)	#946 (375 pts)	#1010 (325 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#955 (301 pts)	#861 (376 pts)	#883 (361 pts)	#1716 (136 pts)	#1302 (206 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

PORKY'S PIT CREW

#1,479 of the rated field

1566 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1571

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

PIGTAILERS BBQ

#1,473 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1582

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen May 12, 2023

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E.O.D. WRECKINQ

#1,480 of the rated field

1566 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1576

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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HOGTOWN BARBECUE

#1,476 of the rated field

1566 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1566

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 43 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 43 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2020

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COMING IN HOT STL

#1,477 of the rated field

1566 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1583

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2024

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SmoQued On Main St

#1,474 of the rated field

1567 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1573

They turned up 9 years after THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRT ROAD BBQ	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
DUSTY ROADS BBQ	15	12	3	80%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
S&S BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	3	0	0	177.7372	158.8000	166.09	top 48%
Pork Ribs	29	10	2	5	177.7372	156.5712	168.36	top 35%
Pork	29	4	0	0	177.1428	154.8228	165.27	top 47%
Brisket	29	4	0	0	173.1084	149.6800	163.87	top 45%

“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 79%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 45%
Large (40+)	20	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	15	0	top 42%
MO	14	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2	199	top 61%	Sep 29, 2022
Racing for the BBQ	2	23	top 42%	Jul 27, 2018
Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	2	8	top 37%	Jun 11, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 15 of 29 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 26 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 2,259 finished ahead 3,220 times, behind 2,228

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021

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

20221 milestone

Sep 29 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

20191 milestone

Apr 12 25th tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

20181 milestone

Jul 27 Peak power rating (1596) Racing for the BBQ

20151 milestone

May 1 10th tracked contest Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff

20144 milestones

Apr 25 First category win (Pork Ribs) VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
Apr 25 First overall podium VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
Apr 25 Career-best overall score687.4628 VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
Apr 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)

20134 milestones

Apr 26 First tracked contest Smokin' In The Creek
Jun 7 First call Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5708 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013
+14.5	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Apr 25, 2014
+11.4	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout	Jun 7, 2013
+11	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
+7.6	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Jul 17, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.6	Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days	Sep 7, 2018
-8.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
-5.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
-4.7	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	Aug 19, 2016
-3.8	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	Sep 12, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	89.1%	89.1%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 43%	92.5%	92.5%
2019	3	0	0	0%	top 47%	92.4%	91.8%
2018	4	0	0	75%	top 53%	93.2%	91.3%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 38%	92.9%	92.9%
2016	6	0	0	50%	top 50%	92.9%	92.2%
2015	4	1	1	50%	top 34%	94.1%	92.9%
2014	5	2	1	80%	top 28%	95.5%	93%
2013	4	2	0	75%	top 27%	94.8%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	401 / 505 (641.6116)	336 (163.9772)	232 (167.4628)	424 (157.6684)	445 (152.5032)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	199 / 467 (666.2288)	144 (169.7144)	66 (173.7144)	58 (173.1200)	408 (149.6800)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	193 / 468 (665.6228)	96 (171.4400)	297 (162.8000)	167 (168.5256)	247 (162.8572)
Jun 7, 2019	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS	21 / 46 (663.3260)	13 (172.5484)	24 (169.1316)	32 (161.6800)	29 (159.9660)
Apr 12, 2019	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO	29 / 54 (653.6344)	41 (159.3828)	35 (162.2628)	37 (161.1316)	14 (170.8572)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	274 / 467 (654.2512)	50 (174.2972)	121 (170.2972)	392 (154.8228)	369 (154.8340)
Sep 7, 2018	Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days Butler, MO	15 / 19 (642.1256)	17 (159.3944)	16 (160.5600)	9 (167.3828)	15 (154.7884)
Jul 27, 2018	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	23 / 66 (662.1712)	39 (161.1200)	9 (170.8456)	19 (168.5256)	25 (161.6800)
May 18, 2018	23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	14 / 37 (671.2916)	18 (170.8228)	25 (163.3944)	18 (165.0972)	4 (171.9772)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	154 / 407 (668.5488)	96 (172)	205 (165.1200)	123 (169.6800)	242 (161.7488)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	184 / 557 (666.1368)	183 (167.9884)	68 (172.5600)	412 (159.3484)	203 (166.2400)
Aug 19, 2016	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	24 / 33 (661.5888)	30 (158.8116)	20 (166.8228)	20 (166.2516)	13 (169.7028)
Jul 29, 2016	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	27 / 54 (669.0056)	18 (171.4056)	3 (177.1544)	51 (156.4912)	30 (163.9544)
Jun 11, 2016	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	17 / 29 (669.0172)	22 (163.3712)	4 (173.7144)	12 (169.6916)	20 (162.2400)
May 13, 2016	21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	18 / 51 (661.0052)	38 (162.2168)	23 (162.8572)	22 (165.6684)	13 (170.2628)
May 6, 2016	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS	15 / 30 (656.4116)	22 (158.8000)	8 (169.1316)	18 (162.2284)	7 (166.2516)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	195 / 606 (664.5372)	287 (164.5372)	378 (161.1428)	123 (169.7372)	147 (169.1200)
Aug 14, 2015	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	34 / 67 (658.6856)	20 (168.5600)	50 (157.0744)	38 (163.3828)	18 (169.6684)
Jul 17, 2015	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	13 / 48 (673.6804)	36 (162.2860)	1 (176.5944)	24 (166.2400)	16 (168.5600)
May 1, 2015	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS	9 / 33 (677.6116)	8 (169.6800)	13 (170.2744)	9 (170.8228)	14 (166.8344)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	77 / 552 (677.0740)	321 (163.4056)	286 (163.4172)	10 (177.1428)	52 (173.1084)
Sep 26, 2014	Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO	10 / 37 (675.8856)	24 (164.5256)	4 (175.4172)	14 (166.8228)	10 (169.1200)
Jun 21, 2014	Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO	19 / 35 (644.3768)	27 (158.8228)	11 (165.0856)	22 (162.8228)	19 (157.6456)
May 24, 2014	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	33 / 87 (661.6116)	60 (161.1200)	8 (173.1544)	48 (162.2400)	35 (165.0972)
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Overland Park, KS	3 / 65 (687.4628)	17 (167.4284)	1 (177.7372)	4 (173.1428)	9 (169.1544)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	8 / 535 (682.2744)	5 (177.7372)	15 (174.8572)	80 (169.1428)	227 (160.5372)
Jul 19, 2013	Smokin' on the River Glasgow, MO	11 / 36 (666.1600)	6 (171.4400)	3 (171.9772)	27 (155.9200)	11 (166.8228)
Jun 7, 2013	Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS	8 / 49 (660.5708)	25 (163.9998)	3 (171.4284)	16 (166.2856)	28 (158.8570)
Apr 26, 2013	Smokin' In The Creek Sugar Creek, MO	24 / 41 (642.2856)	12 (165.7144)	29 (156.5712)	22 (161.7142)	28 (158.2858)

THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

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, 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)