G-QUE KY

G-QUE KY is a competition barbecue team with 43 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 37 at the Grilling & Chillin BBQ (2018). They are ranked #2121 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,121

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1534

peak 1544 · rated over 41 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Sep 17, 2021 · 8.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#525

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 43 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6340 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.96 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.78 (+1.17)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ

Consistency

±15.35

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.04 · weakest Pork (165.09)

Road miles

4,845

across 43 mapped stops · furthest 187 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Purse competed for

$36K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.78 / 720

41 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 27 of 43 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.6340 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6340 at Smokin' At The Market — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 3, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of G-QUE KY 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 38%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 38%

A tough matchup

18–4 behind in the head-to-head

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 82% of their meetings

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

13–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG G BBQ in 13 of their 17 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has out-cooked them in 14 of 22 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

South Pork has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 40% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 40% across 9 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

9 September contests
top 56% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,845 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,845 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 187 miles to Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel.

43 mapped stops
furthest 187 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked High on the Hog Festival every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2021 ↗	Master	#818 (156 pts)	#861 (161 pts)	#912 (151 pts)	#866 (151 pts)	#890 (141 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#790 (373 pts)	#968 (293 pts)	#898 (343 pts)	#788 (408 pts)	#500 (668 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#707 (473 pts)	#803 (423 pts)	#485 (768 pts)	#783 (448 pts)	#702 (513 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#651 (590 pts)	#447 (865 pts)	#627 (650 pts)	#795 (505 pts)	#506 (780 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#767 (487 pts)	#685 (587 pts)	#845 (462 pts)	#502 (807 pts)	#733 (532 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#579 (635 pts)	#471 (830 pts)	#429 (875 pts)	#743 (505 pts)	#475 (795 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#525 (729 pts)	#403 (929 pts)	#626 (609 pts)	#690 (549 pts)	#472 (794 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1049 (273 pts)	#740 (443 pts)	#1056 (293 pts)	#977 (323 pts)	#961 (318 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to G-QUE KY, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SWEET SMOKE BBQ

#2,123 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1603

3–9 in 12 shared contests (25% to G-QUE KY)

These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — SWEET SMOKE BBQ ahead 9–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 61 contests
last seen May 24, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

THE HOG MAFIA

#2,119 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1553

Fewer contests behind them than G-QUE KY has cooked, 30 to 43, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2023

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BANJOMAN'S BBQ

#2,129 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1545

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 18% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen May 13, 2022

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REDNECK BBQ

#2,135 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1541

Level with G-QUE KY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Dec 27, 2019

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MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING

#2,118 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1558

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before G-QUE KY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 21 contests

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2 ROLLING BONES

#2,133 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1556

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before G-QUE KY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	21	7	14	33%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	17	13	4	76%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	43	11	0	3	177.7144	155.3944	168.04	top 49%
Pork Ribs	43	9	1	3	176.5600	147.9428	165.37	top 54%
Pork	43	9	0	0	177.7144	151.9084	165.09	top 60%
Brisket	41	13	0	3	177.7028	154.2400	167.32	top 47%

“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)	2	top 54%
Medium (20–39)	23	top 60%
Large (40+)	18	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	20	top 63%
KY	16	top 56%
MS	4	top 40%
AL	2	top 37%
GA	1	top 33%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	4	6	top 41%	Apr 21, 2017
Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival	3	17	top 68%	Jun 15, 2018
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)	2	7	top 67%	Jun 11, 2021
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	14	top 61%	Oct 18, 2019
Grilling & Chillin BBQ	2	5	top 26%	Sep 21, 2018
Hog Wild BBQ Festival	2	7	top 30%	Sep 29, 2016
Smokin' In McMinnville	2	28	top 82%	Aug 12, 2016
Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	2	21	top 79%	Jun 6, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 5.4 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 20 of 43 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 32 8 of them more than once

Opponents faced 701 finished ahead 820 times, behind 953

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Oct 18, 2019 → Mar 19, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Sep 17 Most recent contest Grillin and Chillin BBQ

20192 milestones

Jun 7 First category win (Pork Ribs) The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1544) Grillin & Chillin BBQ

20171 milestone

Apr 7 25th tracked contest First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)

20161 milestone

Jun 3 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ

20143 milestones

Apr 18 First overall top-10 High on the Hog Festival
Sep 26 10th tracked contest Grillin N Chillin BBQ
Oct 3 Career-best overall score693.6340 Smokin' At The Market

20133 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 21 First call Queen City Cook-Off
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5712 Queen City Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 18, 2014
+15.7	Grilling & Chillin BBQ	Sep 21, 2018
+14.8	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	Sep 11, 2015
+11.1	Grillin & Chillin BBQ	Sep 20, 2019
+8.8	Hog Wild BBQ Festival	Oct 1, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 10, 2013
-9.6	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	Jun 6, 2014
-8.2	Smokin' In McMinnville	Aug 12, 2016
-8	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	May 24, 2014
-7.8	Queen City Cook-Off	Jun 21, 2013

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)
2021	3	0	0	33%	top 76%	92.2%	84.3%
2019	5	2	1	80%	top 55%	94.7%	92.6%
2018	5	1	0	60%	top 53%	94.1%	92.3%
2017	7	0	0	71%	top 53%	93.7%	93.2%
2016	6	1	0	67%	top 64%	95.1%	93%
2015	6	2	0	83%	top 38%	96.1%	94.1%
2014	7	1	0	57%	top 53%	96.3%	92.3%
2013	4	0	0	25%	top 74%	91.2%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 17, 2021	Grillin and Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY	17 / 31 (663.8396)	16 (166.8228)	19 (164.5600)	18 (167.3712)	20 (165.0856)
Jun 11, 2021	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	19 / 20 (499.8624)	13 (162.2284)	10 (167.9656)	6 (169.6684)	—
Mar 19, 2021	Smoke on The Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN	44 / 57 (656.4460)	47 (159.9544)	24 (170.2856)	38 (164.5488)	49 (161.6572)
Oct 18, 2019	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY	23 / 31 (668.4344)	19 (167.3944)	29 (157.0972)	17 (168.5372)	5 (175.4056)
Sep 20, 2019	Grillin & Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY	8 / 34 (682.1824)	23 (163.9656)	15 (167.9540)	8 (172.5600)	2 (177.7028)
Jun 7, 2019	The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN	7 / 18 (498.7772)	16 (155.3944)	1 (172.5600)	5 (170.8228)	—
Apr 5, 2019	Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off 🏅 Franklin, KY	17 / 28 (663.8856)	20 (164.5600)	12 (168.5372)	16 (166.2628)	19 (164.5256)
Mar 8, 2019	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Nashville, TN	51 / 67 (652.9828)	52 (162.8000)	55 (159.3716)	65 (155.4056)	9 (175.4056)
Oct 19, 2018	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	14 / 29 (668.4572)	18 (167.3944)	4 (173.1428)	19 (163.9772)	17 (163.9428)
Sep 21, 2018	Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	5 / 37 (677.6000)	15 (165.0972)	5 (169.6684)	5 (170.8572)	5 (171.9772)
Jun 15, 2018	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	25 / 34 (660.4344)	16 (170.8344)	32 (158.8344)	30 (160.5028)	14 (170.2628)
May 18, 2018	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN	31 / 43 (650.0916)	34 (160.5144)	2 (175.4172)	40 (155.3600)	30 (158.8000)
Mar 9, 2018	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	52 / 87 (664.4344)	43 (168.5372)	49 (164.5372)	50 (166.8228)	50 (164.5372)
Sep 22, 2017	Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	16 / 42 (667.9432)	28 (160.5372)	13 (167.3944)	17 (168)	8 (172.0116)
Aug 25, 2017	Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN	22 / 40 (671.3256)	7 (173.7028)	17 (168.5600)	36 (160.5372)	19 (168.5256)
Jun 16, 2017	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	17 / 31 (665.0172)	11 (170.2744)	20 (163.9428)	23 (160.5372)	10 (170.2628)
May 19, 2017	Southern Smoke BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	13 / 19 (672.4572)	10 (170.8228)	17 (162.8000)	14 (163.9772)	6 (174.8572)
Apr 21, 2017	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	23 / 41 (674.1600)	17 (171.9772)	16 (169.6800)	28 (165.6800)	27 (166.8228)
Apr 7, 2017	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	21 / 40 (674.7772)	6 (173.1200)	17 (170.2972)	34 (161.6456)	16 (169.7144)
Mar 10, 2017	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	28 / 62 (670.8228)	13 (173.7144)	30 (166.8572)	51 (160.5256)	21 (169.7256)
Sep 29, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	9 / 28 (684.5144)	14 (169.6916)	12 (171.4056)	7 (171.9772)	11 (171.4400)
Sep 16, 2016	Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition Nebo, KY	16 / 20 (659.9428)	18 (157.6800)	17 (160)	8 (171.4172)	11 (170.8456)
Aug 12, 2016	Smokin' In McMinnville McMinnville, TN	28 / 32 (661.0740)	17 (170.8572)	27 (161.7028)	22 (167.9540)	27 (160.5600)
Jun 17, 2016	Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY	24 / 32 (661.5996)	28 (163.4056)	20 (165.6800)	18 (167.3828)	18 (165.1312)
Jun 3, 2016	Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN	21 / 39 (677.0632)	7 (174.2744)	36 (155.9544)	4 (177.7144)	20 (169.1200)
Apr 15, 2016	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	32 / 56 (671.3256)	21 (171.4172)	30 (166.8572)	10 (173.1200)	51 (159.9312)
Dec 4, 2015	Calhoun KOA's Smokin Up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	13 / 39 (675.3944)	25 (165.7256)	4 (176)	31 (161.6688)	9 (172)
Oct 1, 2015	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	7 / 25 (685.0744)	3 (177.7144)	7 (173.1544)	18 (163.9428)	2 (170.2628)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	6 / 55 (692)	25 (167.9772)	2 (176.5600)	7 (173.7372)	9 (173.7256)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	28 / 37 (666.1712)	2 (177.7028)	37 (160.5144)	22 (168.5600)	29 (159.3940)
Apr 17, 2015	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	24 / 59 (680.5260)	7 (175.4400)	42 (163.3944)	38 (166.2744)	10 (175.4172)
Mar 13, 2015	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	36 / 94 (665.5196)	25 (170.8112)	11 (173.1200)	61 (162.2400)	58 (159.3484)
Oct 3, 2014	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	11 / 29 (693.6340)	19 (171.4056)	10 (174.2744)	17 (172.5484)	8 (175.4056)
Sep 26, 2014	Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY	17 / 43 (668.4796)	8 (173.7028)	25 (162.8456)	23 (167.9656)	23 (163.9656)
Jun 20, 2014	Barbourville BBQ Festival Barbourville, KY	14 / 27 (671.3256)	6 (173.7144)	16 (167.9656)	23 (161.6684)	12 (167.9772)
Jun 6, 2014	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	30 / 34 (629.5656)	17 (170.8228)	32 (147.9428)	29 (156.5600)	33 (154.2400)
May 24, 2014	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	34 / 41 (658.1484)	31 (165.0856)	17 (170.8572)	37 (159.9428)	29 (162.2628)
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	6 / 62 (688.5028)	2 (177.7144)	41 (162.8228)	17 (170.2628)	3 (177.7028)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	60 / 95 (643.2340)	59 (162.2284)	50 (161.0972)	89 (151.9084)	30 (168)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	51 / 80 (643.8744)	37 (165.0856)	70 (150.2516)	54 (160.5484)	20 (167.9888)
Jun 21, 2013	Queen City Cook-Off Clarksville, TN	31 / 39 (656.5712)	4 (174.2858)	33 (159.4284)	31 (163.4284)	34 (159.4286)
Jun 7, 2013	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	21 / 30 (625.1426)	21 (155.4286)	16 (161.7144)	19 (151.9998)	22 (155.9998)
May 10, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN	24 / 29 (633.1420)	20 (163.9998)	27 (147.9998)	16 (162.2854)	19 (158.8570)

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

G-QUE KY

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 (11 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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)