WILLY'S Q SHACK

WILLY'S Q SHACK is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 21st of 31 at the 5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff (2013). They are ranked #5576 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,576

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1450

peak 1500 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Oct 5, 2018 · 5.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1062

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

643.9656 / 720

Master · New Holland Summer Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

624.31

last 5 Master vs avg 623.98 (+0.34)

Walk rate

24%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Chicken · New Holland Summer Fest

Consistency

±12.87

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.60 · weakest Brisket (148.90)

Road miles

827

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

623.98 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 57%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 57%

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.71 points below their pork, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 6%.

Brisket avg 148.90
Pork avg 159.60
1 call in 17 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of A 2 Z in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 16 shared pork entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 16 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.79% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.79% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.7% of a perfect score
17 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 28th

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1392 (180 pts)	#1209 (265 pts)	#1259 (250 pts)	#1489 (180 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1015 (345 pts)	#1737 (145 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1042 (315 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1374 (220 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1062 (289 pts)	#1323 (225 pts)	#1201 (260 pts)	#1017 (335 pts)	#1306 (225 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1179 (226 pts)	#1255 (221 pts)	#1154 (256 pts)	#795 (416 pts)	#1244 (221 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to WILLY'S Q SHACK, each with one reason worth a look.

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BOYMEETSGRILL

#5,584 of the rated field

1449 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1449

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 15, 2019

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HAMOUFLAGE

#5,562 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1450

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2019

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SWEET LIPS BBQ

#5,578 of the rated field

1449 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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Smokesdidier bbq

#5,570 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1450

Level with WILLY'S Q SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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WHISKEY SMOKERS

#5,577 of the rated field

1449 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1449

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jul 12, 2019

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SMOKIN WOLVES

#5,564 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before WILLY'S Q SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HAWG NATION BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GNOME BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
PIG PEN BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
WILBUR'S REVENGE	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
FLYING PORKERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
CAMP BACON BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	2	1	1	174.8800	129.0400	159.03	top 56%
Pork Ribs	17	0	0	0	164.5828	146.7884	156.44	top 60%
Pork	17	1	0	0	166.8228	146.8228	159.60	top 52%
Brisket	17	1	0	0	162.8572	135.3828	148.90	top 75%

“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
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 73%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)	6	28	top 61%	Aug 24, 2018
Keystone Classic Barbeque	3	28	top 66%	Oct 2, 2015
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2	33	top 80%	Oct 5, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 17 of 17 contests

Contests visited 9 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 313 finished ahead 309 times, behind 617

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

20181 milestone

Oct 5 Most recent contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

20163 milestones

Aug 26 First category win (Chicken) New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 26 Career-best overall score643.9656 New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 New Holland Summer Fest

20151 milestone

Oct 2 10th tracked contest Keystone Classic Barbeque

20133 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1500) New Holland Summer Fest
Oct 4 First call Keystone Classic Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.5	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 26, 2016
+4.1	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 28, 2015
+1.3	Que for the Troops	Jun 6, 2014
+0.6	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 2, 2015
+0.5	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 4, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	New Holland Summer Fest	Aug 22, 2014
-11.1	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 3, 2014
-8.9	Que for the Troops	Jun 5, 2015
-7.6	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	Oct 5, 2018
-6	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off	Sep 5, 2014

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	0	0%	top 78%	86.9%	86.1%
2017	3	0	33%	top 75%	88.2%	87.1%
2016	2	1	50%	top 56%	89.4%	88.9%
2015	3	0	0%	top 65%	88.8%	87.8%
2014	4	0	25%	top 77%	86.6%	84.6%
2013	3	0	33%	top 57%	86.9%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 5, 2018	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	38 / 42 (614.6740)	31 (158.2284)	37 (152.0344)	37 (151.9428)	39 (152.4684)
Aug 24, 2018	New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	46 / 71 (625.5196)	36 (159.9428)	55 (150.2400)	30 (158.8112)	35 (156.5256)
Oct 6, 2017	Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA	29 / 39 (635.3828)	34 (158.2972)	18 (160.5600)	26 (162.2628)	31 (154.2628)
Aug 25, 2017	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	50 / 69 (627.2232)	45 (158.2172)	34 (161.0972)	30 (161.0972)	61 (146.8116)
Jul 28, 2017	Smoke in the Grove (JUDGES FULL) Spring Grove, PA	40 / 51 (618.7656)	9 (169.7256)	18 (164.5372)	45 (146.8228)	50 (137.6800)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	33 / 47 (636.4688)	34 (162.2628)	22 (162.8460)	40 (154.2400)	30 (157.1200)
Aug 26, 2016	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	28 / 66 (643.9656)	1 (174.8800)	23 (164.5828)	49 (155.3828)	50 (149.1200)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	33 / 57 (639.4056)	23 (164.5828)	41 (155.9428)	17 (165.7144)	42 (153.1656)
Aug 28, 2015	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	33 / 70 (634.8112)	12 (169.7488)	31 (161.6684)	32 (158.8456)	57 (144.5484)
Jun 5, 2015	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	48 / 54 (621.6344)	13 (169.1200)	47 (151.9772)	26 (165.1544)	53 (135.3828)
Oct 3, 2014	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	48 / 53 (600.3656)	53 (129.0400)	18 (163.4288)	17 (165.1200)	47 (142.7768)
Sep 5, 2014	6th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-off York, PA	30 / 39 (622.1484)	38 (149.0628)	35 (147.9428)	19 (162.2856)	10 (162.8572)
Aug 22, 2014	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	63 / 70 (591.1996)	57 (150.2284)	60 (146.7884)	58 (149.6456)	56 (144.5372)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	33 / 65 (623.3144)	30 (159.4056)	53 (147.3944)	11 (165.1428)	38 (151.3716)
Oct 4, 2013	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	28 / 55 (622.1028)	32 (155.4056)	37 (151.9544)	5 (166.8228)	37 (147.9200)
Sep 6, 2013	5th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cookoff York, PA	21 / 31 (625.0060)	22 (154.2516)	15 (156.5716)	16 (161.0856)	22 (153.0972)
Aug 23, 2013	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	37 / 71 (625.5888)	32 (161.1200)	27 (159.9772)	17 (162.8800)	64 (141.6116)

WILLY'S Q SHACK

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

The metronome

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

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)