ROKER Q

ROKER Q is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 9 at the Columbia Valley Smoke Show (2024). They are ranked #4590 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,590

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1471

peak 1471 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 28, 2022

latest Sep 4, 2026 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#273

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 30 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

683.9316 / 720

Master · Columbia Valley Smoke Show

Perfect 180s

Current form

661.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.71 (+10.03)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Brisket · Small Town Smoke Down

Consistency

±34.55

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.75 · weakest Brisket (159.68)

Road miles

6,271

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 825 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

651.71 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 30 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 30 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

683.9316 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.9316 at Columbia Valley Smoke Show — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 1, 2024

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Mc Que It has finished one call ahead of ROKER Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 51%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

19–2 behind in the head-to-head

Kreiser Barbecue ahead in 90% of their meetings

Kreiser Barbecue has come out ahead in 19 of their 21 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.07 points below their pork, and turns into a call 12% of the time against 41%.

Brisket avg 159.68
Pork avg 167.75
3 calls in 26 entries

A strong matchup

15–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

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Pork nemesis

14 of 19 shared pork entries lost

SMOKIN' OUTLAWS ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' OUTLAWS has out-cooked them in 14 of 19 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOME COOKIN' BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 51% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 51% across 4 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

4 August contests
top 61% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,271 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,271 miles across 30 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 825 miles to ND BBQ Championship.

30 mapped stops
furthest 825 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Barbeque on the Bow Festival every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 14th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#273 (715 pts)	#223 (908 pts)	#245 (883 pts)	#219 (855 pts)	#301 (675 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#432 (461 pts)	#534 (386 pts)	#433 (561 pts)	#286 (806 pts)	#484 (416 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#342 (640 pts)	#325 (730 pts)	#356 (690 pts)	#248 (885 pts)	#410 (535 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#387 (515 pts)	#272 (840 pts)	#614 (350 pts)	#354 (600 pts)	#339 (640 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#644 (279 pts)	#493 (454 pts)	#596 (379 pts)	#560 (364 pts)	#763 (229 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to ROKER Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Onkel Felix BBQ

#4,604 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1471

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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SHO DAWG BBQ

#4,602 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1471

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before ROKER Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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BIG J'S SMOKEHOUSE

#4,600 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1471

Fewer contests behind them than ROKER Q has cooked, 18 to 30, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2017

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Lucky Q BBQ

#4,582 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1513

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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Que'd Up

#4,598 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before ROKER Q's first contest.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Jul 28, 2023

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CARNIVORE'S PARADISE

#4,596 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1524

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

rated over 45 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Kreiser Barbecue	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Fire BBQ	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Mark's Meats and Treats	17	15	2	88%	⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
Homestead Smoke Shack	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
HOME COOKIN' BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Q Cartel	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Panther BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Slam Dunk BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
EFFIN'EH GRAY'S	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Brisket Butts	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	8	1	3	175.4400	157.6800	166.86	top 53%
Pork Ribs	29	7	0	0	173.7028	149.6572	163.60	top 62%
Pork	27	11	0	3	176.5828	151.9656	167.75	top 46%
Brisket	26	3	0	1	177.7144	141.0628	159.68	top 68%

“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)	6	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 62%
Large (40+)	2	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AB	21	top 58%
SK	3	top 80%
ND	1	top 59%
BC	1	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Barbeque on the Bow Festival	4	14	top 41%	Sep 4, 2026
Small Town Smoke Down	4	8	top 42%	May 30, 2026
Didsbury Lions BBQ	4	7	top 62%	Jul 26, 2025
Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship	3	15	top 67%	May 23, 2026
The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2)	2	9	top 56%	Jul 25, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 10 contests

Contests a season 6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AB 23 of 30 contests · 4 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 15 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 29 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Opponents faced 242 finished ahead 287 times, behind 486

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

20262 milestones

May 23 25th tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
Sep 4 Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival

20242 milestones

May 25 10th tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
Jun 1 Career-best overall score683.9316 Columbia Valley Smoke Show

20234 milestones

Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9544 Small Town Smoke Down
Jun 3 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Small Town Smoke Down
Aug 5 First category win (Chicken) Didsbury Lions BBQ
Aug 5 First overall top-10 Didsbury Lions BBQ

20223 milestones

May 28 First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
May 28 First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
May 28 Peak power rating (1496) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	Columbia Valley Smoke Show	Jun 1, 2024
+7.9	Small Town Smoke Down	May 30, 2026
+6.8	Barbeque on the Bow Festival	Aug 31, 2024
+6.8	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Aug 5, 2023
+6.2	Barbeque on the Bow Festival	Sep 4, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15	Smoke, Wind & Fire	Jul 23, 2022
-12.1	Barbeque on the Bow	Sep 3, 2022
-10.1	Bean Town BBQ Cookoff	Oct 11, 2025
-8.6	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Aug 27, 2022
-7.2	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition	Jun 19, 2026

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)
2026	10	2	0	70%	top 58%	94.2%	91.8%
2025	5	0	0	40%	top 62%	93.3%	90.3%
2024	6	2	0	50%	top 51%	95%	92.6%
2023	5	1	1	80%	top 56%	92.9%	92.2%
2022	4	0	0	50%	top 87%	88.8%	82.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2026	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	14 / 33 (672.5028)	16 (169.6684)	9 (170.8572)	11 (172)	26 (159.9772)
Jul 25, 2026	The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) Didsbury, AB	9 / 18 (662.7660)	15 (161.6800)	10 (165.1544)	4 (170.8228)	10 (165.1088)
Jul 24, 2026	The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) Didsbury, AB	11 / 18 (653.6456)	6 (170.8684)	10 (165.1200)	13 (160.5372)	12 (157.1200)
Jun 19, 2026	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	21 / 24 (641.6112)	18 (164.5600)	21 (159.9884)	22 (151.9656)	13 (165.0972)
May 30, 2026	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	9 / 24 (678.1600)	5 (174.2628)	17 (167.3828)	6 (175.4056)	14 (161.1088)
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	15 / 23 (652.4228)	20 (160.5028)	22 (151.9428)	8 (174.2628)	11 (165.7144)
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB	—	7 (168.5256)	—	—	—
May 23, 2026	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB	—	—	8 (168.5256)	—	—
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	42 / 71 (665.0168)	22 (171.9656)	29 (169.1316)	31 (169.6912)	63 (154.2284)
May 1, 2026	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND	—	—	20 (164.5484)	—	—
Oct 11, 2025	Bean Town BBQ Cookoff Bow Island, AB	14 / 15 (629.6000)	14 (159.4056)	14 (158.8344)	13 (157.1084)	14 (154.2516)
Aug 30, 2025	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	14 / 38 (671.9428)	16 (169.7028)	14 (169.1200)	18 (169.1200)	18 (164)
Jul 26, 2025	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	20 / 32 (659.9084)	28 (159.9656)	7 (171.4516)	2 (176.5828)	32 (151.9084)
May 31, 2025	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	11 / 25 (161.1428)	21 (160.5256)	11 (170.8344)	11 (170.8228)	13 (165.7256)
May 24, 2025	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	25 / 34 (643.3488)	29 (157.6800)	23 (158.2516)	3 (174.2744)	31 (153.1428)
Sep 21, 2024	Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK	15 / 21 (658.2860)	16 (162.9260)	6 (173.7028)	4 (176)	20 (145.6572)
Aug 31, 2024	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	14 / 35 (675.3832)	16 (170.2628)	17 (168.5832)	16 (167.9772)	19 (168.5600)
Jul 27, 2024	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	17 / 28 (664.4684)	18 (164.5484)	11 (169.1316)	13 (167.9772)	20 (162.8112)
Jun 8, 2024	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	8 / 27 (166.8800)	12 (167.4056)	14 (163.9656)	7 (173.7256)	25 (155.9316)
Jun 1, 2024	Columbia Valley Smoke Show Invermere, BC	4 / 9 (683.9316)	2 (171.9884)	7 (168.5488)	4 (171.9772)	4 (171.4172)
May 25, 2024	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB	24 / 39 (651.3144)	18 (169.1200)	36 (153.1204)	11 (173.7028)	28 (155.3712)
Sep 23, 2023	Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK	21 / 26 (653.7256)	19 (165.7256)	23 (160)	16 (166.3428)	17 (161.6572)
Sep 16, 2023	Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB	17 / 29 (668.5032)	15 (169.1200)	23 (161.0972)	10 (170.8572)	13 (167.4288)
Sep 2, 2023	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	18 / 40 (662.8000)	3 (175.4056)	31 (162.2744)	25 (163.9656)	22 (161.1544)
Aug 5, 2023	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	7 / 17 (669.0856)	1 (175.4400)	14 (160.5488)	3 (174.2628)	11 (158.8340)
Jun 3, 2023	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB	13 / 23 (663.9544)	7 (173.7028)	21 (149.6572)	15 (162.8800)	2 (177.7144)
Sep 3, 2022	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	34 / 36 (629.0284)	27 (162.2628)	15 (165.6800)	24 (160.0228)	36 (141.0628)
Aug 27, 2022	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	16 / 19 (639.3032)	13 (160.5600)	12 (162.8344)	18 (153.6572)	12 (162.2516)
Jul 23, 2022	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	20 / 20 (493.0400)	11 (164.5372)	14 (160.5256)	6 (167.9772)	—
May 28, 2022	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	27 / 39 (623.3716)	6 (169.7372)	29 (153.6684)	28 (155.4288)	38 (144.5372)

ROKER Q

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 (12 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August 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)