QUISINE

QUISINE is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 112 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2014). They are ranked #2796 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,796

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1528 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Sep 27, 2019 · 6.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#939

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

775.1536 / 900

Master · Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.15 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 638.30 (-7.16)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.6172

Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±53.87

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.68)

Road miles

918

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

638.30 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Master (5-meat) avg

775.15 / 900

1 Master (5-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Master (5-meat) out of 900), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SKUNK RIVER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SKUNK RIVER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.24 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 38%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.68
Pork avg 167.92
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Evening Wood in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (Sep 21, 2018).

last seen Sep 26, 2014
back Sep 21, 2018

Pork nemesis

3 of 4 shared pork entries lost

SKUNK RIVER BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SKUNK RIVER BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WHITE SMOKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±7.05% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.05% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 88.3% of a perfect score
best 94.6%

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A September team

Top 35% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 35% across 4 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 47% the rest of the year

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1394 (160 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#981 (295 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1808 (90 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1950 (70 pts)	#1901 (85 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#939 (340 pts)	#937 (380 pts)	#1275 (240 pts)	#901 (405 pts)	#866 (395 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1413 (162 pts)	#1608 (147 pts)	#1430 (182 pts)	#921 (347 pts)	#1208 (232 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

SQUEAL OF APPROVAL

#2,791 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1558

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to QUISINE)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — QUISINE ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

Hackers-n-Hogs

#2,812 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 17, 2017

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ROUTE 66 CATERING CREW

#2,790 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1519

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jan 27, 2017

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Mid-West Coatings

#2,784 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1512

They turned up 6 years after QUISINE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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THIN BLUE QUE

#2,786 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 26, 2023

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IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY

#2,811 of the rated field

1511 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1525

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Evening Wood	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SKY BLUE THIGHS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	175.4400	144.5144	163.48	top 47%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	170.2628	153.6916	161.68	top 51%
Pork	8	3	1	176.6172	145.6568	167.92	top 30%
Brisket	7	2	0	172.5716	152.5028	162.99	top 44%

“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)	1	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	7	0	top 47%
MO	1	0	top 50%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	3	5	0	top 41%	Sep 27, 2019
Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	2	23	0	top 70%	Jul 25, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 362 finished ahead 369 times, behind 245

Longest layoff 4 yrs Sep 26, 2014 → Sep 21, 2018

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

20192 milestones

May 31 Peak power rating (1528) Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)
Sep 27 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20141 milestone

Sep 26 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20135 milestones

Jul 26 First tracked contest Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 26 First call Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 26 Career-best overall score775.1536 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2172 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Pork)176.6172 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 26, 2014
+10.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
+9.9	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	Sep 21, 2018
+2.3	Sertoma 48 BBQ	May 9, 2014
+0.6	Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)	May 31, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.5	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2019
-7.4	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	Jul 25, 2014
-3	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off	Jul 26, 2013

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	50%	top 75%	90.1%	80.5%
2018	1	0	0%	top 18%	93.2%	93.2%
2014	3	1	33%	top 42%	94.6%	91.5%
2013	2	0	100%	top 42%	92%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	101 / 102 (509.6684)	26 (170.2856)	50 (162.8228)	4 (176.5600)	—
May 31, 2019	Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO	28 / 56 (649.0512)	17 (169.7028)	42 (153.6916)	20 (166.2512)	29 (159.4056)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	19 / 107 (670.7768)	51 (164.5484)	23 (170.2628)	20 (170.8456)	40 (165.1200)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	5 / 112 (681.1316)	3 (175.4400)	67 (157.0972)	5 (176.0228)	4 (172.5716)
Jul 25, 2014	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS	23 / 30 (645.1084)	29 (153.7256)	24 (157.6800)	12 (168.0228)	17 (165.6800)
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	25 / 54 (650.1716)	25 (165.6800)	19 (166.2744)	23 (163.4172)	41 (154.8000)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	22 / 114 (662.2172)	45 (163.9772)	18 (169.1200)	2 (176.6172)	76 (152.5028)
Jul 26, 2013	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off Dodge City, KS	30 / 47 (775.1536)	40 (144.5144)	32 (156.5140)	45 (145.6568)	9 (170.8228)

QUISINE

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Master (5-meat) avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

A September team

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 — 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)