CAROLINA Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3805

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1487

peak 1503 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2017-09-15

Best ToY finish

#1557

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

661.7712 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.43 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.38 (+2.05)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork · Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown

Consistency

±21.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.00)

Road miles

2,847

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 2340 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

635.38 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.70 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Pork Ribs avg 157.00
Chicken avg 161.70
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pig Whistle in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared chicken entries.

An October team

Top 43% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 43% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 60% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

CHUBBY'S BBQ

#3791 of the rated field

1487 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-11-18

⚔ Head-to-head

DAY-LICIOUS BBQ

#3814 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

⚔ Head-to-head

DIVINE SMOKE

#3816 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-07-12

⚔ Head-to-head

E.M. AZING BBQ

#3813 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-09-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Risk it for the Brisket

#3801 of the rated field

1487 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

PayHeed BBQ

#3790 of the rated field

1487 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FatHeads bbq	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
OAK CITY SMOKEHOUSE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
UP IN $MOKE BBQ TEAM	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
EVEL QUE-NIEVEL	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BEAN CAN BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	170.2856	147.4516	161.70	top 52%
Pork Ribs	9	0	0	165.7144	141.7142	157.00	top 66%
Pork	9	1	1	176.0000	147.4286	157.39	top 70%
Brisket	9	2	0	169.7600	133.0972	159.29	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	7	0	top 54%
CA	2	0	top 83%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 58%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Peak City Pig Fest	2	23	0	top 61%	2014-06-20

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.4 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2017-09-15

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 7 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.00)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 635.38 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 268 172–254 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,847 9 mapped stops · furthest 2,340 mi

Schedule strength 1529 average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2016-04-29 → 2017-09-15

Power rating 1487 peak 1503 · #3805 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Jun 21 First call Peak City Pig Fest
2014
Oct 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4456 Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 10 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
2015
Jun 19 Career-best overall score661.7712 Peak City Pigfest
Oct 9 Peak power rating (1503) Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
2017
Sep 15 Most recent contest 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2014-10-10
+5.2	Peak City Pigfest	2015-06-19
+1.4	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09
+1	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2013-10-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2013-04-26
-9.9	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	2017-09-15
-6.2	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	2016-04-29
-3.2	Peak City Pig Fest	2013-06-21
-1	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20

Category scores over time

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	top 92%	86%	86%
2016	1	0%	top 73%	82.6%	82.6%
2015	2	0%	top 45%	91.9%	91.1%
2014	2	100%	top 41%	91.7%	90.7%
2013	3	67%	top 68%	88.5%	87.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-15	3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	44 / 48 (619.3140)	29 (162.8456)	41 (155.4056)	37 (159.4056)	45 (141.6572)
2016-04-29	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	22 / 30 (594.8232)	22 (147.4516)	16 (157.6916)	16 (156.5828)	29 (133.0972)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	26 / 49 (650.7884)	17 (167.3828)	31 (162.2628)	42 (151.3828)	12 (169.7600)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	17 / 45 (661.7712)	14 (167.9656)	16 (165.7144)	32 (160.0456)	12 (168.0456)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	13 / 53 (660.4456)	33 (158.2400)	23 (162.8228)	2 (176.0000)	22 (163.3828)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	28 / 48 (646.2168)	28 (162.8228)	34 (157.7028)	39 (155.9884)	5 (169.7028)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	29 / 55 (637.0740)	7 (170.2856)	36 (154.8228)	47 (153.7144)	32 (158.2512)
2013-06-21	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	23 / 36 (635.9998)	31 (156.5714)	29 (154.8572)	28 (155.9998)	5 (168.5714)
2013-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	61 / 71 (611.9998)	36 (161.7142)	68 (141.7142)	64 (147.4286)	24 (161.1428)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#1557 (146 pts)	#1681 (136 pts)	#1701 (136 pts)	#1716 (136 pts)	#1092 (266 pts)