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Shark Q

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

Power ranking

#1191
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1587
peak 1596 · rated over 39 contests

Contests

48
in the data

First seen

2019-04-12
latest 2026-08-28

Best ToY finish

#275
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

4
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
of 48 contests

Avg finish

top 53%
overall standings

Best overall

703.9772 / 720

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

680.01 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 676.90 (+3.10)

Walk rate

54%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥
Brisket · Meat Inferno

Consistency

±16.40
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.15 · weakest Pork (168.05)

Road miles

4,952
mi across 48 mapped stops · furthest 573 mi

Schedule strength

83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)

Purse competed for

$556K
listed at 40 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 39 state-championship entries

Master avg

676.90 / 720
41 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

  • Pork Ribs ×1
  • Pork ×1
  • Brisket ×1

High-water mark

703.9772 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9772 at Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • 2024-07-26

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

BrewsCue has finished one call ahead of Shark Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 42%.

  • 8 contests
  • 0 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 42%

A tough matchup

34–5 behind in the head-to-head

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 34 of their 39 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoke Wurx BBQ in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

29 of 39 shared chicken entries lost

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MAN MEAT BBQ has out-cooked them in 29 of 39 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1609 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1609 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 39 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

one call behind them

LOVE 2 Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.28% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.0% of a perfect score
  • 48 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

  • 7 visits in all
  • best finish 31st

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.

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

T-Squared BBQ
#1183 of the rated field
1587 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1588
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Shark Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Shark Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen 2024-10-30
⚔ Head-to-head
JMB BBQ
#1195 of the rated field
1586 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
41
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1632
No shared contest yet.

They've been 1632 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 41 contests
  • last seen 2026-03-20
⚔ Head-to-head
Country Boys BBQ
#1188 of the rated field
1587 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
49
GCs
1
Top-10s
61%
Peak
1639
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 49 contests to 48, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-21
⚔ Head-to-head
Going Yard BBQ
#1192 of the rated field
1587 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
53
GCs
0
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1608
No shared contest yet.

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

  • rated over 51 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-09
⚔ Head-to-head
Oldman's Backyard B B QUE
#1194 of the rated field
1587 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
28
GCs
0
Top-10s
46%
Peak
1587
No shared contest yet.

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

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-11
⚔ Head-to-head
BUCKNER BROTHERS BBQ
#1185 of the rated field
1587 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
26
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1618
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Shark Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 26 contests
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
MAN MEAT BBQ 39 5 34 13% ⚔ compare
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 31 10 21 32% ⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 27 6 21 22% ⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
KC Meat Sweats 23 12 11 52% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 23 1 22 4% ⚔ compare
ROCK N BLUES BBQ 19 12 7 63% ⚔ compare
Damn Fine Beef & Swine 19 1 18 5% ⚔ compare
Cow Creek BBQ 18 4 14 22% ⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ 18 2 16 11% ⚔ compare
Cities Edge BBQ 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ 17 4 13 24% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED 16 4 12 25% ⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
Barking Dog BBQ 15 5 10 33% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 42 9 0 1 177.7144 153.6800 170.15 top 51%
Pork Ribs 44 16 2 3 180.0000 🔥 153.0628 169.38 top 49%
Pork 41 7 0 2 180.0000 🔥 149.0856 168.05 top 56%
Brisket 41 11 2 4 180.0000 🔥 148.5256 169.22 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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS390top 52%
TN10top 73%
MO10top 79%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 66%
Medium (20–39)170top 47%
Large (40+)210top 56%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 7 31 0 top 59% 2026-04-10
Big Blue BBQ Championship 4 10 0 top 47% 2025-06-06
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 131 0 top 42% 2025-11-05
Meat Inferno 2 7 0 top 48% 2025-10-03
Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) 2 11 0 top 68% 2025-07-26
Smoke on the Water 2 17 0 top 54% 2024-10-11
Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) 2 5 0 top 30% 2024-07-27
The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) 2 12 0 top 50% 2023-07-29
Smoke on the Trails 2 28 0 top 68% 2020-09-11

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.4 yrs 2019-04-12 → 2026-08-28
Busiest season 2025 12 contests
Contests a season 6 across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in KS 43 of 48 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 25 9 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 44 entries · 2 wins · 16 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.15 · weakest Pork (168.05)
Walk rate 54% a top-10 call in 26 of 48 contests
Overall top-10 rate 13% 6 of 48 contests
Best top-10 run 2 straight contests
Master average 676.90 out of 720 · 41 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s 3 every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced 1,211 1,478–1,533 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 4,952 48 mapped stops · furthest 573 mi
Schedule strength 1609 average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests
Purse competed for $555,845 listed at 40 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 39 state-championship entries
Power rating 1587 peak 1596 · #1191 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2019
  2. First tracked contest Smoke In the Springs
  3. 2020
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2056 Smoke on the Trails
  5. 2021
  6. First call Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge
  7. 2022
  8. 10th tracked contest Qlathe BBQ Championship
  9. 2023
  10. First category win (Pork Ribs) 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails
  11. First overall top-10 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails
  12. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails
  13. 2024
  14. 25th tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
  15. Career-best overall score703.9772 Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1)
  16. Peak power rating (1596) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  17. 2026
  18. Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13.67th Annual Smoke on the Trails2023-09-09
+12.8Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest2021-07-09
+10.4The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship2022-06-24
+10.3Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1)2024-07-26
+9.6Smoke in the Spring2023-04-07

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.7Smoke in the Spring2025-04-11
-9.5Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1)2025-07-25
-9.3Smoke In the Springs2019-04-12
-5.8Smoke on the Trails2019-09-27
-5.6East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival2026-08-28

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20264010 75% top 56% 95.6% 94.6%
202512012 50% top 61% 96.2% 94.5%
20249031 44% top 48% 97.8% 95.1%
20236011 67% top 45% 96.5% 95.2%
20228000 50% top 42% 94.4% 93.8%
20215000 100% top 50% 95.5% 94%
20202000 0% top 70% 93.1% 92%
20192000 0% top 84% 86.2% 86%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-28 East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS 20 / 31 (667.8400) 21 (162.8000) 5 (176.5600) 21 (166.2400) 20 (162.2400)
2026-07-24 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 8 / 13 (687.3024) 5 (175.4056) 7 (171.9656) 12 (164.5256) 4 (175.4056)
2026-06-05 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 13 / 25 (680.4684) 13 (170.8344) 7 (170.8228) 11 (171.9656) 21 (166.8456)
2026-04-10 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS 45 / 101 (688.4912) 78 (168.5256) 29 (174.2628) 40 (172.5600) 29 (173.1428)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 216 / 401 (675.9316) 57 (175.4172) 320 (162.8228) 58 (175.4400) 301 (162.2516)
2025-10-03 Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS 7 / 21 (689.0400) 10 (169.6800) 10 (171.9772) 15 (167.3828) 1 (180.0000)
2025-10-03 Meat Inferno (One Meat Ribs) Edgerton, KS 9 (169.6916)
2025-07-26 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 11 / 19 (692.4800) 16 (167.3944) 1 (178.8572) 14 (170.8228) 5 (175.4056)
2025-07-25 Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 14 / 18 (685.0284) 10 (173.1200) 16 (166.8228) 13 (173.1200) 9 (171.9656)
2025-06-06 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 15 / 29 (680.4800) 9 (174.2744) 27 (158.2400) 10 (172.5600) 6 (175.4056)
2025-05-24 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 77 / 106 (678.7428) 93 (167.3944) 46 (172.5600) 104 (159.3484) 3 (179.4400)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 37 (167.3828)
2025-05-23 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN 21 (171.9772)
2025-04-11 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 75 / 92 (661.5544) 35 (173.1200) 66 (166.8344) 89 (153.6228) 53 (167.9772)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 131 / 444 (685.0284) 57 (176.5600) 393 (158.2172) 62 (175.4056) 47 (174.8456)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-11 Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS 20 / 31 (679.3028) 14 (174.2628) 16 (170.8228) 27 (163.9428) 13 (170.2744)
2024-07-27 Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 7 / 20 (698.8000) 16 (170.2628) 4 (177.7144) 2 (180.0000) 13 (170.8228)
2024-07-26 Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 5 / 20 (703.9772) 9 (174.8572) 5 (176.5600) 10 (174.2628) 2 (178.2972)
2024-06-28 Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS 16 / 28 (687.3140) 8 (176.5600) 21 (168.5256) 20 (167.3828) 9 (174.8456)
2024-05-31 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 10 / 25 (681.0400) 17 (165.0972) 16 (166.8228) 8 (171.4056) 1 (177.7144)
2024-04-05 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 68 / 97 (671.8516) 24 (175.4172) 90 (159.3600) 76 (165.0972) 38 (171.9772)
2024-03-15 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS 35 / 58 (671.3256) 23 (171.9772) 29 (169.1428) 51 (161.6456) 21 (168.5600)
2023-10-13 Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS 17 / 39 (682.1712) 34 (164.5256) 5 (177.7028) 19 (167.3828) 10 (172.5600)
2023-09-09 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 6 / 38 (694.7772) 15 (173.1200) 1 (180.0000) 15 (169.6800) 12 (171.9772)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS 73 / 90 (671.2684) 74 (166.8112) 56 (170.8228) 88 (160.5144) 29 (173.1200)
2023-07-29 The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 12 / 27 (691.3372) 18 (173.1200) 13 (171.9888) 15 (171.9656) 8 (174.2628)
2023-07-28 The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS 14 / 25 (684.4572) 3 (177.7144) 14 (171.9656) 22 (169.6800) 19 (165.0972)
2023-04-07 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 31 / 103 (687.3600) 49 (170.8344) 26 (173.1428) 16 (174.2628) 51 (169.1200)
2022-10-07 Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Edgerton, KS 18 / 29 (678.7656) 8 (175.4288) 7 (174.8456) 26 (162.2400) 18 (166.2512)
2022-10-07 Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS 12 (165.1428)
2022-09-09 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 19 / 37 (670.1256) 21 (168.5372) 8 (175.4056) 26 (164.5372) 22 (161.6456)
2022-06-24 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 27 / 164 (675.4056) 29 (170.8344) 83 (162.8456) 29 (171.4628) 27 (170.2628)
2022-06-03 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 12 / 25 (670.1024) 11 (168.5256) 7 (171.9656) 12 (167.3828) 19 (162.2284)
2022-04-29 Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS 29 / 77 (679.8856) 20 (173.7028) 48 (163.9544) 15 (174.2628) 30 (167.9656)
2022-04-08 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 46 / 94 (675.8968) 25 (173.7028) 37 (170.2856) 85 (158.7884) 21 (173.1200)
2022-03-18 Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS 23 / 71 (678.8000) 10 (173.7028) 30 (168.0000) 39 (168.5372) 27 (168.5600)
2021-09-10 Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 21 / 53 (685.0168) 23 (170.8228) 4 (176.5600) 16 (173.7028) 30 (163.9312)
2021-07-09 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS 13 / 43 (687.9544) 15 (174.2628) 7 (173.7488) 8 (175.4172) 27 (164.5256)
2021-06-04 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 14 / 28 (671.4060) 18 (166.2744) 3 (173.7488) 20 (165.6800) 18 (165.7028)
2021-04-09 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 56 / 105 (675.9540) 77 (165.6684) 70 (165.1200) 5 (178.8800) 67 (166.2856)
2021-03-26 Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge 🏅 St. Roberts, MO 41 / 52 (663.3256) 42 (163.3712) 50 (153.1200) 2 (177.7144) 24 (169.1200)
2020-10-30 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 76 / 93 (654.7544) 78 (163.3712) 69 (162.8228) 59 (166.2860) 67 (162.2744)
2020-09-11 Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 28 / 48 (670.2056) 36 (162.2744) 17 (171.9772) 33 (164.5484) 17 (171.4056)
2019-09-27 Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS 41 / 53 (617.5884) 39 (153.6800) 22 (163.9656) 43 (151.4172) 41 (148.5256)
2019-04-12 Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS 95 / 104 (620.4340) 62 (165.7256) 98 (153.0628) 97 (149.0856) 85 (152.5600)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #401 (390 pts) #430 (415 pts) #370 (545 pts) #450 (360 pts) #414 (400 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #332 (647 pts) #320 (707 pts) #280 (914 pts) #370 (607 pts) #199 (1092 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #275 (804 pts) #304 (764 pts) #310 (814 pts) #269 (824 pts) #187 (1079 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #338 (617 pts) #377 (602 pts) #315 (807 pts) #405 (532 pts) #352 (607 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #406 (544 pts) #354 (689 pts) #320 (812 pts) #439 (519 pts) #453 (504 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #428 (428 pts) #491 (388 pts) #290 (723 pts) #251 (783 pts) #554 (333 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #655 (120 pts) #696 (120 pts) #627 (160 pts) #706 (120 pts) #608 (160 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1955 (60 pts) #2049 (60 pts) #1930 (75 pts) #2029 (60 pts) #2010 (60 pts)

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