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MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE

MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 5th of 54 at the Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest (2014). They are ranked #1882 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Midwest Scuba Que”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,882
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1544
peak 1567 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

22
in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013
latest Sep 14, 2018 · 5.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#756
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
14% of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 45%
overall standings

Best overall

686.8116 / 720
Master · Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

653.42 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 656.69 (-3.27)

Walk rate

55%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176
Brisket · Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest

Consistency

±12.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 167.18 · weakest Brisket (162.18)

Road miles

779
across 22 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi

Schedule strength

41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

656.69 / 720
22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

686.8116 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8116 at Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 6, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.

  • 7 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 32%

A tough matchup

16–1 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 32%.

  • Brisket avg 162.18
  • Pork avg 167.18
  • 4 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of T'S SMOKIN PIT in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

13 of 17 shared pork entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared pork entries.

A March team

Top 32% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 32% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

  • 3 March contests
  • top 45% the rest of the year
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The metronome

±1.67% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.67% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.2% of a perfect score
  • 22 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ and Fly In on the River every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 19th

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #2304 (60 pts) #2260 (60 pts) #2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1011 (320 pts) #1070 (325 pts) #1137 (295 pts) #701 (570 pts) #782 (485 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1075 (275 pts) #1254 (240 pts) #953 (365 pts) #1238 (255 pts) #1219 (240 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #756 (455 pts) #860 (420 pts) #1005 (340 pts) #818 (450 pts) #626 (590 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1970 (75 pts) #2073 (75 pts) #1979 (85 pts) #2080 (75 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Slow & Easy BBQ
#1,893 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1548
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE)

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

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Aug 26, 2016
⚔ Head-to-head
FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE
#1,892 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
22
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1556

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Apr 28, 2023
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Pork Bombin BBQ
#1,880 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
19%
Peak
1544

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Oct 17, 2026
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Lolli Q
#1,886 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1550

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

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Apr 1, 2022
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MAC'S BARBEQUE
#1,879 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1552

Level with MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen Jun 9, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
DIRT ROAD BBQ 17 1 16 6% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 16 4 12 25% ⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 12 0 12 0% ⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT 11 10 1 91% ⚔ compare
PIG NEWTON 11 7 4 64% ⚔ compare
Theslabs.com 11 2 9 18% ⚔ compare
NICKLE BOYS BBQ 10 6 4 60% ⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
50 SHADES OF QUE 10 2 8 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 22 3 0 0 172.5716 154.8116 163.67 top 54%
Pork Ribs 22 2 0 0 174.8916 150.8000 163.65 top 49%
Pork 22 7 0 1 175.4400 151.9544 167.18 top 37%
Brisket 22 4 0 1 176 146.2400 162.18 top 45%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 63%
Large (40+)200top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO180top 45%
KS40top 46%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
BBQ and Fly In on the River 4 19 0 top 53% Aug 19, 2016
Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 3 36 0 top 61% Mar 31, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests
Contests a season 3.7 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 18 of 22 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 17 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 1,382 finished ahead 1,446 times, behind 1,338
Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Mar 31, 2017 → Apr 27, 2018

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20152 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)
  2. Peak power rating (1567) 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
20142 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score686.8116 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  2. First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  3. First overall top-10 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2856 NKC MO State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13.6NKC MO State Championship BBQMar 14, 2014
+13.3Keepers of the Fire BBQ ContestJun 6, 2014
+12.7NKC MO State BBQ ChampionshipMar 15, 2013
+8.7Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ ReliefApr 4, 2014
+7.3The Best Damn BBQ ContestApr 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.6Racing for the BBQJul 25, 2014
-7.1BBQ and Fly In on the RiverAug 14, 2015
-6.3Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)Mar 31, 2017
-5.6Brews, Blues & Bar-B-QMay 6, 2016
-3.637th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Oct 29, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20182000 100% top 55% 92.5% 91.9%
20171000 0% top 73% 88% 88%
20165000 60% top 57% 92.4% 90.6%
20155000 40% top 48% 92.9% 90.9%
20147020 57% top 32% 95.4% 92.2%
20132010 50% top 32% 92% 90.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 14, 2018 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO 21 / 35 (657.5884) 20 (166.2400) 31 (159.4056) 10 (168.5600) 17 (163.3828)
Apr 27, 2018 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO 27 / 53 (665.6576) 27 (166.8572) 10 (172.5716) 26 (165.1200) 31 (161.1088)
Mar 31, 2017 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO 43 / 59 (633.6228) 47 (158.2628) 30 (163.9772) 25 (165.1428) 50 (146.2400)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 352 / 557 (645.1204) 367 (160.5488) 396 (158.3200) 417 (158.8344) 162 (167.4172)
Aug 19, 2016 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 29 / 56 (665.0976) 21 (170.8344) 41 (163.4288) 40 (162.2744) 15 (168.5600)
Jun 3, 2016 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 25 / 55 (660.4912) 44 (159.3828) 40 (158.2628) 8 (174.2628) 8 (168.5828)
May 6, 2016 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Lansing, KS 20 / 30 (639.2684) 23 (158.2400) 28 (150.8000) 7 (171.9772) 16 (158.2512)
Apr 1, 2016 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO 42 / 72 (652.5372) 57 (157.7716) 34 (162.8344) 10 (174.8456) 50 (157.0856)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 326 / 606 (650.1944) 498 (154.8116) 250 (165.7144) 252 (165.6684) 261 (164)
Aug 14, 2015 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 48 / 67 (634.7088) 47 (160.5372) 43 (162.2516) 59 (151.9544) 41 (159.9656)
May 15, 2015 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO 18 / 51 (658.2628) 35 (163.4172) 5 (173.7372) 24 (164) 30 (157.1084)
Apr 10, 2015 The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO 15 / 52 (668.6056) 19 (166.8800) 23 (165.7256) 4 (175.4400) 28 (160.5600)
Apr 3, 2015 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO 36 / 71 (659.4288) 49 (159.9656) 25 (166.2744) 23 (169.7716) 33 (163.4172)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 209 / 552 (661.7832) 381 (160.0116) 25 (174.8916) 25 (175.4400) 443 (151.4400)
Aug 15, 2014 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 19 / 51 (664.4684) 18 (169.7028) 19 (165.0972) 41 (159.4056) 6 (170.2628)
Jul 25, 2014 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 38 / 54 (648.4228) 36 (162.8344) 24 (164.0116) 29 (164.5256) 37 (157.0512)
Jun 6, 2014 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 5 / 54 (686.8116) 9 (172.5716) 25 (163.3828) 4 (174.8572) 3 (176)
Apr 11, 2014 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 16 / 54 (659.9316) 15 (166.8344) 35 (159.9772) 3 (172.5828) 25 (160.5372)
Apr 4, 2014 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO 20 / 75 (665.6456) 17 (169.1428) 39 (162.8344) 19 (169.1200) 28 (164.5484)
Mar 14, 2014 NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO 7 / 61 (662.2288) 7 (168) 15 (164.5716) 12 (166.8344) 17 (162.8228)
Aug 16, 2013 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 35 / 66 (644.9828) 48 (157.0856) 23 (165.0972) 33 (163.9428) 36 (158.8572)
Mar 15, 2013 NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO 9 / 79 (662.2856) 6 (170.8572) 49 (157.1426) 23 (163.4286) 6 (170.8572)

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