BYRD-B-QUE

BYRD-B-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 35th of 37 at the Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit (2014). They are ranked #5841 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,841

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1441

peak 1441 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 11, 2013

latest Mar 5, 2021 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1738

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

633.9768 / 720

Master · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

619.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 616.36 (+3.42)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.3828

Chicken · Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

Consistency

±13.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.58 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.30)

Road miles

312

across 7 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

616.36 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE has finished one call ahead of BYRD-B-QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

Bald Hawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Bald Hawg BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.28 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 151.30
Chicken avg 158.58
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE SMOKIN' GRILL in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

4.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.7 years, then back at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (Mar 5, 2021).

last seen Jul 7, 2016
back Mar 5, 2021

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked SC Festival of Discovery every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 58th

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1738 (137 pts)	#1814 (137 pts)	#1797 (137 pts)	#1804 (137 pts)	#1481 (187 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2483 (66 pts)	#2521 (66 pts)	#2517 (66 pts)	#2520 (66 pts)	#2519 (66 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Hedgehog BBQ

#5,847 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1441

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2026

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Rub Runners BBQ

#5,843 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1441

They turned up 8 years after BYRD-B-QUE did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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OLD SCHOOL BBQ

#5,836 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2022

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ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE

#5,844 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Apr 2, 2022

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BBQ ODYSSEY

#5,851 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 20, 2021

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KAMPING GATOR BBQ

#5,840 of the rated field

1441 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1441

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before BYRD-B-QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bald Hawg BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' GRILL	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Nards Backyard BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BUBBAJACK'S	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
E.T.'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	167.3828	145.0972	158.58	top 68%
Pork Ribs	7	160.5372	131.3944	151.30	top 82%
Pork	7	159.9428	140.5028	153.48	top 83%
Brisket	7	165.1200	141.6572	152.99	top 75%

“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 95%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 83%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SC	6	0	top 85%
GA	1	0	top 84%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery	4	58	0	top 81%	Jul 7, 2016
Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit	2	35	0	top 92%	Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 317 finished ahead 82 times, behind 458

Longest layoff 4.7 yrs Jul 7, 2016 → Mar 5, 2021

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

20213 milestones

Mar 5 Career-best overall score633.9768 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3828 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Mar 5 Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival

20132 milestones

Jul 11 First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
Jul 11 Peak power rating (1489) SC Festival of Discovery

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit	Aug 22, 2014
-11.2	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit	Aug 23, 2013
-11.2	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2013
-9.7	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Jul 9, 2015
-8.2	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 5, 2021

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0%	top 84%	88.1%	88.1%
2016	1	0%	top 79%	85.2%	85.2%
2015	1	0%	top 91%	82.8%	82.8%
2014	2	0%	top 81%	88%	87.2%
2013	2	0%	top 89%	84.5%	84.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 5, 2021	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	68 / 81 (633.9768)	37 (167.3828)	75 (152.4800)	75 (154.7656)	65 (159.3484)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	65 / 82 (613.4972)	38 (166.2400)	74 (148.5488)	81 (140.5028)	50 (158.2056)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	82 / 90 (595.8060)	50 (164.0116)	90 (131.3944)	70 (157.0628)	82 (143.3372)
Aug 22, 2014	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	35 / 37 (622.0800)	37 (145.0972)	27 (159.3600)	34 (152.5028)	15 (165.1200)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	58 / 86 (633.5312)	63 (158.2284)	52 (160.5372)	48 (159.9428)	60 (154.8228)
Aug 23, 2013	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	37 / 41 (607.2916)	33 (153.6800)	31 (157.1316)	35 (154.8228)	38 (141.6572)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	68 / 78 (608.3084)	59 (155.3944)	66 (149.6572)	60 (154.7884)	69 (148.4684)

BYRD-B-QUE

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

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

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)

📉 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)