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KUSTOM Q

KUSTOM Q is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 14th of 49 at the Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2014). They are ranked #3234 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,234
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1500
peak 1500 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013
latest May 15, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1229
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 57%
overall standings

Best overall

675.9656 / 720
Master · Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

60%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600
Pork · Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

Consistency

±22.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 166.63 · weakest Chicken (155.63)

Road miles

111
across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Master avg

641.42 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

675.9656 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9656 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 19, 2014

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

The weak link

−11.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.

  • Chicken avg 155.63
  • Pork avg 166.63
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2015 ↗ Master #2158 (60 pts) #2209 (60 pts) #2175 (65 pts) #2061 (90 pts) #1576 (155 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #1229 (231 pts) #1778 (141 pts) #1645 (151 pts) #912 (396 pts) #1055 (306 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #2514 (64 pts) #2554 (64 pts) #2546 (64 pts) #2550 (64 pts) #2551 (64 pts)

Overall rank by season

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#3,228 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1500

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
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BA'S BARBEQUE
#3,236 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1505

They turned up 7 years after KUSTOM Q did, first appearing in 2020.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 4, 2024
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Oink-A-Doodle-Moo
#3,227 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1507

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

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen May 3, 2024
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Epic Smoke BBQ
#3,219 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1508

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  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 21, 2021
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TBD 'QUE
#3,232 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1500

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 20, 2021
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No Prep BBQ
#3,235 of the rated field
1500 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1502

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jul 17, 2021
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 169.6916 135.8744 155.63 top 71%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 168.5600 147.9772 158.83 top 62%
Pork 5 2 0 0 176.5600 156.5712 166.63 top 36%
Brisket 5 2 0 0 172 144.5716 160.34 top 51%

“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)30top 74%
Large (40+)20top 31%

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 5 a different one every time
Opponents faced 160 finished ahead 93 times, behind 99
Longest layoff 1.1 yrs May 3, 2013 → Jun 6, 2014

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

20152 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1500) 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
  2. Most recent contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
20144 milestones
  1. First call Smokin n a Rollin
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9656 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
  3. Career-best overall score675.9656 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
  4. Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
20131 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+8.7Jesse James Barbeque Cook OutSep 19, 2014
+7.620th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-OffMay 15, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.5Apple Blossom BBQ ContestMay 1, 2015
-7.1Apple Blossom Barbecue ContestMay 3, 2013
-2Smokin n a RollinJun 6, 2014

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)
20152000 50% top 58% 91.5% 89.5%
20142000 100% top 46% 93.9% 90.6%
20131000 0% top 74% 85.3% 85.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 15, 2015 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO 17 / 51 (658.8000) 15 (169.6916) 15 (168.5600) 17 (166.8572) 40 (153.6912)
May 1, 2015 Apple Blossom BBQ Contest St. Joseph, MO 30 / 36 (629.5544) 36 (135.8744) 24 (162.2284) 19 (163.4400) 8 (168.0116)
Sep 19, 2014 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO 14 / 49 (675.9656) 30 (163.4400) 26 (163.9656) 4 (176.5600) 6 (172)
Jun 6, 2014 Smokin n a Rollin St. Joseph, MO 14 / 22 (628.5028) 21 (147.4056) 19 (147.9772) 5 (169.7028) 11 (163.4172)
May 3, 2013 Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO 29 / 39 (614.2856) 26 (161.7144) 29 (151.4284) 25 (156.5712) 35 (144.5716)

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

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