LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE

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

Power ranking

#1521

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1562

peak 1567 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-04

latest 2019-04-05

Best ToY finish

#482

Master 2015

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8460 / 720

Master · 11th Annual Recovery Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.47 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.53 (+8.93)

Walk rate

59%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

175.4400

Chicken · BBQ Jamboree

Consistency

±20.00

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.75 · weakest Brisket (157.99)

Road miles

3,081

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 1273 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.53 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

The heartbreaker

1.0968 points from the title

Came within 1.0968 points of the Grand Championship at 11th Annual Recovery Fest (2015-09-11).

High-water mark

678.8460 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8460 at 11th Annual Recovery Fest — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-09-11

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKETASTIC BBQ has finished one call ahead of LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

18–2 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 90% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 18 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.76 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 157.99
Chicken avg 163.75
3 calls in 27 entries

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JAM'N HAMS in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 20 shared chicken entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 18 of 20 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Q-THIS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 40% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 40% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

5 September contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,081 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,081 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,273 miles to Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off.

27 mapped stops
furthest 1,273 mi

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.

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

THE GOOD CUE CREW

#1526 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1587

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2021-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT

#1522 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1591

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

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QUE'S YER DADDY

#1516 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1572

No shared contest yet.

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

O' Town Que

#1517 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1571

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2024-07-26

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DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ

#1523 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

Level with LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 42 contests
last seen 2022-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Free Range Friends BBQ

#1525 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2022-10-07

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	18	12	6	67%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKETASTIC BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	6	0	2	175.4400	142.2284	163.75	top 47%
Pork Ribs	27	11	1	3	175.4172	142.2860	162.13	top 45%
Pork	27	6	1	2	174.8572	144.5828	162.66	top 47%
Brisket	27	3	0	0	167.9772	137.0400	157.99	top 54%

“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	Avg finish
VA	22	top 48%
PA	2	top 36%
MD	2	top 51%
TX	1	top 61%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 66%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 48%
Large (40+)	16	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree	3	23	0	top 45%	2016-05-13
BBQ Gives Back	2	16	0	top 37%	2018-03-23

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2014-04-04 → 2019-04-05

Busiest season 2016 8 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 22 of 27 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 24 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 27 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.75 · weakest Brisket (157.99)

Walk rate 59% a top-10 call in 16 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 15% 4 of 27 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 646.53 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 457 623–516 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,081 27 mapped stops · furthest 1,273 mi

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Power rating 1562 peak 1567 · #1521 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Apr 4 First tracked contest Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
Aug 22 First call Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 5 First overall top-10 10th Annual Recovery Fest
2015
Apr 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5256 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
Sep 11 First category win (Pork) 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Sep 11 First overall podium 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Sep 11 First Reserve Championship 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Sep 11 Career-best overall score678.8460 11th Annual Recovery Fest
Oct 16 10th tracked contest Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest
2016
May 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 BBQ Jamboree
2018
Apr 27 25th tracked contest Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
May 25 Peak power rating (1567) *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
2019
Apr 5 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.4	11th Annual Recovery Fest	2015-09-11
+15.2	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition	2015-04-17
+12.8	10th Annual Recovery Fest	2014-09-05
+11.1	BBQ Gives Back	2017-03-24
+9.1	*BBQ Jamboree- Day 2(JUDGES FULL)	2017-05-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.8	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2014-08-22
-8.6	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	2015-10-16
-6.3	12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship	2016-09-09
-6	Que & Cruz	2016-09-30
-4.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2019-04-05

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 61%	88.6%	88.6%
2018	3	0	0	100%	top 48%	93.8%	91.6%
2017	5	0	1	80%	top 41%	92.9%	91.7%
2016	8	0	0	50%	top 52%	91.6%	89.7%
2015	6	3	1	50%	top 36%	94.3%	90%
2014	4	1	0	50%	top 63%	89.8%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	37 / 61 (638.2284)	21 (166.8456)	45 (157.1428)	46 (155.4056)	36 (158.8344)
2018-05-25	*Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	11 / 35 (675.3604)	19 (163.9428)	8 (169.7144)	6 (173.7260)	12 (167.9772)
2018-04-27	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA	29 / 45 (648.9944)	29 (160.5372)	9 (169.6800)	14 (169.1200)	40 (149.6572)
2018-03-23	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	36 / 75 (654.8004)	58 (160.0000)	9 (170.2744)	59 (156.5488)	21 (167.9772)
2017-06-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Laurel, MD	14 / 28 (659.9428)	19 (161.1428)	3 (169.7144)	12 (165.1084)	15 (163.9772)
2017-05-12	*BBQ Jamboree-Day 1(JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	36 / 54 (642.7084)	22 (166.2512)	37 (160.5716)	26 (164.5256)	45 (151.3600)
2017-05-12	*BBQ Jamboree- Day 2(JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	14 / 43 (669.0400)	27 (165.7028)	1 (175.4172)	19 (163.3828)	19 (164.5372)
2017-04-28	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	15 / 46 (658.7544)	32 (159.9888)	10 (167.3828)	17 (165.7144)	13 (165.6684)
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	16 / 64 (669.0744)	11 (171.9772)	36 (161.1316)	9 (169.7028)	21 (166.2628)
2016-09-30	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	22 / 31 (636.9944)	6 (171.4172)	18 (163.4172)	27 (155.3600)	28 (146.8000)
2016-09-09	12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	18 / 25 (638.1024)	18 (159.9656)	20 (156.5372)	19 (162.7884)	15 (158.8112)
2016-08-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	13 / 28 (659.3600)	16 (162.8800)	19 (162.2744)	13 (166.2400)	8 (167.9656)
2016-05-20	Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA	15 / 26 (633.0172)	19 (159.3944)	19 (153.1200)	13 (162.2628)	13 (158.2400)
2016-05-13	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	23 / 72 (652.5028)	4 (175.4400)	35 (161.6800)	54 (154.8000)	30 (160.5828)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	22 / 48 (653.0284)	21 (166.2628)	39 (151.9656)	10 (169.6800)	18 (165.1200)
2016-04-15	*Interstate BBQ Festival Hagerstown, MD	21 / 41 (648.5028)	17 (166.8456)	28 (157.1660)	16 (165.1084)	22 (159.3828)
2016-04-01	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	22 / 54 (646.7316)	34 (158.2400)	16 (163.4172)	11 (166.8344)	28 (158.2400)
2015-10-16	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	29 / 37 (600.9372)	18 (162.8112)	33 (142.2860)	17 (158.8000)	34 (137.0400)
2015-09-25	Grill Cook Master Harrisonburg, VA	5 / 16 (646.7316)	2 (169.7144)	7 (164.5600)	9 (159.3828)	9 (153.0744)
2015-09-11	11th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA	2 / 29 (678.8460)	2 (172.5600)	2 (168.5944)	1 (174.8572)	9 (162.8344)
2015-08-21	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	24 / 46 (646.1944)	25 (160.0000)	29 (159.9544)	23 (165.1200)	22 (161.1200)
2015-05-08	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	23 / 65 (638.7660)	24 (164.5600)	13 (165.1544)	29 (158.2744)	46 (150.7772)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	5 / 46 (676.5256)	7 (173.7028)	10 (169.1428)	3 (173.7028)	18 (159.9772)
2014-09-05	10th Annual Recovery Fest Richmond, VA	6 / 32 (646.4116)	7 (161.1428)	8 (164.0800)	12 (161.1888)	13 (160.0000)
2014-08-22	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Harrisonburg, VA	16 / 16 (600.4576)	16 (142.2284)	5 (162.8460)	15 (149.1544)	15 (146.2288)
2014-05-09	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	43 / 64 (612.4912)	29 (157.6684)	36 (156.0116)	55 (144.5828)	29 (154.2284)
2014-04-04	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA	27 / 41 (623.9316)	22 (159.9772)	25 (154.2744)	15 (160.5716)	29 (149.1084)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#1923 (80 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1061 (250 pts)	#1242 (210 pts)	#802 (445 pts)	#918 (350 pts)	#1086 (265 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#759 (498 pts)	#944 (408 pts)	#520 (768 pts)	#786 (513 pts)	#851 (453 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#584 (670 pts)	#450 (885 pts)	#661 (615 pts)	#515 (790 pts)	#571 (705 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#482 (800 pts)	#442 (880 pts)	#502 (775 pts)	#437 (870 pts)	#669 (555 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#849 (399 pts)	#890 (404 pts)	#797 (459 pts)	#903 (404 pts)	#956 (349 pts)