ALL ABOUT THE Q

ALL ABOUT THE Q is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 57 at the Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) (2017). They are ranked #5937 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,937

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1438

peak 1438 · rated over 16 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 28, 2014

latest Jun 23, 2017 · 3.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#954

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8228 / 720

Master · Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full)

Perfect 180s

Current form

643.25 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.90 (+9.35)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Pork Ribs · Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full)

Consistency

±25.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.57 · weakest Brisket (154.94)

Road miles

2,983

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 894 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Master avg

633.90 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

678.8228 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8228 at Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 2, 2017

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

COOL GRILLING ahead in 92% of their meetings

COOL GRILLING has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.63 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 154.94
Chicken avg 161.57
0 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 12 shared chicken entries lost

Burnin and Lootin ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Burnin and Lootin has out-cooked them in 12 of 12 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FU MAN QUE CREW has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 64% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 64% across 3 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 75% the rest of the year

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1215 (240 pts)	#1274 (250 pts)	#1066 (325 pts)	#1147 (300 pts)	#1285 (240 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1409 (179 pts)	#1505 (179 pts)	#1458 (184 pts)	#1530 (179 pts)	#1384 (194 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#954 (333 pts)	#1031 (333 pts)	#1019 (333 pts)	#954 (373 pts)	#988 (333 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ALL ABOUT THE Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Backwoods Grillin'

#5,941 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 20, 2017

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LTS BBQ

#5,940 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 16, 2021

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HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM

#5,938 of the rated field

1438 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2018

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ATLANTA BBQ CLUB

#5,935 of the rated field

1438 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2018

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RUB THAT MEAT BBQ

#5,936 of the rated field

1438 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

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

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2026

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Chisholm Trail Smokers

#5,929 of the rated field

1438 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1438

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
COOL GRILLING	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' HART'S	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	0	172.0228	145.7144	161.57	top 67%
Pork Ribs	16	1	173.1544	134.8112	159.55	top 65%
Pork	16	0	169.7372	145.6568	157.84	top 73%
Brisket	16	0	167.3828	133.0972	154.94	top 72%

“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)	4	0	top 83%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 73%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	15	0	top 76%
TX	1	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Dana Point State BBQ Championship	2	47	0	top 61%	Oct 7, 2016
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2	40	0	top 77%	Jun 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 4 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 15 of 16 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 412 finished ahead 247 times, behind 665

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

20172 milestones

Jun 2 Career-best overall score678.8228 Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full)
Jun 23 Most recent contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

20163 milestones

Aug 26 10th tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Nov 11 First call Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full)
Nov 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1544 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full)

20143 milestones

Feb 28 First tracked contest Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
Feb 28 Peak power rating (1487) Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5948 Dana Point State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.6	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full)	Jun 2, 2017
+0.5	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	Oct 7, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship	Feb 28, 2014
-11.3	3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship	Jun 20, 2014
-9.3	High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown	Jun 26, 2014
-8	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	May 29, 2015
-6.2	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	Jun 23, 2017

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)
2017	4	0%	top 72%	94.3%	89%
2016	4	25%	top 68%	90.8%	89.8%
2015	3	0%	top 77%	90.1%	88.7%
2014	5	0%	top 82%	90.6%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 23, 2017	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	54 / 62 (595.8856)	56 (145.7144)	49 (150.8000)	58 (146.8456)	46 (152.5256)
Jun 2, 2017	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) Norco, CA	22 / 57 (678.8228)	23 (172.0228)	17 (171.4400)	26 (167.9772)	27 (167.3828)
May 19, 2017	SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA	39 / 46 (647.3368)	40 (162.2856)	38 (161.6800)	29 (164.5256)	36 (158.8456)
Jan 27, 2017	Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA	43 / 56 (640.4916)	37 (164.0116)	48 (156.5372)	27 (167.3828)	47 (152.5600)
Nov 11, 2016	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA	27 / 38 (653.7260)	33 (156)	9 (173.1544)	13 (169.7372)	32 (154.8344)
Oct 7, 2016	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	47 / 75 (650.8112)	25 (169.7028)	57 (157.1312)	43 (165.1544)	46 (158.8228)
Aug 26, 2016	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	51 / 72 (635.9772)	58 (149.1772)	37 (165.0972)	48 (160)	36 (161.7028)
Jun 3, 2016	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	40 / 58 (646.2288)	23 (170.8800)	33 (162.2744)	50 (154.2628)	42 (158.8116)
Nov 13, 2015	Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL Indio, CA	26 / 34 (636.5028)	31 (154.8228)	25 (165.1200)	29 (154.2856)	22 (162.2744)
Oct 2, 2015	City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	53 / 75 (649.0628)	33 (169.1200)	24 (169.7144)	65 (151.9312)	51 (158.2972)
May 29, 2015	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA	64 / 75 (631.3140)	42 (166.2628)	49 (164.5372)	74 (145.6568)	64 (154.8572)
Oct 2, 2014	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	57 / 97 (652.5948)	29 (170.3200)	32 (168.5832)	90 (151.4172)	49 (162.2744)
Jul 25, 2014	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	44 / 60 (642.7656)	44 (163.3712)	44 (158.2400)	42 (161.1200)	37 (160.0344)
Jun 26, 2014	High Desert Music Festival and BBQ Showdown Victorville, CA	27 / 30 (581.5884)	25 (155.9772)	28 (134.8112)	21 (157.7028)	25 (133.0972)
Jun 20, 2014	3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	60 / 65 (596.4800)	53 (157.1428)	59 (147.9772)	61 (145.7028)	56 (145.6572)
Feb 28, 2014	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship Havasu Landing, CA	27 / 28 (602.7772)	26 (158.3428)	28 (145.6344)	21 (161.7028)	27 (137.0972)

ALL ABOUT THE Q

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

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

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)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 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)