High-water mark
665.1544
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.1544 at Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-10
DOCTOR QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1517 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2018-04-21
Best ToY finish
#1058
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.11
last 3 Master vs avg 649.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (156.94)
Road miles
303
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
649.11 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
3.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills (2018-04-21).
- last seen 2014-10-17
- back 2018-04-21
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.
DOCTOR QUE has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 113 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1534
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to DOCTOR QUE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DOCTOR QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2768 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with DOCTOR QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after DOCTOR QUE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 156.5600 | 163.24 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 165.6800 | 168.56 | top 34% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 155.3828 | 160.38 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 150.8344 | 156.94 | top 59% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2018-04-21
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 168.56 · weakest Brisket (156.94)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
649.11
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
55–30 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
303
3 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.5 yrs
2014-10-17 → 2018-04-21
Power rating
1511
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First call Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.1544 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Career-best overall score665.1544 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8456 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Peak power rating (1517) Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | 2014-10-10 |
| +5.7 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2014-10-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills | 2018-04-21 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 92.4% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-21 | *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills Council Grove, KS | 15 / 21 (642.1944) | 5 (170.2972) | 11 (165.6800) | 17 (155.3828) | 19 (150.8344) |
| 2014-10-17 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 11 / 30 (639.9884) | 18 (156.5600) | 6 (170.8456) | 15 (158.3084) | 20 (154.2744) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 7 / 37 (665.1544) | 17 (162.8572) | 11 (169.1544) | 9 (167.4400) | 7 (165.7028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1778 (96 pts) | #1399 (171 pts) | #1741 (116 pts) | #1897 (86 pts) | #1909 (76 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1058 (292 pts) | #1487 (192 pts) | #1088 (302 pts) | #1256 (252 pts) | #1229 (247 pts) |