GUZZY-Q

GUZZY-Q is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 57 at the Keystone Classic Barbeque (2015). They are ranked #2331 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,331

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1526

peak 1560 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 30, 2014

latest Oct 18, 2019 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#594

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

19% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6456 / 720

Master · Keystone Classic Barbeque

Perfect 180s

Current form

608.69 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 636.23 (-27.54)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Consistency

±39.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.36)

Road miles

1,373

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$9,400

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

636.23 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 5th
average top 19%

High-water mark

673.6456 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6456 at Keystone Classic Barbeque — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 2, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 25%

A tough matchup

12–4 behind in the head-to-head

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 75% of their meetings

DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 12 of their 16 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLIND CHERRY BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 13 shared chicken entries lost

3 EYZ BBQ ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 3 EYZ BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SAUCE THIS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	—	#2026 (60 pts)	#1876 (85 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1405 (170 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#740 (510 pts)	#854 (460 pts)	#669 (610 pts)	#849 (465 pts)	#783 (495 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#861 (413 pts)	#675 (603 pts)	#914 (418 pts)	#909 (423 pts)	#1007 (348 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#594 (615 pts)	#699 (540 pts)	#795 (460 pts)	#685 (555 pts)	#1032 (315 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1300 (217 pts)	#1629 (157 pts)	#1114 (292 pts)	#1105 (297 pts)	#1561 (172 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Smokin' Story BBQ

#2,327 of the rated field

1526 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1534

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen May 13, 2022

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TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG

#2,324 of the rated field

1526 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1529

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 23, 2021

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FAT TIGER BBQ

#2,328 of the rated field

1526 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1542

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Aug 4, 2023

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Purdom's BBQ

#2,341 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1535

They turned up 5 years after GUZZY-Q did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Apr 3, 2026

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SMOKIN N TURNIN BBQ

#2,338 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before GUZZY-Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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MADCOW BARBEQUE

#2,336 of the rated field

1525 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1542

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jul 20, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DRILLING & GRILLING	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
HOG STREET BULLIES	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	5	0	173.1544	143.3600	162.14	top 52%
Pork Ribs	21	5	1	176.5600	144.5256	160.36	top 49%
Pork	21	5	0	168.5600	145.6228	160.93	top 47%
Brisket	21	1	0	170.8228	151.9544	160.52	top 50%

“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 56%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 48%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
DE	9	top 57%
MD	7	top 36%
PA	5	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Boo-B-Que	3	34	top 53%	Oct 19, 2018
Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	2	34	top 79%	Jun 8, 2018
Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival	2	5	top 19%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in DE 9 of 21 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 17 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 419 finished ahead 559 times, behind 536

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

20191 milestone

Oct 18 Most recent contest Boo-B-Que

20172 milestones

May 5 Peak power rating (1560) Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest
May 19 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

20161 milestone

Sep 10 10th tracked contest Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE

20153 milestones

May 1 First overall top-10 Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival
Oct 2 First overall podium Keystone Classic Barbeque
Oct 2 Career-best overall score673.6456 Keystone Classic Barbeque

20143 milestones

May 30 First tracked contest Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival
Jun 6 First call Beltway BBQ Showdown
Jun 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4800 Beltway BBQ Showdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Boss Frogs BBQ	Apr 7, 2017
+15.4	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival	May 1, 2015
+15.4	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 2, 2015
+12.2	Boo B Que By the Sea	Oct 30, 2015
+9.8	Beltway BBQ Showdown	Jun 6, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.2	Boo-B-Que	Oct 18, 2019
-8.2	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 9, 2017
-7.9	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition	Jun 8, 2018
-7.3	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	Oct 7, 2016
-5.4	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 100%	65.8%	65.8%
2018	2	0	0%	top 64%	90.1%	88.3%
2017	6	1	33%	top 52%	93%	89.8%
2016	6	0	50%	top 52%	91%	89%
2015	4	3	75%	top 25%	93.6%	91.1%
2014	2	0	50%	top 46%	90.1%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 18, 2019	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	63 / 63 (473.6232)	—	61 (145.6688)	20 (165.7144)	30 (162.2400)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	35 / 73 (648.4228)	61 (153.0744)	42 (160.5144)	27 (165.7028)	18 (169.1312)
Jun 8, 2018	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	34 / 42 (622.7316)	38 (154.2172)	36 (151.3944)	35 (154.8344)	22 (162.2856)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	34 / 69 (650.7428)	47 (163.9428)	25 (166.8228)	34 (160.5372)	39 (159.4400)
Aug 11, 2017	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	26 / 47 (647.9312)	34 (163.3828)	15 (166.8456)	39 (155.4172)	22 (162.2856)
Jun 9, 2017	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	35 / 46 (620.9828)	30 (158.8344)	39 (146.7884)	38 (154.2400)	28 (161.1200)
May 19, 2017	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	36 / 53 (642.6856)	21 (168)	3 (176.5600)	49 (145.6228)	44 (152.5028)
May 5, 2017	Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD	20 / 37 (647.8972)	24 (158.2056)	20 (162.8572)	17 (163.4400)	20 (163.3944)
Apr 7, 2017	Boss Frogs BBQ Hurlock, MD	5 / 45 (669.6344)	10 (170.8572)	26 (159.3944)	12 (168.5600)	8 (170.8228)
Oct 21, 2016	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	42 / 67 (624.9824)	13 (167.4172)	58 (144.5256)	44 (154.2284)	31 (158.8112)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	35 / 47 (632.4800)	38 (160.5256)	31 (158.8572)	41 (151.9428)	20 (161.1544)
Sep 10, 2016	Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE Devon, PA	22 / 33 (639.8628)	8 (171.4284)	30 (154.2744)	18 (159.3828)	27 (154.7772)
Jun 10, 2016	The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE	15 / 39 (651.3828)	8 (168)	20 (162.2972)	24 (160.5600)	20 (160.5256)
May 6, 2016	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	15 / 51 (654.8684)	14 (166.8456)	8 (167.4284)	9 (166.3088)	31 (154.2856)
Apr 8, 2016	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	32 / 75 (641.6804)	60 (151.3716)	24 (164.5716)	11 (167.4400)	38 (158.2972)
Oct 30, 2015	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	10 / 59 (657.6228)	34 (158.2400)	8 (165.7144)	5 (168.5484)	15 (165.1200)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	3 / 57 (673.6456)	4 (172)	9 (169.1200)	10 (168.5372)	20 (163.9884)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	39 / 57 (622.1372)	43 (156.4912)	37 (153.6688)	29 (157.0972)	31 (154.8800)
May 1, 2015	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD	5 / 64 (670.8120)	4 (173.1544)	17 (166.2516)	6 (168.0116)	27 (163.3944)
Jun 6, 2014	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	11 / 42 (648.4800)	18 (163.4172)	5 (165.7028)	4 (167.4056)	26 (151.9544)
May 30, 2014	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	20 / 30 (618.1260)	29 (143.3600)	16 (158.2632)	20 (155.9656)	15 (160.5372)

GUZZY-Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (7 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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)