JOHN'S TWISTED Q

JOHN'S TWISTED Q is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 14 at the New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1065 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,065

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1599

peak 1599 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2014

latest Jun 1, 2019 · 4.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#321

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

32% of 28 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0512 / 720

Master · The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.37

last 5 Master vs avg 653.07 (+0.30)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest

Consistency

±13.69

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.51 · weakest Brisket (160.75)

Road miles

2,767

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$27K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

653.07 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.0512 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0512 at The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 26, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

FOUR SMOKING GUYS has finished one call ahead of JOHN'S TWISTED Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 34%.

8 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 34%

A tough matchup

20–3 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 87% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 20 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 36% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 160.75
Chicken avg 165.51
10 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BEVERAGE BROTHERS in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

16 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 16 of 23 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 15 at their very first tracked contest, The Best BBQ Chef Competition (Sep 27, 2014).

Sep 27, 2014
15-team field

A big fish in small ponds

Top 35% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 35% finish in small fields against top 45% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 35% (4)
Large (40+): top 45% (9)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Q HAVEN BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.90% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.90% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
28 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sun BBQ Fest every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 22nd

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	#1754 (90 pts)	#1884 (85 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1963 (70 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#874 (351 pts)	#751 (461 pts)	#798 (446 pts)	#730 (491 pts)	#1072 (271 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#332 (1,108 pts)	#268 (1,208 pts)	#283 (1,198 pts)	#407 (943 pts)	#354 (1,073 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#321 (1,133 pts)	#262 (1,248 pts)	#329 (1,108 pts)	#354 (1,063 pts)	#280 (1,218 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#866 (387 pts)	#718 (517 pts)	#897 (397 pts)	#947 (377 pts)	#859 (417 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1510 (165 pts)	#1754 (145 pts)	#1481 (190 pts)	#1957 (115 pts)	#1599 (165 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to JOHN'S TWISTED Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

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#1,061 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1612

Careers of much the same size, 34 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ

#1,066 of the rated field

1598 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1598

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 34 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS

#1,063 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1609

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2020

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CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH

#1,060 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1599

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

rated over 18 contests

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GONEHOGGIN.COM

#1,064 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1599

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jul 8, 2016

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Phoenix BBQ

#1,062 of the rated field

1599 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1642

They've been 1642 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 85 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	19	10	9	53%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
THAT'S OUR QUE	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
Q HAVEN BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
BIG ROCK BBQ	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	12	2	4	177.7028	152.5256	165.51	top 41%
Pork Ribs	28	10	1	4	176.0344	150.8572	164.34	top 43%
Pork	28	6	2	3	178.2972	145.0740	162.47	top 52%
Brisket	28	10	0	3	174.8572	143.9544	160.75	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 35%
Medium (20–39)	15	top 45%
Large (40+)	9	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CT	13	top 46%
MA	5	top 46%
ME	3	top 42%
RI	2	top 42%
NJ	2	top 36%
NY	2	top 26%
DE	1	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sun BBQ Fest	4	22	top 46%	Jun 2, 2018
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	3	6	top 50%	May 5, 2018
New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton	2	2	top 39%	Aug 12, 2017
Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	2	6	top 47%	Jul 15, 2017
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	2	5	top 40%	Oct 7, 2016
The Best BBQ Chef Competition	2	5	top 52%	Aug 29, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CT 13 of 28 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 19 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 369 finished ahead 578 times, behind 426

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

20191 milestone

Jun 1 Most recent contest Sun BBQFest

20181 milestone

Jun 2 25th tracked contest Sun BBQ Fest

20172 milestones

Aug 12 First Reserve Championship New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton
Oct 21 Peak power rating (1599) Ocean Sate BBQ Championship

20164 milestones

Aug 13 10th tracked contest New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton
Aug 26 First overall podium The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest
Aug 26 Career-best overall score677.0512 The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest
Aug 26 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest

20152 milestones

Jun 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4056 Sun BBQ Fest
Sep 12 First category win (Chicken) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest

20143 milestones

Sep 27 First tracked contest The Best BBQ Chef Competition
Sep 27 First call The Best BBQ Chef Competition
Sep 27 First overall top-10 The Best BBQ Chef Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest	Aug 26, 2016
+12	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Oct 7, 2016
+12	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton	Aug 12, 2017
+11.5	Red White and Que	Sep 24, 2016
+11.3	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 6, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 5, 2018
-3.8	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	Jul 16, 2016
-3.3	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Oct 9, 2015
-3.1	The Best BBQ Chef Competition	Aug 29, 2015
-2.4	Boo-B-Que	Oct 21, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 31%	92.3%	92.3%
2018	4	1	1	50%	top 56%	92.8%	90.4%
2017	8	4	2	100%	top 34%	93.9%	91.7%
2016	10	3	1	80%	top 44%	94%	90.4%
2015	4	0	1	75%	top 54%	91%	89.6%
2014	1	1	0	100%	top 33%	89.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	19 / 61 (664.4800)	20 (167.9656)	13 (169.1544)	23 (168.5372)	41 (158.8228)
Oct 12, 2018	Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Monson, MA	15 / 26 (668.4456)	7 (171.4056)	10 (168.5372)	17 (165.0856)	18 (163.4172)
Aug 11, 2018	Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park Saco, ME	10 / 30 (659.9196)	13 (162.2856)	8 (168.5600)	1 (177.7028)	23 (151.3712)
Jun 2, 2018	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	30 / 59 (654.7424)	11 (170.2512)	17 (167.9656)	37 (160.0116)	35 (156.5140)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	33 / 40 (619.2684)	26 (161.1084)	23 (158.2744)	36 (149.6456)	33 (150.2400)
Oct 21, 2017	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship West Kingston, RI	8 / 24 (665.0856)	3 (172.5828)	14 (160.0116)	14 (162.2284)	3 (170.2628)
Oct 14, 2017	Bay State BBQ Championship Monson, MA	16 / 30 (663.3256)	20 (164.5372)	6 (171.4056)	16 (167.4172)	21 (159.9656)
Sep 30, 2017	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	16 / 31 (644.9824)	13 (166.2628)	25 (155.9656)	3 (173.1084)	23 (149.6456)
Aug 12, 2017	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton New London, CT	2 / 14 (673.0972)	2 (170.8456)	2 (173.7144)	11 (157.6800)	3 (170.8572)
Aug 4, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	15 / 30 (649.6340)	23 (158.8456)	7 (168)	20 (160.5372)	12 (162.2512)
Jul 15, 2017	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	6 / 29 (675.9200)	1 (177.7028)	16 (165.7028)	23 (157.6572)	5 (174.8572)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	22 / 73 (666.2052)	48 (158.2284)	1 (176.0344)	17 (167.9884)	31 (163.9540)
May 6, 2017	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	6 / 38 (645.7028)	9 (162.8456)	20 (156.5372)	8 (166.8572)	10 (159.4628)
Oct 21, 2016	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	38 / 67 (630.2056)	19 (166.2628)	34 (158.8572)	25 (161.1312)	61 (143.9544)
Oct 7, 2016	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	5 / 33 (665.0856)	6 (170.8456)	11 (168)	20 (156.5372)	6 (169.7028)
Sep 24, 2016	Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ	8 / 41 (658.2972)	31 (154.8800)	3 (172.5600)	15 (162.8800)	9 (167.9772)
Aug 26, 2016	The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY	3 / 15 (677.0512)	7 (164.5372)	3 (171.4056)	1 (178.2972)	4 (162.8112)
Aug 19, 2016	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	17 / 52 (653.7372)	33 (160.5828)	17 (164.0116)	9 (170.2972)	27 (158.8456)
Aug 13, 2016	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton New London, CT	16 / 25 (649.0856)	10 (167.4172)	12 (165.7372)	16 (163.4400)	18 (152.4912)
Jul 22, 2016	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island Kingston, RI	17 / 34 (649.1200)	27 (157.1200)	23 (159.4400)	16 (161.7372)	3 (170.8228)
Jul 16, 2016	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	19 / 26 (644.0116)	4 (169.1200)	22 (157.1772)	24 (152.5828)	12 (165.1316)
Jun 11, 2016	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	43 / 69 (642.6736)	12 (171.4056)	46 (159.3712)	62 (145.0740)	23 (166.8228)
Apr 30, 2016	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	20 / 39 (638.7888)	4 (171.9656)	32 (150.8572)	20 (157.1200)	20 (158.8460)
Oct 9, 2015	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	16 / 25 (639.8972)	20 (159.4056)	9 (165.6916)	15 (161.1200)	14 (153.6800)
Sep 12, 2015	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	15 / 37 (647.9200)	1 (177.1428)	23 (155.9772)	20 (161.1428)	25 (153.6572)
Aug 29, 2015	The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT	12 / 17 (636.4916)	14 (152.5256)	11 (158.2744)	13 (159.4172)	4 (166.2744)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	22 / 52 (655.4056)	29 (164.0228)	21 (165.7372)	19 (166.8228)	26 (158.8228)
Sep 27, 2014	The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT	5 / 15 (647.3028)	7 (162.2744)	4 (168.5372)	10 (157.0856)	5 (159.4056)

JOHN'S TWISTED 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 (13 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)