Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM

Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 5th of 26 at the Porktober Que (2015). They are ranked #3310 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,310

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1498

peak 1506 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 14, 2014

latest Mar 10, 2017 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1199

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

682.1828 / 720

Master · Porktober Que

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8456

Pork Ribs · Porktober Que

Consistency

±13.35

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 170.84 · weakest Chicken (160.06)

Road miles

103

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 51 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Master avg

659.75 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

682.1828 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.1828 at Porktober Que — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2015

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

POVERTY HILL SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

POVERTY HILL SMOKERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.8 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.77 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.

Chicken avg 160.06
Pork Ribs avg 170.84
0 calls in 5 entries

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Flames on the Flint every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 23rd

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	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1199 (236 pts)	#1516 (176 pts)	#1191 (261 pts)	#1212 (261 pts)	#1524 (166 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2065 (78 pts)	#2572 (68 pts)	#1266 (243 pts)	#1489 (193 pts)	#2027 (98 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Traditions BBQ

#3,309 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1504

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

Q LIVE CREW BBQ

#3,319 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2026

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Flower of the Flame

#3,307 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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NEWSOME'S BBQ

#3,302 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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HAWG WYLD

#3,311 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 2, 2017

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SLOPPY DOGS BAR-B-QUE

#3,299 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 3, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
POVERTY HILL SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	0	169.6800	149.0628	160.06	top 73%
Pork Ribs	5	3	1	174.8456	161.6572	170.84	top 32%
Pork	5	2	0	173.1200	157.1200	165.92	top 54%
Brisket	5	0	0	165.1544	157.6456	162.93	top 63%

“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)	1	0	top 19%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	4	0	top 71%
AL	1	0	top 19%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Flames on the Flint	4	23	0	top 71%	Mar 10, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 97 times, behind 195

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

20171 milestone

Mar 10 Most recent contest Flames on the Flint

20161 milestone

Mar 11 Peak power rating (1506) Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)

20153 milestones

Sep 25 First overall top-10 Porktober Que
Sep 25 Career-best overall score682.1828 Porktober Que
Sep 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8456 Porktober Que

20143 milestones

Mar 14 First tracked contest Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)
Mar 14 First call Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)
Mar 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0744 Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.3	Porktober Que	Sep 25, 2015
+1.5	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)	Mar 14, 2014
+0.4	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	Mar 11, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8	Flames on the Flint	Mar 10, 2017
-7.4	Flames on the Flint	Mar 13, 2015

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)
2017	1	0	0%	top 87%	88.9%	88.9%
2016	1	0	100%	top 61%	91.3%	91.3%
2015	2	1	50%	top 51%	94.7%	93%
2014	1	0	100%	top 53%	91.8%	91.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 10, 2017	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	58 / 67 (640.3312)	64 (154.7772)	52 (161.6572)	55 (160.5256)	47 (163.3712)
Mar 11, 2016	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	54 / 89 (657.5884)	31 (169.1200)	7 (173.7028)	79 (157.1200)	68 (157.6456)
Sep 25, 2015	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	5 / 26 (682.1828)	12 (169.6800)	4 (174.8456)	4 (173.1200)	14 (164.5372)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	60 / 72 (657.5772)	70 (157.6800)	38 (169.6800)	53 (166.2516)	52 (163.9656)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	23 / 43 (661.0744)	40 (149.0628)	3 (174.2972)	5 (172.5600)	19 (165.1544)

Q-FUSED BBQ TEAM

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

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

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 — 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)