They almost always walk
A call in 11 of 17 contests
A top-10 category call in 65% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A call in 11 of 17 contests
A top-10 category call in 65% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 695.9656 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
Survivor-Que has finished one call ahead of ALL QUED UP 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
2017 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.14 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 53% of the time against 53%.
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, DRILLING & GRILLING has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.
FIRE DANCER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Something about September: average finish in the top 33% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,888 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,002 miles to *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship.
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.
61 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ALL QUED UP has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 17 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 5 years after ALL QUED UP did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with ALL QUED UP on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOWER LOWER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGHEADED BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 179.4400 | 142.2972 | 166.17 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 137.1544 | 161.59 | top 49% |
| Pork | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5828 | 145.6340 | 162.89 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 122.1828 | 160.03 | top 49% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE | 5 | 0 | top 86% |
| TN | 5 | 0 | top 26% |
| AR | 3 | 0 | top 15% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 61% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boo-B-Que | 3 | 52 | 0 | top 82% | 2018-10-19 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.1 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2017-09-08 |
| +14.5 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose | 2017-04-07 |
| +13.3 | *Smokin on the White | 2017-09-15 |
| +13.2 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | 2017-09-29 |
| +13.1 | *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | 2017-10-06 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Boo-B-Que | 2017-10-20 |
| -14.8 | Boo-B-Que | 2019-10-18 |
| -12.6 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | 2014-04-11 |
| -11.3 | Smoke in the Park | 2015-09-25 |
| -6.4 | Boo-B-Que | 2018-10-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 37% | 96.6% | 93% |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 86% | top 28% | 96.7% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 56% | 95.4% | 90.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-18 | Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE | 57 / 63 (602.6972) | 51 (153.1200) | 53 (153.1088) | 31 (161.6684) | 60 (134.8000) |
| 2018-10-19 | Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE | 52 / 73 (630.8228) | 50 (158.8572) | 57 (150.8228) | 54 (154.2856) | 24 (166.8572) |
| 2018-07-20 | *BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN | 4 / 25 (695.4056) | 4 (173.7028) | 5 (173.7028) | 12 (170.2856) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2018-04-06 | Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL) Somerville, TN | 9 / 40 (681.6116) | 5 (174.2744) | 15 (169.1200) | 19 (166.2516) | 8 (171.9656) |
| 2017-10-20 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | 67 / 69 (570.5712) | 48 (163.4172) | 67 (139.3372) | 63 (145.6340) | 68 (122.1828) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR | 3 / 25 (685.6684) | 3 (170.2512) | 6 (170.8572) | 5 (169.7028) | 2 (174.8572) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR | 3 / 19 (685.6684) | 2 (174.8456) | 7 (170.2628) | 3 (172.5828) | 6 (167.9772) |
| 2017-09-15 | *Smokin on the White Batesville, AR | 3 / 17 (688.0000) | 1 (179.4400) | 3 (170.2972) | 5 (171.4056) | 8 (166.8572) |
| 2017-09-08 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN | 4 / 42 (695.9656) | 8 (174.8456) | 1 (178.8572) | 19 (168.5372) | 10 (173.7256) |
| 2017-08-18 | *Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 12 / 43 (667.9316) | 15 (169.1200) | 2 (173.1544) | 21 (163.9772) | 17 (161.6800) |
| 2017-04-07 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose Somerville, TN | 5 / 27 (685.0168) | 1 (177.7028) | 8 (171.9656) | 19 (163.3828) | 7 (171.9656) |
| 2016-10-21 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | 52 / 67 (614.1028) | 59 (150.2516) | 47 (151.3712) | 22 (162.2628) | 51 (150.2172) |
| 2016-09-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 7 / 28 (686.7884) | 2 (179.4400) | 3 (174.2628) | 19 (164.5600) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2016-05-27 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO | 17 / 28 (658.1256) | 15 (163.3828) | 12 (166.8228) | 25 (155.3600) | 6 (172.5600) |
| 2016-04-15 | Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest Millington, TN | 10 / 16 (659.7936) | 6 (168.5256) | 15 (158.2284) | 7 (170.8112) | 10 (162.2284) |
| 2015-09-25 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 33 / 34 (582.7888) | 30 (151.4400) | 33 (137.1544) | 30 (148.5372) | 30 (145.6572) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 102 / 109 (570.7660) | 99 (142.2972) | 101 (137.6916) | 33 (159.9656) | 105 (130.8116) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1418 (145 pts) | #1300 (185 pts) | #1771 (110 pts) | #1870 (90 pts) | #1462 (155 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #433 (871 pts) | #428 (891 pts) | #480 (816 pts) | #622 (651 pts) | #577 (681 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2236 (75 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2713 (59 pts) | #2714 (59 pts) | #2716 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2741 (59 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |