RIGHT ON CUE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-09-20

latest 2016-09-17

Best ToY finish

#1676

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

631.2688 / 720

Master · * Que by the Sea

Perfect 180s

Current form

601.16

last 4 Master vs avg 601.16 (+0.00)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

164.6172

Pork · Que by the Sea

Consistency

±19.18

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 153.41 · weakest Brisket (144.37)

Road miles

157

mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

601.16 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (1 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.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings

Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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.

RIGHT ON CUE has 4 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 151 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.

Smoke or be Smoked

#4395 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RIGHT ON CUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RIGHT ON CUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

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Whats Smokin

#4390 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RIGHT ON CUE)

They've been 1526 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2024-07-13

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Rise and Swine-AL

#4402 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

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SPENA BBQ

#4386 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

Level with RIGHT ON CUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-08-09

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Smokin' Boys & Hot Grills

#4379 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after RIGHT ON CUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-08-01

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VH BBQ Team

#4394 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-09-07

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	161.1088	139.3940	153.41	top 72%
Pork Ribs	4	0	158.2284	134.2516	150.10	top 69%
Pork	4	1	164.6172	146.2628	153.29	top 66%
Brisket	4	0	157.6688	139.9200	144.37	top 77%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NJ	3	0	top 77%
PA	1	0	top 82%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
* Que by the Sea	3	21	0	top 77%	2016-09-17

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2014-09-20 → 2016-09-17

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NJ 3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 153.41 · weakest Brisket (144.37)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 4 contests

Master average 601.16 out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 110 40–145 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 157 4 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Power rating 1474 peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Sep 20 First tracked contest Que by the Sea
Sep 20 First call Que by the Sea
Sep 20 Career-best single call (Pork)164.6172 Que by the Sea
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1488) Que by the Sea
2016
Sep 17 Career-best overall score631.2688 * Que by the Sea
Sep 17 Most recent contest * Que by the Sea

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.8	* Que by the Sea	2016-09-17

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Que by the Sea	2014-09-20
-10.2	Que by the Sea	2015-09-19
-7.6	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival	2015-05-08

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0%	top 48%	87.7%	87.7%
2015	2	0%	top 86%	83.3%	83%
2014	1	100%	top 94%	80.3%	80.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-17	* Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	21 / 44 (631.2688)	23 (161.1088)	23 (158.2284)	33 (154.2628)	20 (157.6688)
2015-09-19	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	37 / 41 (595.2684)	32 (153.1084)	26 (154.2056)	36 (148.0000)	37 (139.9544)
2015-05-08	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	47 / 57 (599.9204)	33 (160.0116)	35 (153.7144)	48 (146.2628)	48 (139.9316)
2014-09-20	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	45 / 48 (578.1828)	47 (139.3940)	48 (134.2516)	9 (164.6172)	43 (139.9200)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2140 (80 pts)	#2283 (70 pts)	#2292 (70 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2200 (85 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2458 (73 pts)	#2505 (73 pts)	#2505 (73 pts)	#1639 (158 pts)	#2494 (73 pts)