UNCOMMON Q

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

Power ranking

#5230

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1457

peak 1457 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-13

latest 2023-04-28

Best ToY finish

#1565

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

665.5884 / 720

Master · Atlanta Bar B Q Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.22 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.88 (+7.34)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Atlanta BBQ Festival

Consistency

±17.97

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.97 · weakest Brisket (155.64)

Road miles

421

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.88 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

665.5884 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.5884 at Atlanta Bar B Q Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-08-12

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 60%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 60%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIRD DAWG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIRD DAWG BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.33 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 155.64
Chicken avg 163.97
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE SLINGERS - GA in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5 years, then back at BBQ Boogie & Blues (2023-04-28).

last seen 2018-05-05
back 2023-04-28

Chicken nemesis

4 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

BIRD DAWG BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIRD DAWG BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.

An August team

Top 56% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 73% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.50% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.50% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.2% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW

#5235 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1457

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to UNCOMMON Q)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-05-19

⚔ Head-to-head

Circle W Meats

#5232 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Trash Panda BBQ

#5229 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

#5214 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Bear's BBQ

#5217 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-08-27

⚔ Head-to-head

BACK NINE BBQ

#5221 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before UNCOMMON Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIRD DAWG BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	0	172.5716	154.2284	163.97	top 65%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	0	171.9772	143.9888	158.50	top 70%
Pork	9	2	1	1	176.5600	147.3828	163.77	top 56%
Brisket	9	0	0	0	163.9884	145.0628	155.64	top 79%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 79%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Atlanta BarB-Que Festival	2	23	0	top 57%	2015-08-14

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.6 yrs 2013-09-13 → 2023-04-28

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.97 · weakest Brisket (155.64)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 641.88 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 247 94–250 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 421 10 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Purse competed for $11,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5 yrs 2018-05-05 → 2023-04-28

Power rating 1457 peak 1457 · #5230 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 13 First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1490) Atlanta BarB-Q Festival
2014
Aug 15 First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
2015
Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4916 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
2016
Aug 12 Career-best overall score665.5884 Atlanta Bar B Q Festival
2018
May 5 First category win (Pork) Atlanta BBQ Festival
May 5 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Atlanta BBQ Festival
2023
Apr 28 10th tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues
Apr 28 Most recent contest BBQ Boogie & Blues

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.6	Atlanta Bar B Q Festival	2016-08-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA)	2014-10-24
-11.3	BBQ Boogie & Blues	2023-04-28
-9.7	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival	2013-09-13
-6.9	The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig	2017-07-14
-2.1	Atlanta BBQ Festival	2018-05-05

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0%	top 94%	88.9%	88.9%
2018	1	1	100%	top 70%	90.2%	90.2%
2017	1	0	0%	top 85%	88.4%	88.4%
2016	1	0	100%	top 54%	92.4%	92.4%
2015	3	0	33%	top 60%	91.7%	91.3%
2014	2	0	50%	top 75%	89.7%	87.4%
2013	1	0	0%	top 80%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-04-28	BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA	30 / 32 (640.3196)	29 (159.9312)	26 (161.6456)	24 (163.9312)	31 (154.8116)
2018-05-05	Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA	19 / 27 (649.6572)	15 (165.1200)	26 (143.9888)	1 (176.5600)	17 (163.9884)
2017-07-14	The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig Cummings, GA	35 / 41 (636.3888)	30 (165.6800)	39 (151.9316)	37 (158.8000)	31 (159.9772)
2016-08-12	Atlanta Bar B Q Festival Atlanta, GA	15 / 28 (665.5884)	17 (167.3828)	8 (171.9772)	16 (168.0000)	24 (158.2284)
2015-10-23	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival Cleveland, GA	—	—	—	—	—
2015-08-14	Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA	29 / 48 (654.1488)	37 (161.1088)	10 (170.8344)	8 (171.9656)	41 (150.2400)
2015-06-05	Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA	25 / 42 (660.4916)	30 (165.7372)	21 (167.9656)	13 (170.2628)	34 (156.5260)
2014-10-24	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA) Cleveland, GA	34 / 35 (612.3200)	22 (163.9544)	35 (150.2288)	33 (153.0740)	34 (145.0628)
2014-08-15	Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA	23 / 43 (645.5888)	8 (172.5716)	35 (154.8116)	20 (163.9772)	30 (154.2284)
2013-09-13	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA	33 / 41 (612.4456)	31 (154.2284)	32 (153.1428)	35 (147.3828)	24 (157.6916)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1565 (57 pts)	#1597 (57 pts)	#1693 (57 pts)	#1280 (62 pts)	#1577 (57 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1840 (82 pts)	#1811 (102 pts)	#2561 (52 pts)	#1067 (277 pts)	#1842 (92 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2031 (103 pts)	#2173 (93 pts)	#1724 (148 pts)	#2130 (98 pts)	#2883 (58 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1349 (215 pts)	#1185 (275 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2700 (60 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2719 (60 pts)	#2715 (60 pts)	#2709 (60 pts)