H QUE

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

Power ranking

#3100

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1503

peak 1503 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-06

latest 2018-08-03

Best ToY finish

#986

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

668.5032 / 720

Master · Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.87 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 659.53 (-0.66)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Brisket · Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

Consistency

±5.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.30)

Road miles

334

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

659.53 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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

668.5032 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.5032 at Laurie Hillbilly BBQ — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-08-05

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC ahead in 100% of their meetings

UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Junk Yard Hog in 3 of their 3 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.

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

Disciples of Blues & BBQ

#3104 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to H QUE)

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

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Smoke Masters Mafia

#3102 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1519

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to H QUE)

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-07-27

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Q LOGIC

#3082 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1518

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to H QUE)

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-05-06

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RED RIVER BBQ

#3110 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to H QUE)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-10-29

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FULLWOOD BROS' BBQ

#3094 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1510

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to H QUE)

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

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The Smoked Biscuit Company

#3098 of the rated field

1503 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after H QUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	172.5828	161.7028	166.55	top 52%
Pork Ribs	6	1	1	173.1428	153.0972	163.30	top 57%
Pork	6	3	0	173.7144	156.5028	165.78	top 52%
Brisket	6	2	0	175.4172	155.9772	163.90	top 51%

“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
MO	5	0	top 58%
KS	1	0	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 72%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 57%
Large (40+)	3	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	3	21	0	top 54%	2018-08-03

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

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2016-05-06 → 2018-08-03

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.30)

Walk rate 83% a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 659.53 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 632 324–401 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 334 6 mapped stops · furthest 129 mi

Schedule strength 1560 average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests

Power rating 1503 peak 1503 · #3100 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 6 First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8112 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
Aug 5 Career-best overall score668.5032 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
2017
Aug 4 Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4172 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
2018
Aug 3 Peak power rating (1503) Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 3 Most recent contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.6	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2016-08-05
+1.1	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29
+0.9	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2016-05-06
+0.7	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2017-08-04
+0.7	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2018-08-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.3	Smoking in the Woods	2016-07-22

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)
2018	1	100%	top 60%	91.3%	91.3%
2017	1	100%	top 57%	92%	92%
2016	4	75%	top 57%	92.8%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-03	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	21 / 35 (657.5656)	19 (166.2400)	18 (165.6800)	34 (156.5028)	7 (169.1428)
2017-08-04	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	23 / 40 (662.1944)	11 (172.5828)	38 (153.0972)	33 (161.0972)	5 (175.4172)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	310 / 557 (650.7656)	214 (166.8572)	446 (155.3712)	321 (162.8344)	210 (165.7028)
2016-08-05	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	23 / 50 (668.5032)	37 (162.8000)	15 (170.8572)	9 (173.7144)	36 (161.1316)
2016-07-22	Smoking in the Woods Kingdom City, MO	13 / 18 (655.3372)	7 (169.1200)	14 (161.6800)	6 (168.5372)	15 (156.0000)
2016-05-06	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	17 / 32 (662.8112)	25 (161.7028)	2 (173.1428)	8 (171.9884)	25 (155.9772)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1846 (80 pts)	#1863 (90 pts)	#1844 (95 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1425 (165 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2140 (70 pts)	#1745 (130 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1458 (185 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#986 (330 pts)	#1070 (325 pts)	#760 (525 pts)	#761 (515 pts)	#1187 (270 pts)