BOO BOO QUED

BOO BOO QUED is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 73 at the Sun BBQ Fest (2017). They are ranked #2213 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,213

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1530

peak 1536 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 29, 2015

latest Jul 23, 2022 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#692

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

689.1088 / 720

Master · Sun BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.40 (+7.96)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Granite State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±19.08

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.09)

Road miles

2,950

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 235 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$58K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.40 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 26 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 26 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.1088 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.1088 at Sun BBQ Fest — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 3, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PADDY MCQ'S has finished one call ahead of BOO BOO QUED 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.34 points below their pork, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.09
Pork avg 163.43
5 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOAR-N-Q in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (Jul 23, 2022).

last seen Sep 28, 2019
back Jul 23, 2022

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Pork nemesis

18 of 24 shared pork entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 18 of 24 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Smokin Aces has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A September team

Top 42% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 42% across 3 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 54% the rest of the year

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1207 (85 pts)	#1231 (90 pts)	#1240 (100 pts)	#914 (165 pts)	#1695 (50 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#841 (343 pts)	#832 (388 pts)	#946 (318 pts)	#852 (368 pts)	#643 (528 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#692 (488 pts)	#616 (603 pts)	#655 (558 pts)	#621 (603 pts)	#688 (528 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#750 (503 pts)	#562 (708 pts)	#1005 (368 pts)	#618 (653 pts)	#802 (483 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1317 (210 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#1273 (250 pts)	#878 (445 pts)	#2015 (115 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BOO BOO QUED, each with one reason worth a look.

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

HOLLYWOOD N SWINE

#2,222 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1544

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before BOO BOO QUED's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ

#2,211 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1533

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jan 30, 2026

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Boots Style BBQ

#2,210 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1534

Fewer contests behind them than BOO BOO QUED has cooked, 15 to 26, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jul 29, 2016

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STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ

#2,206 of the rated field

1531 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1564

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 47% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jul 17, 2015

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EADS DOWNHOME

#2,223 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1536

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jul 6, 2018

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BR.BQ

#2,217 of the rated field

1530 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before BOO BOO QUED's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	23	4	19	17%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	12	6	5	50%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	5	0	1	174.8800	149.0628	163.08	top 49%
Pork Ribs	24	5	0	0	172.0232	139.9888	158.09	top 60%
Pork	24	8	1	2	177.7144	140.5256	163.43	top 45%
Brisket	24	6	0	1	170.8572	141.0628	158.80	top 54%

“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)	17	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CT	5	top 43%
MA	4	top 52%
NH	4	top 69%
VT	3	top 55%
RI	3	top 57%
ME	3	top 51%
NY	2	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	3	6	top 55%	Jul 23, 2022
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	3	14	top 51%	Oct 5, 2018
Granite State BBQ Championship	3	14	top 65%	Jun 9, 2018
Great Maine BBQ Challenge	2	11	top 43%	Sep 22, 2018
Sun BBQ Fest	2	3	top 35%	Jun 2, 2018
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2	13	top 43%	May 5, 2018
I love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	19	top 63%	Jul 7, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 8 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CT 5 of 26 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 14 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 291 finished ahead 416 times, behind 449

Longest layoff 2.8 yrs Sep 28, 2019 → Jul 23, 2022

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

20221 milestone

Jul 23 Most recent contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

20192 milestones

Sep 28 25th tracked contest Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 28 Peak power rating (1536) Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20174 milestones

Jun 3 First overall top-10 Sun BBQ Fest
Jun 3 First overall podium Sun BBQ Fest
Jun 3 Career-best overall score689.1088 Sun BBQ Fest
Jul 7 10th tracked contest I love Barbecue & Music Festival

20164 milestones

Jun 4 First call Granite State BBQ Championship
Jun 4 First category win (Pork) Granite State BBQ Championship
Jun 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1088 Granite State BBQ Championship
Jun 4 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Granite State BBQ Championship

20151 milestone

May 29 First tracked contest Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.1	Sun BBQ Fest	Jun 3, 2017
+9.5	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	Jul 27, 2019
+7.8	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 6, 2017
+6.4	Great Maine BBQ Challenge	Sep 22, 2017
+6.1	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 4, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 10, 2017
-7.7	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest	May 29, 2015
-6.4	I love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 2, 2016
-6.1	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	Jul 23, 2022
-4.4	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	Jul 29, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 72%	88%	88%
2019	5	1	0	60%	top 47%	93.3%	91%
2018	6	0	0	50%	top 57%	91%	89.9%
2017	8	1	0	88%	top 51%	95.7%	89.2%
2016	4	0	1	50%	top 58%	91.3%	87.6%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 80%	86.2%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 23, 2022	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	18 / 25 (633.6340)	17 (163.4284)	15 (161.7028)	6 (167.4400)	25 (141.0628)
Sep 28, 2019	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Hope Valley, RI	14 / 36 (667.3712)	11 (169.7028)	27 (159.3828)	12 (167.9656)	8 (170.3200)
Aug 24, 2019	Kora Kare for Kids Ride-In & BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	24 / 36 (635.3144)	18 (160.5828)	27 (155.4060)	15 (165.1200)	28 (154.2056)
Jul 27, 2019	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	6 / 33 (671.9544)	5 (173.1544)	7 (169.1200)	13 (167.4400)	17 (162.2400)
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	34 / 61 (648.5260)	18 (168.0228)	47 (153.7144)	30 (164.5256)	33 (162.2632)
May 18, 2019	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	15 / 28 (651.8632)	22 (155.9428)	9 (167.9888)	21 (157.0972)	2 (170.8344)
Oct 20, 2018	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES West Kingston, RI	24 / 37 (635.8968)	21 (161.6684)	17 (161.1200)	21 (160)	27 (153.1084)
Oct 5, 2018	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	14 / 31 (655.3940)	20 (162.8684)	15 (162.8228)	11 (169.1772)	19 (160.5256)
Sep 22, 2018	Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME	13 / 27 (651.8628)	18 (162.2400)	18 (155.9544)	8 (166.2628)	8 (167.4056)
Jun 9, 2018	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	27 / 41 (653.5772)	11 (170.2972)	9 (167.9656)	27 (160.5256)	32 (154.7888)
Jun 2, 2018	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	39 / 59 (636.4116)	47 (156.5028)	48 (152.4800)	11 (170.2972)	31 (157.1316)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	21 / 40 (648.4224)	7 (170.2856)	27 (154.7884)	29 (160.5256)	14 (162.8228)
Oct 21, 2017	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship West Kingston, RI	16 / 24 (635.8972)	5 (168.5600)	21 (142.7772)	17 (158.8572)	10 (165.7028)
Oct 6, 2017	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	14 / 25 (656.4916)	2 (174.8800)	23 (154.7888)	8 (170.2972)	20 (156.5256)
Sep 22, 2017	Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME	11 / 29 (653.1200)	16 (157.1428)	12 (163.4172)	11 (164.5600)	9 (168)
Jul 29, 2017	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	22 / 30 (620.4688)	21 (159.4172)	30 (139.9888)	10 (164.5256)	17 (156.5372)
Jul 7, 2017	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	19 / 40 (628.3888)	32 (149.0628)	31 (151.3944)	19 (157.0744)	4 (170.8572)
Jun 10, 2017	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	30 / 35 (622.6512)	26 (157.0856)	27 (156.5372)	27 (157.6684)	24 (151.3600)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	3 / 73 (689.1088)	8 (172.5600)	8 (172.0232)	9 (173.7028)	17 (170.8228)
May 6, 2017	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	13 / 38 (633.6800)	12 (161.1544)	26 (150.8684)	3 (169.7144)	21 (151.9428)
Oct 7, 2016	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	17 / 33 (637.6684)	15 (164.5372)	21 (160.0228)	7 (166.8684)	26 (146.2400)
Jul 23, 2016	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 2, 2016	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	22 / 28 (596.4572)	13 (157.1084)	25 (146.8116)	26 (140.5256)	16 (152.0116)
Jun 4, 2016	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	14 / 32 (657.1088)	26 (161.1316)	6 (169.1544)	1 (177.7144)	28 (149.1084)
Sep 12, 2015	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	—	—	—	—	—
May 29, 2015	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	39 / 49 (620.4232)	35 (156.5716)	17 (163.9772)	49 (144.4800)	32 (155.3944)

BOO BOO QUED

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

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)