TEAM BREW & QUE NE
Rating
1575
peak 1575
Contests
33
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#369
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
7
of 33 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
676.67 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 673.30 (+3.37)
Walk rate
45%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.52
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.54 · weakest Brisket (165.69)
Road miles
2622
mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
HELPING U BBQ has finished one call ahead of TEAM BREW & QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 16 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of SAUCE BOSSES in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NE first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 155.9084 | 169.54 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.3716 | 168.69 | top 48% |
| Pork | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 158.2172 | 169.52 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 154.2744 | 165.69 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 11 | 0 | top 52% |
| KS | 9 | 0 | top 45% |
| IA | 6 | 0 | top 36% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NE (14 of 33 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (29 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 673.30
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 677.0516 | 675.61 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 694.1940 | 680.91 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 695.3600 | 687.94 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 674.2516 | 664.84 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 654.8460 | 654.85 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 685.6684 | 668.65 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 678.2172 | 668.92 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 15 / 25 (677.0516) | 21 (166.2628) | 21 (163.9544) | 5 (175.4172) | 8 (171.4172) |
| 2026-01-30 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 17 / 38 (674.1712) | 13 (171.4056) | 6 (174.3088) | 32 (165.0856) | 30 (163.3712) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 69 / 401 (692.5028) | 191 (170.8228) | 78 (174.2856) | 12 (178.8572) | 180 (168.5372) |
| 2025-07-18 | Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA | 8 / 30 (694.1940) | 7 (175.4056) | 15 (171.9656) | 14 (172.5600) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2025-07-11 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown Papillion, NE | 21 / 24 (645.4396) | 23 (155.9084) | 11 (168.5372) | 17 (165.0856) | 22 (155.9084) |
| 2025-06-06 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 5 / 29 (692.4916) | 11 (174.2744) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (175.4172) | 22 (162.8000) |
| 2025-01-24 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 11 / 32 (679.9088) | 8 (173.7028) | 17 (168.5372) | 14 (170.2744) | 15 (167.3944) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 38 / 444 (695.3600) | 8 (179.4400) | 37 (176.5600) | 101 (173.1200) | 253 (166.2400) |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA | 7 / 36 (691.9772) | 5 (176.5600) | 10 (173.1544) | 11 (174.2628) | 19 (168.0000) |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Council Bluffs, IA | 4 / 26 (683.9544) | 3 (176.5944) | 10 (166.8344) | 7 (171.4056) | 5 (169.1200) |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 11 / 25 (680.4800) | 6 (174.8456) | 22 (155.3716) | 3 (176.0000) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 336 / 487 (655.9316) | 356 (163.4172) | 165 (171.4172) | 278 (166.8228) | 426 (154.2744) |
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA | 20 / 37 (666.7080) | 17 (170.8228) | 16 (170.8112) | 21 (167.9656) | 26 (157.1084) |
| 2023-06-30 | Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ Council Bluffs, IA | 8 / 22 (674.2516) | 6 (171.9772) | 4 (172.0228) | 11 (170.3088) | 14 (159.9428) |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 17 / 28 (671.3488) | 11 (171.9772) | 19 (165.6800) | 22 (163.9772) | 11 (169.7144) |
| 2023-01-27 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 20 / 31 (655.9544) | 22 (161.6800) | 27 (159.3944) | 14 (168.5828) | 15 (166.2972) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 337 / 505 (654.8460) | 233 (168.0000) | 400 (160.0116) | 420 (158.2172) | 167 (168.6172) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 270 / 467 (657.5540) | 366 (158.7884) | 86 (172.5600) | 235 (165.0856) | 286 (161.1200) |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 Holdrege, NE | 26 / 36 (666.2060) | 23 (166.2972) | 23 (167.9888) | 26 (163.3828) | 20 (168.5372) |
| 2021-06-18 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 Holdrege, NE | 12 / 40 (685.6684) | 13 (173.1428) | 23 (167.9772) | 10 (174.8572) | 15 (169.6912) |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest C Omaha, NE | — | — | 11 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B Omaha, NE | — | — | 10 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2021-05-30 | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A Omaha, NE | — | — | 14 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2021-05-28 | 9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 31 / 46 (665.1544) | 21 (168.5944) | 19 (169.6800) | 34 (163.4400) | 31 (163.4400) |
| 2019-08-09 | GOBS Que Arlington, NE | 10 / 29 (670.1716) | 10 (169.1316) | 5 (171.9888) | 17 (165.6684) | 14 (163.3828) |
| 2019-06-28 | Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA | 18 / 28 (666.8112) | 21 (167.4056) | 19 (165.1428) | 10 (170.8228) | 23 (163.4400) |
| 2019-06-14 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 8 / 30 (678.2172) | 18 (161.1200) | 9 (170.8344) | 4 (176.0000) | 6 (170.2628) |
| 2019-05-31 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 18 / 39 (666.6972) | 15 (169.1200) | 24 (166.2400) | 11 (169.6916) | 25 (161.6456) |
| 2019-04-26 | Q for a Cause Papillion, NE | 22 / 32 (662.7196) | 12 (171.4284) | 27 (157.0740) | 25 (165.0972) | 16 (169.1200) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #470 (200 pts) | #564 (190 pts) | #504 (245 pts) | #454 (235 pts) | #489 (205 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #369 (585 pts) | #415 (555 pts) | #385 (660 pts) | #352 (640 pts) | #453 (470 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #388 (546 pts) | #322 (731 pts) | #568 (386 pts) | #382 (571 pts) | #435 (501 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #428 (461 pts) | #433 (516 pts) | #482 (501 pts) | #473 (436 pts) | #446 (451 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #552 (305 pts) | #552 (330 pts) | #328 (624 pts) | #564 (315 pts) | #579 (315 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #615 (534 pts) | #659 (524 pts) | #654 (524 pts) | #571 (614 pts) | #671 (504 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #414 (841 pts) | #531 (696 pts) | #439 (831 pts) | #287 (1111 pts) | #502 (736 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #620 (626 pts) | #523 (761 pts) | #603 (666 pts) | #598 (676 pts) | #582 (676 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1755 (124 pts) | #1999 (119 pts) | #1838 (129 pts) | #2000 (119 pts) | #1985 (119 pts) |