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TEAM BREW & QUE

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

Power ranking

#890
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1617
peak 1617 · rated over 45 contests

Contests

53
in the data

First seen

2016-08-05
latest 2026-07-17

Best ToY finish

#369
Master 2025

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

10
of 53 contests

Avg finish

top 49%
overall standings

Best overall

695.3600 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

685.40 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 666.13 (+19.27)

Walk rate

49%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±18.29
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 167.72 · weakest Brisket (164.25)

Road miles

4,909
mi across 53 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi

Schedule strength

78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)

Purse competed for

$424K
listed at 27 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 27 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.13 / 720
45 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

  • Pork Ribs ×1

The one to beat

one call ahead of them

WHEN PIGS DIE has finished one call ahead of TEAM BREW & QUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

  • 5 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 22%

Chicken nemesis

22 of 34 shared chicken entries lost

WHEN PIGS DIE ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WHEN PIGS DIE has out-cooked them in 22 of 34 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

one call behind them

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

4,909 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,909 miles across 53 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 185 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides.

  • 53 mapped stops
  • furthest 185 mi

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.

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

SMOKIN T'S
#891 of the rated field
1617 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
32
GCs
1
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1622
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TEAM BREW & QUE)

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

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen 2018-10-12
⚔ Head-to-head
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
#883 of the rated field
1617 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
90
GCs
2
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1695
12–22 in 34 shared contests (35% to TEAM BREW & QUE)

They've been 1695 at their best, 78 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 86 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-17
⚔ Head-to-head
SMOKING FINNS FI
#888 of the rated field
1617 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
5
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1617
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TEAM BREW & QUE)

Fewer contests behind them than TEAM BREW & QUE has cooked, 24 to 53, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen 2026-05-15
⚔ Head-to-head
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ
#889 of the rated field
1617 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
110
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1673
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TEAM BREW & QUE)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 110 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 106 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-14
⚔ Head-to-head
TNK BBQ
#892 of the rated field
1617 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
0
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1623
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before TEAM BREW & QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 39 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
HalaQyah BBQ
#887 of the rated field
1617 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1617
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after TEAM BREW & QUE did, first appearing in 2024.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen 2026-08-07
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HELPING U BBQ 35 12 23 34% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 34 12 22 35% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 33 7 26 21% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 24 2 22 8% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 20 14 6 70% ⚔ compare
HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION 20 10 10 50% ⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 19 3 16 16% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 19 0 19 0% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 17 4 13 24% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 15 7 8 47% ⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ 15 1 14 7% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 15 1 14 7% ⚔ compare
SCORE ONE SMOKIN' 14 12 2 86% ⚔ compare
FAIRWAY SMOKERS 14 7 7 50% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 46 12 0 3 179.4400 150.8228 167.72 top 49%
Pork Ribs 48 11 1 1 180.0000 🔥 155.3716 167.38 top 48%
Pork 45 13 0 3 178.8572 150.8000 167.15 top 49%
Brisket 45 7 0 0 175.4400 148.4684 164.25 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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NE230top 53%
KS120top 45%
IA100top 45%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)280top 47%
Large (40+)170top 52%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Big Blue BBQ Championship 4 5 0 top 42% 2025-06-06
Shenandoah ShenDig 3 8 0 top 42% 2026-07-17
SJV Winter Rub 3 11 0 top 48% 2026-01-30
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 270 0 top 65% 2023-09-27
Central Plains Ribfest 3 7 0 top 30% 2019-06-14
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 38 0 top 13% 2025-11-05
Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 2 4 0 top 26% 2024-07-05
Q for a Cause 2 18 0 top 56% 2019-04-26
*BBQ in the Bluffs 2 17 0 top 55% 2018-05-11
BBQ on the Bricks 2 10 0 top 50% 2017-08-25

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.9 yrs 2016-08-05 → 2026-07-17
Busiest season 2018 8 contests
Contests a season 5.3 across 10 seasons in the data
Cooks most in NE 26 of 53 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 29 10 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 48 entries · 1 win · 11 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.72 · weakest Brisket (164.25)
Walk rate 49% a top-10 call in 26 of 53 contests
Overall top-10 rate 19% 10 of 53 contests
Best top-10 run 2 straight contests
Master average 666.13 out of 720 · 45 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced 1,653 2,286–2,204 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 4,909 53 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength 1601 average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for $424,440 listed at 27 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 27 state-championship entries
Longest layoff 1.8 yrs 2019-08-09 → 2021-05-28
Power rating 1617 peak 1617 · #890 of 6,413 rated

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

  1. 2016
  2. First tracked contest 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska
  3. 2017
  4. First call Central Plains Ribfest
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9428 Riverfest Community Festival
  6. First overall top-10 BBQ on the Bricks
  7. 10th tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
  8. 2021
  9. 25th tracked contest Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A
  10. 2024
  11. Career-best overall score695.3600 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  12. 2025
  13. First category win (Pork Ribs) Big Blue BBQ Championship
  14. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Big Blue BBQ Championship
  15. 2026
  16. 50th tracked contest SJV Winter Rub
  17. Peak power rating (1617) Shenandoah ShenDig
  18. Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.17th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition2018-05-18
+13.8Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ2024-07-05
+13.7American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest2024-10-30
+13Central Plains Ribfest2018-06-15
+12.2Big Blue BBQ Championship2025-06-06

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.3Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown2025-07-11
-7.1American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST2021-09-16
-6.6Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -12017-08-04
-4.7Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -22017-08-05
-4.6American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest2023-09-27

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20264000 100% top 50% 95.7% 94.5%
20256021 50% top 37% 96.4% 94.6%
20245020 80% top 22% 96.6% 95.5%
20236010 17% top 57% 93.6% 92.3%
20222000 0% top 67% 91% 91%
20217000 29% top 57% 95.2% 92.9%
20195020 60% top 48% 94.2% 92.9%
20188020 75% top 43% 95.1% 92.8%
20178010 38% top 60% 93.2% 90%
20162000 0% top 72% 87.3% 87.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-07-17 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 13 / 28 (689.0740) 7 (176.0228) 15 (170.8228) 9 (174.8572) 20 (167.3712)
2026-07-17 Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Shenandoah, IA 3 (176.5828)
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)
2018-09-15 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 220 / 467 (662.8572) 245 (165.7256) 170 (168.5600) 402 (153.1316) 22 (175.4400)
2018-08-10 26th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Arlington, NE 16 / 30 (662.3204) 22 (161.1428) 16 (167.4288) 2 (176.0344) 21 (157.7144)
2018-07-06 Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA 19 / 26 (663.3484) 18 (164.5256) 18 (165.6800) 10 (168.5828) 15 (164.5600)
2018-06-15 Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE 7 / 35 (684.5600) 17 (169.1544) 11 (171.9656) 12 (171.9772) 10 (171.4628)
2018-06-01 *Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS 20 / 42 (656.4912) 34 (157.1428) 10 (169.1200) 16 (166.8228) 20 (163.4056)
2018-05-18 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 8 / 42 (681.1200) 12 (169.7144) 9 (171.9772) 8 (172.5600) 16 (166.8684)
2018-05-11 *BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 17 / 39 (669.0056) 17 (167.9772) 27 (163.3944) 6 (172.5484) 18 (165.0856)
2018-04-20 Q for a Cause Papillion, NE 18 / 41 (665.0512) 18 (168.5600) 14 (166.8572) 15 (167.9656) 24 (161.6684)
2017-09-01 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 190 / 407 (663.8856) 133 (170.2972) 105 (170.8228) 375 (150.8000) 70 (171.9656)
2017-08-25 BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE 10 / 34 (670.8456) 3 (173.1772) 9 (168.5828) 24 (158.8228) 6 (170.2628)
2017-08-05 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 Omaha, NE 43 / 50 (649.0172) 41 (163.9544) 38 (163.9772) 45 (158.8572) 38 (162.2284)
2017-08-04 Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 Omaha, NE 48 / 54 (614.0684) 50 (150.8228) 40 (157.6800) 45 (157.0972) 48 (148.4684)
2017-07-21 Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE 22 / 46 (651.9428) 7 (172.5944) 17 (163.4400) 26 (163.3828) 34 (152.5256)
2017-06-16 Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE 12 / 27 (644.5372) 23 (153.6916) 16 (159.4628) 2 (173.7028) 13 (157.6800)
2017-05-19 6th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE 32 / 47 (640.4916) 45 (154.2628) 25 (163.4288) 33 (160.0000) 19 (162.8000)
2017-05-12 BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 26 / 39 (646.7544) 25 (165.7144) 20 (166.2972) 32 (157.6456) 31 (157.0972)
2016-08-26 BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE 24 / 34 (626.2400) 25 (160.0000) 23 (157.1428) 27 (155.9656) 25 (153.1316)
2016-08-05 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE 52 / 70 (628.5028) 27 (165.7028) 54 (155.4172) 56 (153.6800) 48 (153.7028)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #463 (313 pts) #316 (565 pts) #502 (348 pts) #438 (373 pts) #525 (283 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 #613 (534 pts) #655 (524 pts) #652 (524 pts) #566 (614 pts) #667 (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)

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